{"id":1974424,"date":"2023-07-16T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-discusses-his-trailing-on-trump-in-republican-primary-race\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T12:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T16:43:36","slug":"desantis-discusses-his-trailing-on-trump-in-republican-primary-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-discusses-his-trailing-on-trump-in-republican-primary-race\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis talks about his second place to Trump in GOP primary race."},"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\">24<\/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-discusses-his-trailing-on-trump-in-republican-primary-race%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=1974424&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>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Unfazed \u200bby \u200cPoll Numbers<\/h2>\n<p>Florida \u2063Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) remains\u200c undeterred by\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-job-approval-is-underwater-in-all-but-four-states-poll\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Job Approval Is Underwater In All But Four States: Poll\">recent polls showing<\/a> him trailing \u200dbehind\u2062 former\u2064 President \u2063Donald\u200c Trump \u200cin\u2062 the \u200crace for \u200cthe Republican Party&#8217;s 2024\u200c nomination for \u200dpresident. \u200cDespite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-cities-where-teachers-unions-are-keeping-schools-shutdown\/\" title=\"Five Cities Where Teachers Unions Are Keeping Schools Shutdown\">data indicating<\/a> that\u200d Trump\u200c has double the \u200csupport\u2064 of \u2062DeSantis,\u200d the governor \u2063dismisses \u2064concerns about his current\u200b position in \u200bthe polls.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200d think the good\u200b thing about it \u2062is\u2062 Republican primary voters \u2064are \u2063very smart,&#8221; \u2063said\u2063 DeSantis \u200bduring \u2064an \u2062interview on Fox News&#8217;s\u200c Media Buzz.\u2064 &#8220;They know\u2062 where \u2063these corporate outlets \u2063stand \u2063on the political\u2063 spectrum,\u2064 and\u200d so\u2062 the extent\u2064 that they become \u200bconvinced that the\u2064 media does \u2063not want me\u200b to\u2064 be the \u200bnominee above\u200d all \u200belse, that\u2063 will, in \u2064the long \u2063run, \u200cabsolutely help\u2064 me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Media Bias and DeSantis&#8217; Confidence<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis believes\u200c that the\u2062 media&#8217;s\u200b opposition to \u200bhis nomination,\u200b rather than Trump&#8217;s,\u200b stems from\u2063 their recognition\u200b of his \u200dability to\u200c defeat \u2064President\u2062 Joe Biden.\u2062 He\u2063 points \u2062to his \u200csuccessful track\u200d record \u200din Florida, where the Republican \u200cParty has \u2064triumphed over the Left on \u200dvarious issues \u2062such as \u200cillegal\u2062 immigration \u200band education.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve\u200b done all these great \u2062things, and now Florida, even\u200d CNBC is acknowledging \u200bwe\u2019re \u2063the top economy of\u200b all 50 \u200dstates, and\u200c so \u200cI\u200b think they see me\u2063 as somebody who \u200bwill actually enact some\u200d of\u200b these bold things \u2063as\u200c president,&#8221; said \u2062DeSantis.\u2064 &#8220;Of \u200dcourse, \u200bthey\u200c don\u2019t\u2064 want that. The\u2064 corporate\u200c press wants the status quo.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>DeSantis \u2062and Trump&#8217;s Presidential \u200dAmbitions<\/h3>\n<p>Both DeSantis\u2064 and Trump are vying \u2062for \u200cthe Republican\u200c Party&#8217;s 2024 nomination \u200dfor president,\u2063 with both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-discusses-his-trailing-on-trump-in-republican-primary-race\/\" title=\"DeSantis talks about his second place to Trump in GOP primary race.\">candidates \u200dconsidered \u200bstrong \u200ccontenders<\/a>.\u2063 Other notable \u200bRepublican candidates in the race \u200cinclude Sen. Tim Scott\u200d (R-SC), \u2063former\u2062 South\u200c Carolina Gov. Nikki\u2063 Haley, and former \u2062New\u200d Jersey \u200bGov. \u200cChris Christie.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about\u200c his \u200battendance \u200bat the \u2062first\u200c Republican\u200d presidential candidate debate \u200bnext month, DeSantis confidently\u2062 stated, \u200b&#8221;I&#8217;m \u200cgonna \u200dbe at the\u2063 debates.&#8221;\u2064 In contrast, Trump\u2062 has yet to decide if he\u200d will\u2063 participate, citing\u2064 his substantial\u200c lead in\u2062 the polls \u200cas \u200ba\u200c reason to potentially\u200d forgo the debate.<\/p>\n<h3>Voters&#8217; Doubts\u200b about Biden and Trump<\/h3>\n<p>A\u2062 recent\u2064 poll \u2063conducted\u200d from \u200bJuly\u2062 8-11 revealed\u200c that a\u2064 majority \u2064of\u2062 voters \u200chave reservations about President Joe Biden \u200cand \u2064Donald\u200d Trump \u2063as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voters-believe-biden-and-trump-are-the-not-strongest-options-for-2024-poll\/\" title=\"Poll: Voters see Biden and Trump as weak choices for 2024.\">strongest candidates<\/a>\u200d for \u2064their respective parties in\u2062 2024.\u200b Among\u2063 Trump 2020\u2064 voters, \u200d84% expressed\u200b doubt that Biden \u2063is the \u2063strongest \u2062candidate \u2062for\u200c the Democrats, \u2063while\u200b 76% of Biden \u200b2020 voters\u2062 were skeptical of Trump&#8217;s\u2063 strength\u2062 as\u2063 the Republican\u2064 nominee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK \u200cHERE TO\u2063 READ\u2062 MORE \u200cFROM \u200bTHE\u200d WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) brushed off concerns about trailing behind former President Donald Trump in recent polls. Unfazed by his current position, DeSantis remains undeterred. Recent data consistently places Trump well ahead of the governor, reinforcing the former president&#8217;s popularity in Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974425,"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-1974424","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\/1974424","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=1974424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}