The governor of Florida and presidential candidate, Ron DeSantisconsidered that the accusations against the former US president donald trump “distort” next year’s Republican Party primary process.
In an interview he offered to the Christian network CBN, DeSantis pointed out that the four accusations facing the former president (2017-2021), a clear favorite in that party’s primaries, “They’ve just displaced, I think, a lot of other things and sucked up all the oxygen.”
“I would say if I could change anything, I wish Trump hadn’t been accused of any of this. “He distorted the primaries,” said the Florida governor in the interview, broadcast on Wednesday night and echoed today by the American media.
DeSantis also alluded to the rejection that among the former president’s followers has aroused his participation in the process to choose the Republican nominee for the 2024 general elections, in which the current US president, Democrat Joe Biden, will seek re-election. .
“It is a republic. It is not a monarchy. Everyone has the right to apply. Obviously, Trump could win the primary. “I’m not convinced that he can win the generals as much as I can,” said the Florida governor.
DeSantis announced his candidacy in the Republican primary last May and his entry into the race was viewed with great expectation, with many analysts pointing to him as the most viable opponent Trump would face.
Currently, according to voting intention polls, the former president is by far the clear favorite to win the Republican nomination and DeSantis fights with Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the UN, to establish himself in second place. position.
Less than a month before the Iowa caucuses are held (January 15), which marks the official start of the Republican primaries, DeSantis has a 11.9% of voting intention, while Haley is hot on his heels with the 10.8%according to the average of surveys done by the platform fivethirtyeight.com. In first place is Trump with the 62%according to the same website.
Source: Gestion
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