{"id":2015221,"date":"2023-08-29T09:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-strongly-denies-trumps-fake-news-dropout-claim\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:49:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T13:49:00","slug":"desantis-campaign-strongly-denies-trumps-fake-news-dropout-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-strongly-denies-trumps-fake-news-dropout-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Campaign Denies Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Fake News&#8217; Dropout Claim"},"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\">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%2Fdesantis-campaign-strongly-denies-trumps-fake-news-dropout-claim%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=2015221&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. \u2064Ron DeSantis&#8217; Campaign Fires Back at\u200d Trump&#8217;s Claim of Potential Dropout<\/h2>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-watch-gov-desantis-treat-a-cnn-reporter-exactly-the-way-she-deserved-to-be-treated\/\" title=\"BRUTAL: Watch Gov. DeSantis Treat a CNN \u2018Reporter\u2019 Exactly the Way She Deserved to Be Treated\">fired back<\/a> after former \u200cPresident Donald\u2062 Trump claimed Monday that the No. 2 candidate in the 2024 Republican primary race might soon\u200c drop out.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cRumors are strong \u2064in political circles that Ron DeSanctimonious, whose Presidential run is a \u200cshambles, and whose poll numbers\u2062 have absolutely crashed, putting\u2064 him 3rd and 4th in\u200c some states, will be dropping \u200cout of the Presidential race in order to run,\u200b in Florida, against\u200c Rick Scott for Senate,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cNow that\u2019s an interesting one,\u200b isn\u2019t it?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump did not say where he\u2062 heard the\u200d rumor.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis&#8217; Response<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-humiliated-desantis-press-secretary-goes-public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a> left the campaign trail Sunday to help his state brace for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-desantis-leaves-campaign-trail-returns-florida-facing-tropical-storm-shooting-aftermath\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Idalia<\/a>, which is expected to make landfall in Florida as a major hurricane Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>But the governor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irresponsible-mockery-of-journalism-desantis-team-fires-back-at-ap-hit-piece-on-governors-promotion-of-covid-19-drug\/\" title=\"\u2018Irresponsible Mockery Of Journalism\u2019: DeSantis Team Fires Back At AP \u2018Hit Piece\u2019 On Governor\u2019s Promotion Of COVID-19 Drug\">press secretary fired back<\/a> at\u2063 Trump in a statement\u2062 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/08\/28\/trump-desantis-presidential-campaign-2024-drop-out-fake-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> about the post.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cClearly, Donald Trump and his army of consultants are panicked about Ron DeSantis\u2019 winning debate performance and the strong \u2062momentum that \u2062has followed,\u201d Bryan \u200dGriffin told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>He also called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-announces-move-trial-date-set-day-super-tuesday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump\u2019s<\/a> assertion DeSantis might seek a Senate seat \u201cfake news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin said the former president\u2019s campaign needs to\u2062 be \u201cfocused on getting their candidate on the campaign trail in Iowa and on the debate stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump had not fired back as of Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The former \u200bpresident skipped Wednesday\u2019s\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-literally-cashes-big-gop-debate-performance-doubles-runner-ups-haul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">debate<\/a> in Milwaukee in \u2062which eight other candidates, including DeSantis, battled it out\u2064 on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Trump sat down with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlsons-next-interview-make-hated-around-globe-one-world-needs-hear-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a> for an \u2063interview posted on X that was\u2064 uploaded to coincide with \u2063the debate.<\/p>\n<p>He deduced he did not\u2062 need to debate, citing polling that\u2064 shows him with a major advantage.<\/p>\n<h3>Post-Debate Poll Results<\/h3>\n<p>A poll from <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/august-2023-national-poll-trump-debate-snub-may-open-door-for-other-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emerson College<\/a> released Monday found Trump\u2019s support among Republican primary voters \u2063slipped after the debate.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, conducted Friday and Saturday, saw \u2063the front-runner\u2019s support fall from 56 percent to 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis picked up \u20622 percentage points in the poll and was at 12 percent, while\u2064 businessman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christie-accuses-ramaswamy-plagiarizing-obama-vivek-claps-back-bear-hug-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> dropped 1 \u200dpoint to 9 percent support, Emerson found.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence and former U.N. Ambassador \u200bNikki Haley picked up 4 points and 5 points, respectively, and both sit in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-campaign-strongly-denies-trumps-fake-news-dropout-claim\/\" title=\"DeSantis Campaign Denies Trump's 'Fake News' Dropout Claim\">mid-single \u200bdigits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Emerson surveyed 1,000\u2064 registered voters and reported\u2062 a margin of\u2062 error of plus or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rasmussen-poll-most-say-covid-came-from-lab-back-probe\/\" title=\"Rasmussen Poll: Most Say COVID Came From Lab, Back Probe\">minus 3 percentage points<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-campaign-strongly-denies-trumps-fake-news-dropout-claim\/\">DeSantis Campaign Strongly Denies Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Fake News&#8217; Dropout Claim<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western \u2064Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; campaign responded to ex-President Donald Trump&#8217;s statement that the second-place contender in the 2024 GOP primary might withdraw. Trump mentioned on Truth Social that he heard &#8220;rumors&#8221; of DeSantis abandoning his presidential bid to run for the Senate seat currently occupied by someone else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2015222,"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-2015221","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\/2015221","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\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2015221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2015221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2015221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2015221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}