Hello there I'm Chuck Todd and this is the Chuck Todd cast so the field to take on

former President Trump in the 2024 primary keeps growing bigger and this week the latest major

challengers are three men two of whom were once among the closest allies of Mr.

Trump his own former vice president is out with his official

video announcement this morning, not mentioning his old running mate by name, but

making clear his calls for new leadership. And it would be easy to stay on the

sidelines, but that's not how I was raised.

That's why today, before God and my family, I'm announcing I'm running for President of the United States.

And the former head of the Trump White House transition, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie

once thought of as a leading contender to be Trump's running made in 16, or even Attorney General,

is taking an even more direct aim at him as he makes his run

for President official Tuesday night at a town hall in New Hampshire.

It is the last throes of a bitter angry man who wants power back for himself, not for you.

Christian Pence are entering a crowded field at least a dozen Republicans are now

fighting for the party's nomination including now North Dakota Governor Doug Bergam, who is

announcing his bid in a Wall Street Journal op-ed midweek Wednesday.

So to break it all down, I'm joined by Amy Walter, publisher and

editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report with Amy

Walter and Michael Cruz, who's a senior staff writer at Politico and has spent a lot of individual

time with many of these candidates. Amy and Michael, welcome back to the

Todd cast. Thanks Chuck. Thanks Chuck. Pence and Christie, they're both enablers,

original enablers and at the same time in theory ought to be critics that should have an impact and yet it

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