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DeSantis Says Trump’s Attacks Help Him. Really?
The Florida governor is handling this the wrong way.
From the very beginning, Ron DeSantis has never really felt like a significant threat within the context of the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary, and the Florida governor continues to prove why. His campaign seems to be spiraling as it’s already cut staff, and never really gained traction to begin with. But of course, would DeSantis be a politician if he wasn’t trying to spin the clear negatives into a positive?
According to DeSantis, the Trump attacks are actually helping him.
Lisa Kashinsky with Politico writes:
“After two days in which Trump roasted DeSantis and his lagging poll numbers from stages in Iowa and Pennsylvania, the Florida governor kicked off his campaign reboot in New Hampshire by trotting out well-worn rebuttals of the former president’s rhetoric.
“If you’re up by so much, you would not be worried about anybody else,” DeSantis told reporters after a campaign stop here on Sunday. “So the fact that I’m taking the incoming from all of these people, not just him, but a lot of the other candidates, a lot of media — that shows people know that I’m a threat.”…”
The thing is, Trump’s attacks probably could help him if he actually knew how to…
