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News, Politics

4.587.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Ron DeSantis ends his campaign for president and endorses the man who relentlessly bullied him. Nikki Haley questions Donald Trump’s mental fitness after he has a few senior moments on the campaign trail. Meanwhile, Trump is up double digits in New Hampshire and winning all kinds of endorsements from Republican politicians. And later, Tommy talks with California Governor Gavin Newsom about Democratic messaging, the Republican primary, and his dream Coachella lineup.

 

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0:00.0

The Welcome to Pottsave America. I'm John Favaro. I'm John Lovett.

0:23.0

Tommy's out today.

0:24.0

He flew to Tallahassee to be with Ron and Casey DeSantis during their time of morning.

0:28.0

Yeah, you got to be there.

0:29.0

You got to be there.

0:30.0

On today's show, Mickey Haley questions Donald Trump's mental fitness after he has a few senior moments on the campaign trail,

0:37.0

but he's still about 15 points ahead of her in New Hampshire and winning all kinds of endorsements from Republican politicians and later you'll hear Tommy's

0:44.4

interview with our governor Gavin Newsom who stopped by the studio last week but first

0:48.8

on Sunday Ron DeSantis ended his campaign where it began on Twitter with a forgettable announcement to his tens of fans

0:57.0

that after spending 150 million dollars to get about 20,000 votes in Iowa,

1:02.0

Lil Ronnie Pudnfingers would be calling it quits and offering

1:06.2

his relatively useless endorsement to Donald Trump, the man who accused him of being a pedophile. Say what you will about Ron's political instincts.

1:16.7

He did predict this outcome at an event just six days before he dropped out.

1:20.3

Let's listen. You can be the most worthless Republican in America,

1:25.0

but if you kiss the ring, he'll say you're wonderful.

1:29.0

And sure enough, here's Donald Trump on Sunday reacting to the news.

1:33.0

Before we begin, I'd like to take time to congratulate Ron DeSantis and of course a really terrific person but as you know he left the campaign trail

1:47.3

today at 3 p.m and in so doing he was very gracious and he endorsed me so I appreciate it.

1:54.0

He just said will I be using the name Ron to sanctimonious?

1:58.0

I said that name is officially retired.

2:02.0

Yeah, I really, I think that I've been awesome if he did it in a, in like a high school gym and they just put up the kind of like, when they retire a player's number, and they just like brought up to sanctimonious and they should he should have that at

2:14.6

Maralago like there should be like or like hunger game style just do the like the boom yeah

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