{"id":1992919,"date":"2023-08-07T08:12:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T12:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T09:06:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:06:43","slug":"ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis admits Trump&#8217;s loss in 2020 election."},"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%2Fron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost%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=1992919&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>Gov. Ron DeSantis Dismisses Trump&#8217;s Election Claim<\/h2>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has firmly rejected former President Donald Trump&#8217;s assertion\u200d that he \u2062won the\u200d 2020 \u200cpresidential \u2062election. \u200bIn \u200ca <a title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\">recent interview<\/a> with \u2062NBC News, DeSantis made it clear\u2062 that Joe Biden is the rightful president.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;No, of course he lost,&#8221; DeSantis stated. &#8220;Joe Biden&#8217;s the president.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While DeSantis acknowledged \u2062that the 2020 election had flaws, he emphasized that the winner is determined by the inauguration \u200bceremony. He expressed his\u200b belief that the\u2064 media and others have exaggerated \u200dthe election&#8217;s perfection, stating, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it was a \u200cgood-run election.&#8221; DeSantis also criticized Republicans\u2062 for not\u200d fighting back against the\u2064 alleged irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis \u2063attributed Trump&#8217;s loss to factors such as increased mail-in \u200bvoting during the pandemic and the former president&#8217;s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. \u2064He pointed out that the Republican National Committee encouraged early voting and mail-in ballots, which Democrats effectively utilized.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;But \u200bhere&#8217;s \u2064the issue that I think \u200dis important for Republican voters to think about: Why did we have all those mail votes?\u200b Because Trump turned the government over\u200d to [Anthony] Fauci,&#8221; DeSantis explained. &#8220;They embraced\u200b lockdowns. They did the CARES Act, which funded\u200c mail-in\u200c ballots across the country.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite pressure to denounce Trump&#8217;s claims,\u2062 DeSantis has <a title=\"White House: Biden-Putin Summit Set for June 16 in Geneva\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-biden-putin-summit-set-for-june-16-in-geneva\/\">avoided direct confrontation<\/a> \u200cwith the former president, mindful of the significant number of Trump supporters in <a title=\"DeSantis admits Trump's loss in 2020 election.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-acknowledges-trumps-2020-election-defeat-of-course-he-lost\/\">key battleground \u200bstates<\/a>. Instead, he \u2063aims to \u200dposition himself as a strong\u2064 alternative for the 2024 election, highlighting his successful 2022 midterm win in Florida and the state&#8217;s <a title=\"DeSantis meets voters, warns GOP to focus on future or lose 2024.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-meets-with-voters-after-drawing-large-crowd-warns-gop-will-lose-2024-if-focus-is-on-the-past\/\">recent legislative victories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump faces three indictments, including one related to \u2062his alleged\u2063 attempts to overturn the \u200c2020 \u2063election and the January 6 Capitol \u200driot. DeSantis criticized the Justice Department for what he\u200c called &#8220;weaponization&#8221;\u200d but cautioned\u2063 against Republicans\u2062 becoming too fixated on Trump&#8217;s legal troubles, as it could harm \u2063their chances in the next \u200celection.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If the election is a referendum on Joe Biden&#8217;s policies and the failures that we&#8217;ve seen and we are presenting \u200da \u200cpositive vision for the future, we will \u200dwin the presidency, \u2064and we will have a chance to turn\u200b the country around,&#8221; DeSantis asserted. &#8220;If, on \u2064the other hand, the election is \u2064not about Jan. 20, 2025, but Jan. 6, 2021, or what\u2063 document was left\u200c by the toilet \u2064at Mar-a-Lago, if it&#8217;s\u200d a referendum\u200c on that,\u2062 we \u2063are \u2063going to lose.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite\u2063 trailing behind Trump in most state and <a title=\"LIVE: Francis Suarez speaking at Turning Point Action Conference\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-francis-suarez-to-speak-at-turning-point-action-conference\/\">national\u200b polls<\/a>,\u2062 DeSantis remains determined to present himself as \u200da\u2062 viable alternative.\u200d RealClearPolitics currently places him at an \u2063average of\u2064 15.7%, 38 percentage points behind the \u2064former president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) rejected Trump&#8217;s assertion of winning the 2020 election. DeSantis, who has been evasive on election fraud claims, finally addressed the issue when questioned about his stance on Trump&#8217;s loss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1992920,"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":"DeSantis admits Trump&#8217;s loss in 2020 election.","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992919","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","fifu_image_alt":"DeSantis admits Trump&#8217;s loss in 2020 election.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992919","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=1992919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}