{"id":1964131,"date":"2023-07-04T17:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T21:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-way-behind-trump-desantis-super-pac-spokesperson-admits-uphill-battle\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T21:02:10","slug":"we-are-way-behind-trump-desantis-super-pac-spokesperson-admits-uphill-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-way-behind-trump-desantis-super-pac-spokesperson-admits-uphill-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: DeSantis Super PAC Spokesperson Acknowledges Struggle"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fwe-are-way-behind-trump-desantis-super-pac-spokesperson-admits-uphill-battle%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=1964131&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--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Defeating Trump: An Uphill Battle<\/h2>\n<p>Steve Cortes, a top spokesperson for GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis\u2019s Super PAC, recently admitted that their campaign is facing an uphill battle in defeating former President Donald Trump. In a Twitter spaces event on July 3, Cortes acknowledged that they are currently way behind in national polls.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRight now in national polling, we are way behind, I\u2019ll be the first to admit that,\u201d Cortes said. \u201cI believe in being blunt and really honest. It\u2019s an uphill battle. I don\u2019t think it is an unwinnable battle by any stretch. But clearly, Donald Trump is the runaway frontrunner, particularly since the indictments. That was not the case before the indictments. It is the case afterward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd it is understandable that a lot of folks want to rally to him when he\u2019s been unfairly, not prosecuted, really, but persecuted\u2014particularly the Alvin Bragg indictment, which I think was just an absolute sham. So, it is understandable that there was a rally to Trump there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite the challenging situation, Cortes emphasized that the first four states, which <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'\">hold significant importance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-are-way-behind-trump-desantis-super-pac-spokesperson-admits-uphill-battle\/\" title=\"Trump: DeSantis Super PAC Spokesperson Acknowledges Struggle\">show tighter poll numbers<\/a>. However, they are still down by double digits and have a lot of work to do.<\/p>\n<p>Cortes also highlighted the fact that DeSantis is not as well known as Trump, especially among &#8220;regular Americans&#8221; outside of Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhereas, knowledge of Donald Trump is ubiquitous. He\u2019s literally the most recognized and known [personality] in the world, certainly in America. So, given that, it\u2019s not surprising that we\u2019re right now chasing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>A Two-Man Race<\/h2>\n<p>Cortes firmly believes that the GOP primary is a two<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-poll-david-mccormick-surges-into-lead-in-pennsylvania-gop-senate-primary-mehmet-oz-crashes-2\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Poll: David McCormick Surges into Lead in Pennsylvania GOP Senate Primary, Mehmet Oz Crashes\">-man race<\/a> between DeSantis and Trump, with their campaign clearly being the underdog. However, he expressed respect for Trump and his supporters, stating that if DeSantis does not prevail in the primaries, the competition will make President Trump better.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Dominance in the Polls<\/h3>\n<p>Recent polls have consistently shown Trump leading the GOP primaries by a large margin. A survey conducted in June by Echelon Insights revealed that 49 percent of respondents would vote for Trump compared to just 18 percent for DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Third-placed Vivek Ramaswamy received 10 percent support, while the remaining GOP candidates polled in the single digits.<\/p>\n<p>An NBC News poll from late June further confirmed Trump&#8217;s lead over DeSantis, which widened after the former president&#8217;s indictment.<\/p>\n<h2>A Fiery Exchange<\/h2>\n<p>Rhetoric between Trump and DeSantis has intensified in recent months. Just hours before DeSantis&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-takes-major-step-toward-expected-2024-presidential-race\/\" title=\"DeSantis moves closer to 2024 presidential bid.\">widely expected announcement<\/a> of his presidential run, Trum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Cortes, a leading voice for Ron DeSantis&#8217;s Super PAC, acknowledged the challenging task of surpassing ex-President Donald Trump. He conceded being significantly behind in national polls, recognizing the uphill battle they face. Cortes openly admitted their current position on July 3 via Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":1964133,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1964131","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\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}