Meet the Press NOW — May 24

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) officially files the paperwork and is preparing to announce he's running for president. Ken Cuccinelli reacts to the anticipated bid and former Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) discusses what a winning strategy looks like for the Republican Party. After multiple long days and late nights behind closed doors at the Capitol, debt ceiling talks have now shifted down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) speaks out about her plans in 2024 and the crisis at the Southern border in an exclusive interview with NBC News. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, we're running to see who's simply the best.
0:05.0	Florida Governor Ron DeSantis jumps into the presidential race, and Donald Trump goes on the attack.
0:10.0	What's love got to do with it? The stage is set for a raucous fight for the Republican nomination.
0:16.0	Plus political finger pointing, partisan posturing, and a pessimistic tone on Capitol Hill, mind your peace, as negotiations keep rolling, rolling, rolling, on a river to the White House with a potentially catastrophic default, now as little as eight days away.
0:34.1	And left a good job in the party.
0:37.7	Arizona Senator Kirsten Cinema speaks with NBC News
0:40.7	in an exclusive at the border
0:42.8	as questions swirl about the future of Biden's border policies
0:46.2	and her own political future in the 2024 battleground,
0:49.7	State of Arizona.
0:53.0	Music State of Arizona.
1:04.5	Welcome to meet the press now.
1:06.4	I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington.
1:09.2	Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has made it official.
1:12.0	He filed his paperwork a little while ago,
1:18.0	and in less than two hours from now, he'll officially verbalize his announcement to run for president.
1:22.1	The biggest question his campaign will immediately have to answer is, are they ready?
1:26.2	Frontrunner Donald Trump has clearly signaled a willingness to go scorched earth on DeSantis.
1:30.4	Will DeSantis fight back? Can he fight back? Or to put it another way?
1:34.8	Is the Republican primary about to turn into a brawl or a beatdown?
1:40.1	DeSantis enters the 2024 race tonight in a different place than where he stood at the start of this calendar year.
1:43.2	With the polling gap between him and Trump now widening.
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