Tim Scott did not mention Donald Trump by name at all during his announcement speech. Rhonda Santas is planning on getting in either Wednesday or Thursday, we're going to have a whole podcast dedicated to that day off So we're gonna save some of our analysis for then But I am curious about Chris Christie like What's Chris Christie doing? Like yes, Tim Scott's only pulling at 2% but he has you know already Senate Republicans endorsing him one of whom is Senator Thune.
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast gets ready for a big week in politics. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially kicked off his presidential campaign in North Charleston Monday morning. We also expect the long-teased Ron DeSantis presidential campaign to become a reality this week. And, according to the Treasury Department we are just a week or so away from a possible default on the nation’s debt. National politics reporter at the AP Meg Kinnard and Data Columnist at the Washington Post join the crew to weigh in.
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