{"id":1937891,"date":"2023-05-25T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-introducing-himself-to-people-who-already-love-him-is-not-a-winning-strategy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-25T11:25:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-25T15:25:43","slug":"desantis-introducing-himself-to-people-who-already-love-him-is-not-a-winning-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-introducing-himself-to-people-who-already-love-him-is-not-a-winning-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis won&#8217;t win by introducing himself to his existing supporters."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-introducing-himself-to-people-who-already-love-him-is-not-a-winning-strategy%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=1937891&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>Why Ron DeSantis Should Stop Introducing Himself to Republican Voters<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"article-content\">\n<p>Ron DeSantis had a major gift coming into the Republican presidential primary: GOP voters already know who he is and that he\u2019s on their side. So it would be truly great if he never tried introducing himself to them between now and November 2024 ever again.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor launched his campaign for president Wednesday with an online video, plus back-to-back interviews, first on a Twitter audio stream with Elon Musk and then on Fox News with former GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy. There were 30 minutes worth of technical glitches on Twitter, and DeSantis made no news on Fox. The people he was speaking with already agree with him on everything that matters. Whatever.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-897935775\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d2816f9de9f77bdafe799716f1e5f26d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d2816f9de9f77bdafe799716f1e5f26d\"><\/div>\n<p>This is precisely what Republican voters <em>don\u2019t<\/em> need from DeSantis, the most consequential Republican governor in the country, the man who made his name bypassing all conventional wisdom in Washington and delighting new fans outside his state along the way.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s exceedingly rare for a state-level, non-celebrity figure to secure a national profile with household name recognition well ahead of launching a presidential campaign. DeSantis has one, thanks to years of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/04\/20\/pity-the-reporters-assigned-to-the-ron-desantis-beat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highly critical<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/27\/new-york-times-frustrated-that-ron-desantis-isnt-dumb-enough-to-be-one-of-their-staff-writers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">highly stupid<\/a> articles from The New York Times, as well as countless, hysterical segments on MSNBC and CNN. They go all the way back to 2020 when the national media were going through fits of rage over DeSantis reopening public schools and businesses that were ordered to be closed during Covid. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the breathless, maniacal attacks from the media that he was \u201cputting lives at risk,\u201d DeSantis marched forward, proving that \u201cThe Science\u201d was on his side, not Washington\u2019s. And then he followed up by showing he was willing to punish corporations that meddled in politics. Then he stared down the woke mob by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-introducing-himself-to-people-who-already-love-him-is-not-a-winning-strategy\/\" title=\"DeSantis won't win by introducing himself to his existing supporters.\">freeing public school students<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-the-fight-against-critical-race-theory-has-only-just-begun\/\" title=\"GOP: The Fight Against Critical Race Theory Has Only Just Begun\">radical gender ideology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Floridians thanked him for it by reelecting him last year to a second term in a blowout anyone would envy. Outsiders watched with intrigue and admiration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4929135261d9b542aace592727f9ed5e fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4929135261d9b542aace592727f9ed5e\"><\/div>\n<p>That story is well established, and Republicans looking for their next president don\u2019t need to hear it again. But that\u2019s what DeSantis did on his Twitter chat and in his Fox interview. He spoke in depth about his philosophy on government and even \u2014 <em>gag!<\/em> \u2014\u00a0made references to that corny Ben Franklin quote about \u201ca republic, if you can keep it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His campaign consultants apparently told him he needed to \u201cintroduce himself,\u201d unaware that Republican voters already know who he is. They don\u2019t need an introduction. They need him to prove he can bring the same energy and savvy he displayed in Florida to the U.S. capital. This is a place where, if you\u2019re a formidable Republican, the No. 1 enemy isn\u2019t the Democrat Party \u2014\u00a0it\u2019s the corporate media. It\u2019s CNN, MSNBC, CBS, and ABC. It\u2019s The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press. They represent the interests of everything DeSantis backers hate, and they\u2019re on the frontline. That\u2019s whom he needs to confront first and every time thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Republican voters have seen him do it in Florida. DeSantis is at his best when he\u2019s belittling and humbling dishonest journalists attempting to take him down. No one has a mastery of information like he does. He will have to use that skill to his advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did it in his live \u201ctown hall\u201d interview with CNN earlier this month. DeSantis has to prove he can do the same.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6cd6e70343e33c3fb279efabf400290d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-6cd6e70343e33c3fb279efabf400290d\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<h3>About the Author<\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.com\/Liberal-Misery-Hateful-Everything-Everyone\/dp\/1637584350\">Liberal Misery: How the Hateful Left Sucks Joy Out of Everything and Everyone<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<h3>Tags:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/2024\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/corporate-media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">corporate media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/florida\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Florida<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/media\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Media<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/media-bias\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">media bias<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Ron DeSantis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ron DeSantis is a well-known figure among Republican voters, and he doesn&#8217;t need to introduce himself to them again. The Florida governor launched his presidential campaign with online videos and interviews, but he made no news and spoke about things that his supporters already agree with. Instead, he needs to prove that he can bring the same energy and savvy he displayed in Florida to the U.S. capital. DeSantis needs to confront the corporate media, which represents everything his backers hate. Republican voters have seen him do it in Florida, and he needs to do the same on a national level. DeSantis is at his best when he&#8217;s belittling and humbling dishonest journalists attempting to take him down. He needs to use his mastery of information to his advantage, just like Trump did in his live \u201ctown hall\u201d interview with CNN earlier this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeSantis enters GOP primary with name recognition and established support. It&#8217;s best if he doesn&#8217;t reintroduce himself to voters before November 2024. He announced his presidential campaign on Wednesday as the Florida governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"featured_media":1937893,"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":[546],"tags":[4980,15871,5854,5221,7627,4324],"class_list":["post-1937891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-desantis","tag-existing","tag-introducing","tag-supporters","tag-win","tag-wont"],"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\/1937891","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\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1937893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}