{"id":1937632,"date":"2023-05-25T06:03:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T10:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rivals-seize-on-early-stumbles-as-campaign-gets-underway\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T06:06:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T10:06:23","slug":"desantis-rivals-seize-on-early-stumbles-as-campaign-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rivals-seize-on-early-stumbles-as-campaign-gets-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis&#8217; opponents capitalize on initial missteps during campaign start."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-rivals-seize-on-early-stumbles-as-campaign-gets-underway%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1937632&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is Ron DeSantis Losing Ground in the 2024 Republican Primary?<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> has long been considered the Republican best positioned to take on former President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> in 2024. He\u2019s viewed as \u201cTrump without the baggage,\u201d a reputation that was cemented in November after DeSantis won a second term as governor of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-five-states-to-stop-counting-on-election-night-is-absolutely-unprecedented-sidney-powell-lays-out-evidence-of-rampant-election-fraud-in-latest-interview-audio\/\" title=\"\u201cFor Five States to Stop Counting on Election Night Is Absolutely Unprecedented\u201d \u2013 Sidney Powell Lays Out Evidence of Rampant Election Fraud in Latest Interview (Audio)\">landslide victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-fake-trump-stories-the-establishment-media-ran-with-then-retracted\/\" title=\"Four Fake Trump Stories The Establishment Media Ran With, Then Retracted\">recent missteps<\/a> and a slide in the polls have emboldened the rest of the GOP field, who are competing to be the next best alternative to Trump. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has painted DeSantis as nothing more than a \u201cmini-Trump,\u201d while other candidates have criticized his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polar-bear-eating-reindeer-proposed-as-evidence-of-climate-change\/\" title=\"Polar Bear Eating Reindeer Proposed as \u2018Evidence of Climate Change\u2019\">eating habits<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rivals-seize-on-early-stumbles-as-campaign-gets-underway\/\" title=\"DeSantis' opponents capitalize on initial missteps during campaign start.\">difficulty attracting endorsements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite still polling at 20%, DeSantis faces an enormous target on his back as several candidates are expected to enter the race, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) announced his campaign on Monday. Each will be jockeying to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-goes-after-current-new-jersey-governor-for-jetting-off-to-italy-for-vacation-with-family\/\" title=\"Chris Christie Goes After Current New Jersey Governor For Jetting Off To Italy For Vacation With Family\">convince voters<\/a> that they, not DeSantis, are the strongest alternative to Trump.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>DeSantis Must Challenge Trump Head-On<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>While Trump has an emotional connection with the base of the Republican Party, GOP voters are open to nominating someone else if they can make their case convincingly. To beat Trump, candidates must take shots at him, not DeSantis. DeSantis must challenge the former president head-on if he wants to regain his footing and remain a strong second place in the polls.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>More the Merrier for Trump<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Trump and his allies have adopted a \u201cmore the merrier\u201d attitude, understanding that a crowded field helped Trump win the presidency in 2016. He continues to view DeSantis as his greatest threat, but has questioned why he should participate in the primary debates this cycle given his front-runner status, raising the prospect that Trump may not share a stage with the rivals looking to displace him.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Can Anyone Dislodge Trump?<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron DeSantis is seen as the top Republican contender to challenge Donald Trump in 2024, with a reputation as &#8220;Trump without the baggage.&#8221; His recent re-election as Florida governor further solidified this perception. Meanwhile, President Biden faces another constitutional crisis with the issue of student loan cancellation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1937634,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[26825,4087,27578,4980,23378,9893,3732],"class_list":["post-1937632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-missteps","tag-campaign","tag-capitalize","tag-desantis","tag-initial","tag-opponents","tag-start"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}