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DES MOINES, Iowa – With six days to go until Iowa's caucuses kick off the Republican presidential nominating calendar, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis no longer predicts victory and instead vows that "we're going to do well here." DeSantis, at a Fox News town hall on Tuesday in Iowa's capital and largest city, emphasized that the battle for the GOP nomination "is a long process" and pledged that he's "in it for the long haul." [cut] "We’re going to win Iowa. We’ve got the organization in place," the governor declared in a Fox News Digital interview in Bettendorf, Iowa a week...

Flordia Governor Ron DeSantis has seen his net approval rating tank since he announced his bid for the presidency.A dynamic approval rating graph maintained by online pollster Civiqs puts DeSantis’s net approval at negative 19 points, with roughly 55 percent of respondents disapproving of him and 36 percent approving of him.As recently as December his approval and disapproval ratings were tied at 47 percent apiece.The findings appear to be further proof that DeSantis enjoyed no boost in support from his botched campaign launch, hosted by Elon Musk on Twitter Spaces.Reporting the Civiqs findings, Newsweek noted that Morning Consult polling shows...

Now you know exactly why Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had to launch without any public appearances in his home state, and run away from the state of Florida immediately thereafter. This doesn’t take any commentary to understand.President Trump is beating Ron DeSantis in the state that knows the Florida Governor best.Trump 52.5%, DeSantis 32.6%.This should be embarrassing for Ron and Jill ‘Casey’ DeSantis, but their hubris will just ignore it.[POLL DATA LINK ~ Crosstabs HERE]Floridians see they were conned by Ron Desantis in 2022. The backlash is everywhere.Posted in Big Government, Big Stupid Government, Decepticons, Deep State, Donald Trump, Election...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to formally announce in a "virtual" way on May 24 that he is running for president, as donors and fundraisers gather in Miami to make calls and fundraise for his campaign, according to three sources familiar with the planning.