“You’ve done a great job pushing back against woke, we know that, but I’m wondering what’s going on with your campaign,” Bartiromo asked, pointing to a Politico Playbook item claiming his campaign has “stalled” and is now “way behind” that of Donald Trump.
DeSantis laughed at the item, which says he is “starting to look like the overhyped predecessors” of past GOP presidential primaries such as Scott Walker and Jeb Bush in 2016.
The Florida governor chalked up concerns over his campaign to “narratives” as he claimed that the media doesn’t want him to be the nominee in 2024 to face President Joe Biden.
“The media does not want me to be the nominee. I think that’s very, very clear. Why? Because they know I’ll beat Biden. But even more importantly, they know I will actually deliver on all these things,” said DeSantis, who added that outlets once talked of his “stalling” gubernatorial reelection campaign.
He told Bartiromo he planned to earn the nomination through work.
“It requires a lot of toil and tears and sweat,” he said. “And we’re going to do that.”
