Inside the Sputtering Campaign of Ron DeSantis

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida began the race for the Republican nomination with high expectations and a clear argument: that he was a political fighter with a solid record of conservative achievements in his state. Now, he appears to be in a downward spiral. Shane Goldmacher, a national political reporter for The Times, explains why the DeSantis campaign is stumbling so badly. Guest: Shane Goldmacher, a national political reporter for The New York Times.

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0:00.0	From New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro, this is it Amy.
0:13.6	Today, in the 2024 Republican race for president, no campaign began with higher expectations
0:21.0	than that of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
0:24.7	So why is his campaign now stumbling so badly?
0:30.4	My colleague, Shane Goldmarker, explains it's Monday, August 21st.
0:43.2	Shane.
0:44.2	Hi, Michael.
0:45.2	It is really nice to sit across from you.
0:47.0	So thank you for coming in.
0:48.0	Thanks for having me in.
0:49.6	We are here, you and I, to perform a kind of mid campaign autopsy on the Republican
0:56.4	presidential candidacy of Ron DeSantis.
0:59.1	And to talk through why it is that campaign has been going so poorly.
1:03.4	Knowing, of course, that things can change, that it's still early.
1:07.7	Nobody's voted yet anywhere.
1:09.9	But that even with all those caveats, his campaign is in a pretty bad way.
1:15.0	Yeah, I mean, I would say autopsy is maybe a strong word.
1:19.6	The candidacy of Ron DeSantis is very much still alive.
1:23.3	He's very much still Donald Trump's leading opponent.
1:26.9	But what you are right about is the depths of the challenges that he's been facing, both
1:32.2	internal and external challenges.
1:35.7	Externally, he's struggling.
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