Ron DeSantis Sidesteps Questions About His Campaign’s ‘Failure to Launch’, Pivots to Blame Media ‘Narratives’
09.07.2023 - 18:07
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Politico Playbook article titled “Failure to Launch,” which analyzed DeSantis’ stalled campaign from poor polling to fundraising drop-off, Bartiromo asked “What happened?”But according to DeSantis, who burst into laughter during Bartiromo’s questioning, there’s nothing to see in those numbers — it’s all just media “narratives.”“Maria, These are narratives,” DeSantis responded. “The media does not want me to be the nominee. I think that’s very, very clear.
Why? Because they know I’ll beat Biden.”But Bartiromo has more bad news to bring up. The anchor cited a recent Fox News poll that showed Donald Trump ahead of DeSantis by 34 points. Trump handily led the field with 56%, DeSantis claimed 22% and former Vice President Mike Pence snagged just 4%.DeSantis didn’t address those numbers, but he did confirm he plans to be a part of the debate of the Aug.
23 Republican Debate, which Trump has hinted he may not attend.“I look forward to doing it,” DeSantis said. “I think really, Maria, that’s when people are really going to start paying attention to the primary. I think up to this point, a lot of that has been about some of these legal cases.
And I think a lot of the voters concern about that and understandably so. I think that’s going to be the focus, we’re going to be able to talk about the vision and I look forward to doing it, I’m glad to get started.”Back in April, Trump took to Truth Social to share his thoughts about the debate. At the time, he wrote:“I see that everybody is talking about the Republican Debates, but nobody got my approval, or the approval of the Trump Campaign, before announcing them.
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