Episode 724: Desantis Campaign on Life Support; Trump Spreading Conspiracies; Vivek Cancels TV Ad Buys

This week on Ring of Fire!


Donald Trump seems to have woken up panicked about being
prosecuted on Wednesday morning, so he got on Truth Social and
posted a string of conspiracy theories before demanding that he
receive legal immunity from prosecution. The Supreme Court is
eventually going to take up the issue, but not before the
appellate court gives their decision in the coming weeks.


Vivek Ramaswamy's presidential campaign has cancelled their TV ad
buys and they don't have any ads planned for the coming weeks as
the Republican primary voting begins. The campaign swears that
this was always the plan so that they can remain "nimble," but
the truth is that the campaign is going down in flames and the
money just isn't rolling in anymore. Voters have already settled
on their candidates, and Ramaswamy's charm wore off quicker than
he expected.


The Republican Party is ending the year 2023 in one of the worst
financial situations that they have seen in modern times. The
Party has about $7 million cash on hand (after debts are
subtracted,) giving them about one-third of what the Democratic
Party has on hand. This is all because Ronna McDaniel is such a
horrible leader and has overseen some of the worst Republican
fundraising and election results over the past 7 years.


The latest polling out of New Hampshire shows that Nikki Haley is
now within striking distance of Donald Trump, as she only trails
him by 4 points. Could Haley pull an upset and actually win a few
states? That possibility seems to be becoming more and more
likely as Haley starts gobbling up support from the also-ran
Republican candidates that are fading into oblivion.


According to insiders close to Ron DeSantis and his campaign, the
Florida governor is pretty much out of the presidential race at
this point, and the campaign has entered what they are calling a
"hospice mode" before he drops out. Everything went wrong for
DeSantis from the moment he entered the race, and most of it has
to do with the fact that he is just a grossly unlikable human
being. Failures like that can't be overcome, and it will make it
hard for him to serve his last two years as governor.


All that, and much more, on this week's Ring of Fire Podcast!