{"id":1975630,"date":"2023-07-17T20:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-player-from-bush-administration-weighs-in-on-desantis-big-flaw-you-cant-fix-that\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T20:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:35:19","slug":"top-player-from-bush-administration-weighs-in-on-desantis-big-flaw-you-cant-fix-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-player-from-bush-administration-weighs-in-on-desantis-big-flaw-you-cant-fix-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush Administration&#8217;s Top Player Criticizes DeSantis&#8217; Unfixable Flaw"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftop-player-from-bush-administration-weighs-in-on-desantis-big-flaw-you-cant-fix-that%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=1975630&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>Former White\u2064 House\u200b Press\u2064 Secretary Ari\u200b Fleischer Criticizes \u2064Gov. \u2064Ron DeSantis&#8217; Personality \u2063Issue<\/h2>\n<p>According \u200cto\u2063 former \u2064White \u2062House \u200cPress Secretary \u200cAri\u200b Fleischer, Republican\u2064 Gov. Ron DeSantis\u200c of\u2064 Florida is \u2064facing a\u2064 major\u200b &#8220;personality&#8221;\u200b issue\u200c that cannot be \u2063fixed. Fleischer \u200bmade\u2064 these comments\u200d during\u2064 an interview \u200bwith \u2062Fox News host Martha \u2062MacCallum.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I\u200d think Tim\u200b Scott\u200c is\u200b going to\u200b be that \u200cguy.\u2063 Can he \u2063go \u200call the\u200c way? That \u2062remains to\u2062 be\u200b seen. He\u2019s got\u2064 a \u200clot \u2063more \u200cwork to\u2063 do, \u200bbut\u200c he\u2019s \u200da serious\u2063 person. He\u2019s campaigning \u2062in \u2062a\u2063 different mode. He\u2019s \u200bhappy.\u200c He loves what \u200dhe \u200ddoes,&#8221; Fleischer \u200ctold MacCallum.<\/p>\n<p>\u2064 \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He inspires you \u200cabout\u2062 the \u200dUnited \u2063States of\u2064 America. He\u2019s a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-player-from-bush-administration-weighs-in-on-desantis-big-flaw-you-cant-fix-that\/\" title=\"Bush Administration's Top Player Criticizes DeSantis' Unfixable Flaw\">feel-good\u200b leader<\/a> \u200band \u200bcontrast\u200b that\u200c to Ron \u2063DeSantis.\u2062 Ron\u200c DeSantis comes across\u2064 as dour. I just think\u200c it\u2019s\u200b his nature, his\u2064 personality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can\u2019t \u2064fix\u2063 that. \u2062You\u200b can\u2019t\u2062 replace\u200b that\u2062 with a\u2064 happy upbeat\u200d way,&#8221; Fleischer\u2063 continued. &#8220;Tim\u200b Scott\u2062 is \u200cstriking \u200da chord, and\u2062 at some \u2062point, \u2062somebody\u2064 will\u2064 emerge \u200das the\u200c alternative\u200d to\u2064 Donald\u2062 Trump. \u200bThat\u2019s \u200dwhy\u200d I \u200csay,\u2062 keep \u200dyour eye on \u200cSenator \u200dScott.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis, who\u200b currently trails\u2062 former President\u200d Donald \u200cTrump\u200c by \u200d34.1 percent \u200caccording to \u200dthe \u200dReal \u2063Clear \u200cPolitics \u200baverage \u200cof polls, \u200crecently\u200c laid off \u200babout a\u2064 dozen \u200bstaffers in \u2063a\u2063 cost-cutting \u200dmove despite\u2063 raising over $20 \u200cmillion \u200csince \u2064launching\u2062 his \u200dcampaign \u2063on \u2064May 24.<\/p>\n<p>While DeSantis \u2064faces criticism\u200d for his personality, Tim \u200cScott, a \u200csenator, is gaining\u2062 attention as a\u2062 potential \u2063alternative \u2062to\u200c Trump. \u2063Scott \u200dhas \u200daveraged\u200d 3 percent \u200bof\u200b the vote, according\u200b to the\u200b Real Clear \u200bPolitics average.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 recent\u2064 polls\u2062 by \u2063Morning \u200cConsult\u2064 and\u200b I&#038;I\/TIPP,\u200b businessman \u200bVivek \u200cRamaswamy \u200dhas received\u200d more than \u200btwice the\u2064 support Scott\u200d has, while\u2063 DeSantis has\u200b dipped \u2064below 20\u2063 percent\u200d support in \u2064both \u200bpolls.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u200d gained \u2063national prominence\u2064 in 2022\u200b with his \u200bvictory \u2064over former \u2062Democratic Rep. Charlie \u200dCrist \u200cand his \u2062involvement\u200d in\u200c several\u200d culture \u200cwar \u200cbattles. However, he has \u2064also faced clashes \u2063with Disney over \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-dont-say-a-word-desantis-slams-disneys-opposition-to-florida-bill\/\" title=\"\u2018They Don\u2019t Say A Word\u2019: DeSantis Slams Disney\u2019s Opposition To Florida Bill\">parental rights legislation<\/a> and\u2062 control\u2063 over \u2063the Reedy \u200cCreek\u200c Improvement District.<\/p>\n<p>It \u200dremains to\u2062 be seen \u200bhow DeSantis will address the concerns\u200b about \u200bhis \u2062personality \u200band\u200c whether\u200d Tim Scott or another candidate will\u200b emerge as\u2062 a \u200bstrong alternative \u200bto\u2064 Donald \u2063Trump.<\/p>\n<div \u200dclass=\"disclaimer\">\n  \u200b<\/p>\n<p><em>All content \u200bcreated\u200c by the Daily \u2063Caller \u200dNews\u2063 Foundation, \u2063an\u200b independent \u2063and nonpartisan newswire service, \u2063is available \u200bwithout charge\u2063 to any \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-expected-to-follow-up-race-based-admissions-decision-with-new-case-on-huge-issue-at-high-schools\/\" title=\"SCOTUS to tackle major high school issue after race-based admissions ruling.\">legitimate\u2063 news publisher<\/a>\u200d that\u2063 can\u2064 provide\u200b a large \u200daudience. 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Despite raising $20 million since his campaign began on May 24, DeSantis laid off around twelve staffers to cut costs. As a result, DeSantis is currently behind in the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":206,"featured_media":1975631,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/1975630","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\/206"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}