The race is over. He will be Joe Biden's challenger.

Well, before securing a resounding victory in South Carolina over Nikki Haley, former President Trump wasted no time sending his sights on November.

Taking center stage at the conservative political action conference, commonly known as CPAC, Trump's address steered clear of any mention of his Republican rival, Nikki Haley. Instead,

though, he directed all of his attention squarely at President Biden, delivering stark warnings

and bold promises for America's future.

A vote for Trump is your ticket back to freedom. It's your passport out of tyranny.

And it's your only escape from Joe Biden and his

gang's fast track to hell. November 5th will be our new liberation day, but for the liars and cheaters and

fraudsters and censors and imposters who have commandeered our government, it will be their

judgment day.

Scripps News political contributor and founder of the Warning podcast and substack news newsletter,

Steve Schmidt. Joining us now, pleasure to have you on board here at Scripps News,

and it's always good to talk to you,

and no shortage of news to get to.

I'm just wondering, we'll start there with that soundbite.

When you hear former President Trump say about judgment day

and putting this in really dramatic terms,

you're escaped from hell.

And we said months ago,

I will be your retribution.

When you put together some of these rhetorical flourishes,

I guess we can call them,

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