A.G. Gancarski
Ron DeSantis is casting aspersions at the Republican Primary field, wondering why at least some of them are bothering to run for President.
During a Never Back Down town hall event in Coralville, Iowa, the Florida Governor took aim at his various opponents and their motivations for chasing the GOP nomination.
“I think part of the question, you know, when you look at people like, you know, why are they running? OK, and let’s just be honest, there are some people that are not running really to be President. Right? They’re running for — who knows why they’re running? But they’re running,” DeSantis said.
The Governor has had relatively little to say about his Primary opponents during his stump speeches, except for oblique criticisms of front-runner Donald Trump, but the remarks in Coralville suggest he is getting more pointed. It’s unclear who he believes is not a real candidate, however.
DeSantis is back in Iowa yet again to close out the week, in the wake of yet another campaign recalibration. He began the week by changing Campaign Managers, elevating the Governor’s Office Chief of Staff James Uthmeier after a prolonged slide in the polls and questions about the effectiveness of the now-reassigned Generra Peck.
This move came soon after the Governor shed dozens of staffers from the campaign apparatus, firing 38 staffers out of an original group of 92.
The Governor will debate many of the Republicans in the field in less than two weeks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but he has shifted his campaign’s focus from a national operation to one decidedly more Iowa-heavy amid resource challenges. Meanwhile, polling points to trouble for DeSantis even in the Hawkeye State.
A fresh poll for DailyMail.com, conducted by JL Partners Polls, shows the Governor with just 17% support. That is a drop of nearly 10 points for DeSantis since April, when he had 26% support.
The Race to the White House polling average of the state shows Trump up 44% to 18% over DeSantis, meanwhile, with U.S. Sen. Tim Scott at 9%.
18 comments
Thomas Kaspar
August 10, 2023 at 2:46 pm
Who gives a tinkers damn about the Brittish DailyMail .
Joe
August 10, 2023 at 2:53 pm
Oh, I don’t know, basically all of your fellow Fox News zombies, since it’s literally the same thing in a British accent. But keep crying about those polls, Thomas.
M. Mouse
August 10, 2023 at 4:57 pm
Tinker Bell does! Squeak!
Governer Desantos
August 10, 2023 at 2:50 pm
“There are some people that are not running really to be President.”
Like, you know, for instance, let’s be honest, um… me. I’m just out here trying to grift all I can from my sugar-daddy PAC before my time runs out.
Dan
August 10, 2023 at 8:25 pm
private Jet Oh Thank very much Florida
Dont Say FLA
August 10, 2023 at 4:03 pm
“There are some people that are not running really to be President,” says Rhonda, clueless that the public perceives how “every accusation [from a GOP] is a confession.”
LOL @ Deluded Rhonda
tom palmer
August 10, 2023 at 4:11 pm
Could it be because they think you are incompetent?
Michael K
August 10, 2023 at 4:12 pm
Self-awareness is not in Ron’s wheelhouse.
TJC
August 10, 2023 at 5:01 pm
“I think part of the question, you know, when you look at people like, you know, why are they running? OK, and let’s just be honest, there are some people that are not running really to be President. Right? They’re running for — who knows why they’re running? But they’re running,” DeSantis said.
Hey Governor, could you be a little more vague? You’re almost describing shadows as it is. How about a name, for example. You know?
Dont Say FLA
August 10, 2023 at 9:13 pm
GOP Primary candidates are now vague too, just like The Wokes.
LOL @ Origami Tiger Rhonda
Ron Forrest Ron
August 10, 2023 at 9:34 pm
Ron DeSantis really thinks people are running against HIM? That’s hilarious, OMG.
Tom
August 11, 2023 at 7:59 am
Mr. reboot in his white boots narcissist. Self awareness is definitely not his forte.
Tom
August 11, 2023 at 7:56 am
He really should look in the mirror. Who are his constituents exactly? He’s running to the right of trump and those 15 right supremacists who live in Orlando may well vote for him but he’s alienated women, anyone under 45, anyone who went to college, democrats and independents which leaves the folks who support trump and are so invested after years of supporting him that rhonda won’t be able to peel them off because they’ll never admit that they might have been conned.
At least some of the other candidates pay lip service to unifying the country and some of those other quaint notions that presidential candidates pretend to care about.
Lex
August 11, 2023 at 8:35 am
The media does not help with this. The media knows that Ron Desantis is the most likely candidate to defeat whomever the Democratic candidate ends up being next year.
Tom
August 11, 2023 at 11:18 am
I would venture an opinion that someone a little right of center would win hands down but desantis and trump are too far out there to get the independent vote which is what wins elections and his constant bashing the media has a boomerang effect – he bashed them and they’ll bash him right back.
Dont Say FLA
August 11, 2023 at 3:07 pm
Why would Independents go for the Raging Rhondaroid who offers nothing beyond being a dick whom everybody hates?
Joe
August 11, 2023 at 5:04 pm
Lol sorry Lexie, that moment has passed for Tiny D. Turns out nobody actually likes him.
Florida, The Ass of Earth
August 11, 2023 at 1:05 pm
‘Florida man wonders’ should be on your license plates, you planetary laughingstocks.
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