DeSantis is Failing to Attract Views and Crowds in Iowa

National File ^ | June 1, 2023 | CHARLES DOWNS

[SoConPubbie]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is off to a horrific start in Iowa. Small crowds, low views, low energy, and awkward moments have marred DeSantis’ trips to the Hawkeye state.

GOP voters have no interest in watching Ron DeSantis’ Iowa speeches. So far, all of the Florida Governors’ speeches in the Hawkeye state have struggled to reach 3k more views on DeSantis’ Youtube page. This is an ominous sign for DeSantis.

I want everyone with common sense to look at how it has been 3 hours since Ron DeSantis posted this video on YouTube. What do these numbers tell you about 2024? pic.twitter.com/LkmWSewNQX

— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) June 1, 2023

Worse, DeSantis has struggled to draw in-person crowds in Iowa. So far, his events have struggled to top 300 people. As a result, many are drawing comparisons of DeSantis’ Iowa crowds to Jeb Bush’s Iowa crowds in 2015.

The Florida Governor drew another small crowd in Iowa. Clearly not many people will be voting DeSantis in 2024.
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— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) May 31, 2023

Ron DeSantis has drawn another small crowd in Iowa. The Florida Governor’s presidential campaign has lower energy than Jeb Bush’s.
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— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) May 31, 2023

DeSantis’ behavior towards the attendees of his event has been awkward to say the least. Video of DeSantis wiping his nose and then shaking a voter’s hand, who is in a wheelchair, has gone viral. DeSantis also rudely brushed off a South Dakota State representative who drove hours to Iowa to meet the Governor of Florida. Interesting because Team DeSantis has been attempting to sell to voters that Ron is good at working with state legislators. Overall awkward laughs and facial expressions have marred the Florida Governor.

Gross, Ron DeSantis wiped snot on a person in a wheelchair during his Iowa visit. Donald Trump is right. DeSantis needs a personality transplant.
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— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) May 21, 2023

Ron DeSantis displayed little interest in conversing with a South Dakota State Senator who drove hours to Iowa to meet him. Trump is right DeSantis needs a personality transplant.
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— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) May 17, 2023

Trump will be hosting a Town Hall in Iowa on Thursday. Before leaving for the Hawkeye state, Trump posted on TruthSocial, “Looking forward to my stay in Iowa, a Great State that I did more for than any other President including: USMCA, 28 Billion Dollars from China to our farmers, and saving Ethanol, which was dead until I got involved! Will be landing soon.”

Iowa Caucus polling shows Trump holding a 42-point lead over DeSantis in the Iowa Caucus. Given DeSantis’ low crowds, views, and energy, it’s safe to assume that current polling data is correct.

The Iowa Caucus kicks off in early 2024. Stay with National File for continuing GOP Primary coverage.

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[mewzilla]

DeSantis, you want to convince people you’re not Deep State’s?

Secure Florida’s elections.

[MeganC]

DeWho?

[dragnet2]

Most people are sick and tired of career lawyer politicians who go from one political position to another, spending their lives in government.

[srmanuel]

Actually Florida is the model for how elections should be run, cheating is still attempted but DeSantis has a law enforcement agency doing nothing but election fraud investigations

[volunbeer]

His supporters want it to be as ugly as possible because they want Trump to lose more than Ron to win.

[catnipman]

“DeWho”

i believe the correct pronunciation is DehWho ...

[Salvey]

He should have waited till ‘28.

[TomGuy]

De’s belly laugh may have been his ‘deaniac scream’ moment that basically ended Howard Dean’s run in 2004.

DeSantis: https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-laughing-video-jokes-iowa-1801129

Dean: https://youtu.be/l6i-gYRAwM0

[SoConPubbie]

His supporters want it to be as ugly as possible because they want Trump to lose more than Ron to win.

👍😊👍

[bigbob]

If he’d just fall on his ass he’d get lots of attention.

[SoConPubbie]

If he’d just fall on his ass he’d get lots of attention.

👍😂👍

[statered]

It has occurred to me following the Desantis people here that the guy is just Cruz 2016 all over again. Heck he has even some of the same folks on his campaign team. There was quite the back and forth with Crzbots in 2016.

Boy was it proven in spades how wrong they were. You’d hoped they would have learned something lol

[CarolinaReaganFan]

good article,thanks
poor meatball
should stop wiping snot on people

[Mariner]

It’s easy to tire of the man.

[Kazan]

So far, his events have struggled to top 300 people

In other words, Trump's overflow crowds are several times bigger.

[volunbeer]

He has more Jeb Bush people than Cruz. It is the National Review Neocon class that chose Ron as the best chance of unseating Trump and when that fails to materialize they will push him to damage Trump.

It could not be more obvious.

FWIW - I had very high hopes for DeSantis and he was doing so much better before the neocon consultant class surrounded him.

[vpintheak]

I fully support DeSantis, but he should have waited. I’ll vote for Trump if he’s the nominee because I’m not a zealous fool that will willingly help the Dim win.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

The Paul Ryan/Bush Brothers endorsement from the Deep State was the kiss of death for me. If they have their claws into him then he would never do what needs to be done. They will block and compromise him every step of the way.

Pity. I really liked him and had high hopes for him.

[BrexitBen]

Ron’s getting horrible advice from the neo-con kingdom.

If he’d waited until 2028, he could’ve had solid conservative support.