Never Back Down: Making The Case For Governor DeSantis

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.1 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces this week, expanding the Republican field. Former Virginia Attorney General and founder of the Never Back Down PAC Ken Cuccinelli joins to discuss the not-so-perfect rollout of the Governor's campaign, and the messaging DeSantis is sharing on the campaign trail. Later, he talks about the role of his PAC, the accomplishments of Governor DeSantis during his leadership in Florida, and how he can win over the Republican base in the primaries. Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:44.3	Hello, everybody. Hello everybody and welcome to the Untold Story podcast.
0:49.5	I am really pleased to have with us today, Ken Cucinelli, who is leading up the Never Back Down pack for Ron DeSantis, but you also know him as the former Deputy Homeland Security
0:56.7	Chief, former Attorney General of Virginia, long history in Republican politics. So Ken, welcome.
1:03.4	It's great to have you with us today. Yeah, it's always good to be with you. So, you know what?
1:08.4	I always like to start these by giving people a little bit of insight into our guest. So, you know what? I always like to start these by giving people a little bit of insight into our guest.
1:13.6	So, you know, a lot of people are familiar with seeing you in Republican politics, as I said, as the former AG in Virginia and supporter of Ted Cruz early on, then you were in the Trump administration.
1:25.6	But take us back a little further than that.
1:28.0	Who's Ken Cuccinelli? Where are you from? And what do you think sort of is the foundation of your
1:35.8	belief system and what you're about? So my wife and I are kind of unusual in Virginia. We grew up
1:43.0	and lived in northern Virginia almost our whole
1:45.1	lives till this past summer. And for people outside of the Washington metro area, most people
1:51.2	move in and out of the Washington, D.C. area. So we were there our whole lives, saw all that growth
1:57.6	coming and going. And I got lucky, and she moved in three doors down from me
2:04.0	when I was in high school. We dated in high school. Tiro is her name. And I was fortunate enough to
2:12.6	talk her into marrying me. And we now have seven kids and two grandkids and another on the way
2:18.0	though we did move out of Northern Virginia last summer for a school for our
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