{"id":1975654,"date":"2023-07-17T20:53:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-shifts-gears-as-he-begins-new-phase-of-campaign\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T20:54:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T00:54:57","slug":"desantis-shifts-gears-as-he-begins-new-phase-of-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-shifts-gears-as-he-begins-new-phase-of-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis changes direction in campaign&#8217;s new phase."},"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%2Fdesantis-shifts-gears-as-he-begins-new-phase-of-campaign%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=1975654&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>Republican Candidate\u200b Ron DeSantis Takes\u200c on the\u200b Media<\/h2>\n<p>Republican \u2064presidential candidate Ron\u200b DeSantis \u200bis shaking \u200cthings \u2063up and\u2063 getting\u2064 ready \u2063to face\u2063 the\u2063 hostile legacy \u2063media\u200b head-on. \u2062It\u200d seems that his \u200dcampaign is \u200dentering\u2064 a new phase, \u200cas his \u200cpoll\u2063 numbers have\u2064 remained stagnant\u200c since\u200b he \u2063joined the\u2063 race in May.<\/p>\n<p>The \u206244-year-old \u200dFlorida governor \u2062is set to appear in a \u200dspecial \u200cone-on-one\u2063 interview with \u2064CNN&#8217;s\u200d Jake\u2062 Tapper\u200d this week,\u2063 marking \u2062a\u200d significant shift from his\u2063 previous stance \u2063of ignoring \u2062interview\u200c requests\u200c from\u2064 liberal outlets.\u200d In\u200c addition, \u200cthe\u200b campaign recently \u2063let \u200cgo \u200dof\u200b around 10 staffers involved in\u200d event planning, \u200daccording \u2064to\u2064 a reliable source.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2064 some reports suggest that these \u2062staff cuts\u2064 indicate financial \u2062difficulties, DeSantis\u200c actually \u2063raised\u200d more \u200bmoney in \u2062the \u200bfirst \u2063quarter\u2064 through his principal\u2064 campaign \u200bcommittee than\u200c any\u200d other candidate,\u200b including \u200dformer President \u200dDonald Trump\u200b and President\u200c Joe Biden. With $12.2 million\u200d in cash on \u2062hand, \u200chis \u200bcampaign \u2062ranks \u200bthird among \u200bRepublican candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Backing\u200c DeSantis is the\u2063 Super \u2062PAC Never Back\u200b Down,\u2064 which\u200d plays \u2062a crucial role in\u200d his \u200dWhite House \u2064aspirations. \u2062With a staggering\u2063 $120 million in\u2063 cash \u200band \u2062an \u200dexpected $200\u2063 million in its \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-p-bush-announces-bid-for-texas-attorney-general\/\" title=\"George P. Bush Announces Bid For Texas Attorney General\">primary fight<\/a>, this\u2062 Super \u200cPAC is \u200bleaving no stone \u2063unturned.\u2064 The New\u200d York \u200bTimes \u200beven \u2062described\u2064 their \u200cefforts as\u2063 &#8220;so \u2062big&#8221;\u200c that\u200b they\u200c plan\u200d to\u200b reach\u200d out \u2064to \u2063every\u200c possible DeSantis\u2062 voter \u2064multiple\u200d times in \u200dkey states like \u200dNew\u200d Hampshire, Nevada, South Carolina, and\u200b Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>After the November midterms, DeSantis emerged as the \u200dfrontrunner \u200bin some \u2063national and state polls. \u200dHis re-election \u2063as Florida governor \u200cwith\u2064 a 19-point victory set him \u2063apart\u2062 from other underperforming\u2062 Republican candidates across the \u2063country. However, Trump has\u200c since regained his\u200d lead\u2063 in\u2064 the polls, especially\u2062 after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-shifts-gears-as-he-begins-new-phase-of-campaign\/\" title=\"DeSantis changes direction in campaign's new phase.\">facing numerous felony\u200c charges\u2062 brought<\/a> against him \u2062by \u2063Manhattan \u2064District\u2064 Attorney\u2062 Alvin \u2063Bragg. Trump&#8217;s Super PAC \u200chas\u200b also spent \u200cover\u200d $20 \u200bmillion \u2062on ads \u200cattacking\u2062 DeSantis,\u200d surpassing the amount spent on \u200call the Republican\u2063 candidates\u2062 it\u200d supported \u2063in\u2062 the midterms combined.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2064 these \u2062challenges, the \u2064DeSantis \u200dcampaign remains optimistic. \u200cThey \u200cbelieve \u200cthat the \u200bupcoming\u2062 primary \u200bdebates \u200bwill be\u2062 a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-can-fix-washington-now-because-he-got-a-phd-in-learning-about-the-people\/\" title=\"Trump claims he can fix Washington now as he has gained a PhD in understanding the people.\">turning \u200bpoint<\/a>, expecting\u200c the polls\u200c to shift in \u2063their\u2063 favor. \u2062Interestingly,\u200d Trump has\u200b indicated \u2063that \u2064he will not \u200cparticipate in these debates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican candidate Ron DeSantis is revamping his campaign strategy, aiming to engage with the hostile legacy media and connect with voters. Despite his consistent poll numbers since joining the race in May, the 44-year-old Florida governor is now preparing to take his message directly to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1975655,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1975654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1975654","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1975654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1975654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1975655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1975654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1975654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1975654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}