I think on the Republican side, it's going to play into the campaign a huge amount. I saw Ron DeSantis speak at a GOP fundraising dinner there. The line that got the biggest anti-innovation from the room was when he said no one has the right to tell a second-grade girl that she actually belongs in a boy's body. This is sort of the next frontier and it is resonating like much more with Republican voters than I had thought.
President Joe Biden surprised exactly no one when he announced he’s running for re-election. But with high inflation, an uncertain economy, turmoil on the Southern border, and roiling culture wars–along with persistent questions about his age–can Biden persuade voters he deserves a second term? Bloomberg’s Nancy Cook, Jordan Fabian and Joshua Green join this episode to size up the early stages of the presidential race, and the top-of-mind issues that will decide who’ll win the White House in 2024.
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