DeSantis says ‘proof is in the pudding’ about his ability to win 2024 election
Brady Knox
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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) remains confident about his 2024 presidential chances, saying on Tuesday that the “proof is in the pudding.”
In an interview with CNN, DeSantis brushed off concerns that he was becoming less electable due to his positions on controversial social issues, arguing that his stances were what gave him a chance at victory.
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“I mean, the proof is in the pudding,” he told CNN host Jake Tapper. “I mean, I took a state that had been a 1-point state, and we won it by 20 percentage points, 1.5 million votes. Our bread and butter were people like suburban moms.”
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He made the comment after Tapper posited that his campaign may be lagging because he wasn’t living up to expectations as a more “electable” conservative candidate, like former President Donald Trump, but “without the baggage.”
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The interview comes shortly after DeSantis’s campaign had to fire several staff members and as he trails the former president by more than 30 percentage points, according to RealClearPolitics.
While gaining an initial boost after his landslide victory in the 2022 midterm elections, DeSantis’s campaign has since declined, with the latest Morning Consult poll, taken July 14-16, showing him with only 20% of the vote in the Republican primary. The figure puts him 35 percentage points behind Trump, who took 55% of the vote.