{"id":1963543,"date":"2023-07-03T17:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pac-official-says-2024-election-an-uphill-battle-trump-is-the-runaway-front-runner\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T17:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T21:37:15","slug":"desantis-pac-official-says-2024-election-an-uphill-battle-trump-is-the-runaway-front-runner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pac-official-says-2024-election-an-uphill-battle-trump-is-the-runaway-front-runner\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis PAC official admits tough 2024 race: &#8216;Trump leads the pack&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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-pac-official-says-2024-election-an-uphill-battle-trump-is-the-runaway-front-runner%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=1963543&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>A Top Official for Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s PAC: Trump is the Runaway Front-Runner<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-found-economy-is-recovering-much-faster-than-officials-expected\/\" title=\"Fed Found Economy Is Recovering Much Faster Than Officials Expected\">top official<\/a> for Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s (R-FL) PAC recently acknowledged that the Florida governor faces an &#8220;uphill battle&#8221; in the 2024 GOP presidential race. Steve Cortes, a former campaign adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, made these comments during a Twitter Spaces session on Sunday night, as reported by Politico.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Right now in national polling, we are way behind, I&#8217;ll be the first to admit that,&#8221; said Cortes. &#8220;I believe in being blunt and honest. It&#8217;s an uphill battle, but clearly Donald Trump is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pac-official-says-2024-election-an-uphill-battle-trump-is-the-runaway-front-runner\/\" title=\"DeSantis PAC official admits tough 2024 race: 'Trump leads the pack'\">runaway front-runner<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cortes further explained that DeSantis is not faring well in the key nominating states, particularly in the first four states that hold significant importance: Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. In these states, DeSantis is trailing Trump by a considerable margin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;In the first four states which matter tremendously, polls are a lot tighter, we are still clearly down. We&#8217;re down double digits; we have work to do,&#8221; Cortes added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the current challenges, Cortes believes that DeSantis can better compete with Trump once voters understand the governor&#8217;s perspective and goals for a potential presidency. However, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-political-director-rick-klein-calls-for-cleansing-pro-trump-movement\/\" title=\"ABC Political Director Rick Klein calls for \u2018cleansing\u2019 pro-Trump movement\">expressed concern<\/a> that healthy competition between the two GOP candidates could ultimately benefit Trump in the general election.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If we do not prevail \u2014 and I have every intent on winning, I didn&#8217;t sign up for this to come in second \u2014 but if we do not prevail, I will tell you this, we will make President Trump better for having this kind of primary,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It is worth noting that Cortes, despite his previous work for Trump, endorsed DeSantis in May, stating that he is the &#8220;best possible option to win the presidency in 2024.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked for comment, Bryan Griffin, press secretary for DeSantis&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/treasury-white-house-confident-in-regulators-response-on-silicon-valley-bank-collapse\/\" title=\"Treasury, White House: Confident in Regulators Response on Silicon Valley Bank Collapse\">expressed full confidence<\/a> in the governor&#8217;s bid for the 2024 presidency against Trump. Griffin emphasized that DeSantis has consistently been underestimated in previous races and believes this time will be no different.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Governor Ron DeSantis over-delivered on his promises as governor and has the national vision we need to restore our country, clean out DC, and lead our Great American Comeback. This campaign is a marathon, not a sprint; we will be victorious,&#8221; Griffin told the Washington Examiner.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As of now, DeSantis&#8217;s Never Back Down PAC has not responded to the Washington Examiner&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>expected to have an easy path in the 2024 GOP presidential race. Cortes, a top official in Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s PAC, acknowledged that former President Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1963544,"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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1963543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1963543","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=1963543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1963543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1963544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1963543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1963543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1963543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}