When I heard someone had written something about, hey, look at all that I was doing.

You know, they are the Florida of the Midwest.

And, you know, I started watching more of what they did during this legislative session.

I'm like, man, they've done an awful lot.

Maybe it's just that Florida is the Iowa of the southeast.

I don't know.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis laying on thick with praise for Iowa during a barnstorming

trip over the weekend as he takes advantage of Donald Trump canceling a campaign event in that

state. And that comes as there's new polling in several states with hypothetical matchups

between President Joe Biden,

Trump, and DeSantis.

We'll take a look at the latest numbers.

And we'll also have an update on the debt-sealing negotiations as the clock is ticking

ahead of President Biden's trip to Japan for the G7 summit.

Music for the G7 summit.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Monday, May 15th.

I'm Johnnth Lamere.

Thanks for starting your day and week with us. The two frontrunners for the 2024

Republican nomination were both expected to be in Iowa over the weekend, but concerns

about extreme weather kept one at home. Just hours before he was set to take the stage

for a rally in Des Moines on Saturday, former President Donald Trump abruptly

canceled the event, citing tornado warnings in the area. That prompted Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,

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