DeSantis dismisses media’s claims of campaign struggles.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Addresses Media Narrative

During an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to recent media claims that his campaign is struggling to find its footing. DeSantis confidently highlighted his recent fundraising numbers and other factors in the primary, which is still in its early stages.

“These are narratives. The media does not want me to be the nominee,” he said. “I think that’s very, very clear. Why? Because they know I’ll beat Biden. But even more importantly, they know I will actually deliver on all these things. We will stop the invasion at the border, we’ll take on the drug cartels, we’ll curtail the administrative state, we’ll get spending under control. We’ll do all the things that they don’t want to see done.”

DeSantis dismissed the significance of national primary polls, emphasizing that the primary is a state-by-state process that takes place over several months, not all on one day.

“I can tell you we understand this is a state-by-state process,” he said. “We’ve had incredible support in the early states building an organization, signing up the key people that you need to be able to compete in a place like Iowa. We just launched our ‘Mamas Movement’. My wife was in Iowa with governor Kim Reynolds launching that.”

DeSantis revealed that women, especially moms, will be a major focus of his campaign, believing they will be the “secret weapon” in both the primary and general election.

“Nobody has been a better champion for those folks than me,” he said. “And I would just also point out, you know, my re-election in Florida we had the greatest victory that any Republican governor candidate in the history of the state had, and yet a few months before the election I had media saying that somehow my re-election campaign was stalling, that we weren’t doing anything. And so we’re doing what it takes to win.”

DeSantis proudly announced his campaign’s impressive fundraising, surpassing any non-incumbent candidate with a reported $150 million, which has yet to be deployed.

“And, oh, by the way, we just announced last week better fundraising than any non-incumbent has ever had if you look at what was reported, it was about $150 million, and that hasn’t even been deployed yet,” he continued. “We’ve got a long way to go. I’m looking forward to being able to participate in the debates, but this is not something that, you know, I ever expected to just snap fingers and all of a sudden, you know, you win seven months before anything happens. You’ve got to work, and it requires a lot of toil and tears and sweat, and we’re going to do that.”

Bartiromo acknowledged that one of the main reasons for former President Trump’s success in the primary was the investigations into him.

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