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It’s going to get a lot more huggy in the brand image of Team DeSantis 2.0According to campaign officials, and those inside the operations, DeSantis will stop talking about Florida, tone down the wokeism and confrontation with the alphabet people, drop the expensive platform speeches and focus on small group meetings to help the candidate learn how to like people more. In essence, stop being the DeSantis campaign.Yup, awful huggy. Gee, who could have seen this coming?(Via NBC) – TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign is planning a reboot, top campaign officials said, with a significant shift on...

The Murdochs are preparing to cut loose their first pick for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, amidst concerns over his “abysmal” polling and his campaign’s obsession with homosexuality and transgenderism under the guise of “woke”.“They are transactional and can smell a loser a mile away,” a Fox insider told Rolling Stone, referring specifically to Murdoch family patriarch Rupert, 92, and his eldest son Lachlan, who leads Fox Corporation.Sources also suggest Rupert is particularly concerned by the Florida Governor’s personal awkwardness and difficulty connecting with people, which is prominent enough that autism advocates have felt compelled to make...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he would not be former President Donald Trump’s running mate if given the opportunity to join him on the ticket. “I don’t think so. I’m not a No. 2 guy,” DeSantis said on the “Wisconsin Right Now” radio show, saying he would rather stay on as governor because the vice presidency “doesn’t really have any authority.” Asked about his own thoughts on a running mate, DeSantis said, "It’s a little bit presumptuous to be doing that at this stage." "I’m here to win the early primaries, and that’s what we’ve got to do first,"...

FOX News anchor Maria Bartiromo tore into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday as he continues to fall behind in national polls. 'Maria, these are narratives,' the Florida governor said of the news that he is trailing in the polls. 'The media does not want me to be the nominee,' he claimed. 'I think that's very, very clear. Why? Because they know I will beat Biden. But more importantly they know I will actually deliver on all these things.' At that point, the FOX News host decided to close out the interview by asking the governor if he plans to...

On Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” 2024 presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) argued for reducing the footprint of federal agencies inside Washington, D.C. “by at least 50%.” DeSantis also stated that if he’s elected, this will particularly be the case with the Department of Justice and the FBI by focusing more on local field offices. "We will also reduce the footprint of all these agencies — but particularly DOJ and FBI — within D.C. by at least 50%."