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🗓️ 15 May 2023
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0:18.2 | From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch. |
0:22.4 | Florida Governor Ron DeSantis hits Iowa in a big weekend campaign swing even though |
0:29.6 | he's not a declared presidential candidate, but he seems to be preparing a |
0:34.2 | launches presidential campaign in the coming weeks. How do he do? |
0:39.0 | In Iowa, after months of battering by Donald Trump and the press, plus Turkey's |
0:44.0 | presidential election will go to a runoff as president to receive |
0:48.3 | Tayyip Erdogan is denied a majority on the first ballot after 20 years on |
0:53.2 | job. What does that mean for an important NATO ally? Welcome to this edition of |
0:59.8 | Potomac Watch. I'm Paul Gigo with the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal |
1:04.0 | and here with my colleagues Kim Strassel and Jillian Melcher. Welcome to you. |
1:10.1 | Both Kim, let's talk about Ron DeSantis and his swing through Iowa first. |
1:14.0 | He made the retail rounds of cookouts and meetings with the groups of voters, |
1:19.4 | which is what I want to expect in that first 2024 caucus stay. Donald Trump was |
1:26.0 | supposed to be out there on Saturday as well, but he canceled his rally due to |
1:29.8 | bad weather. So the DeSantis staff pivoted smartly and laid on an additional |
1:35.6 | event. Seems the trip was reasonably well received out there. And Kim Reynolds, |
1:40.5 | the popular GOP governor was with him. She's neutral in the presidential |
1:45.4 | nominating race, but her presence with DeSantis suggests to me, quiet support |
1:49.9 | as a fellow governor and implicit support. DeSantis also announced the |
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