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Ron DeSantis wishes he could have a do-over with the media.
In an interview Thursday with radio host Hugh Hewitt, the Florida governor expressed regret over how his presidential campaign had initially shunned most news outlets in favor of friendly, conservative platforms.
His admission was an unusual moment of self-reflection for the governor, who frequently derides the mainstream media as biased against him. But DeSantis is struggling to keep his presidential campaign alive after placing second in Iowa, roughly 30 points behind former President Donald Trump. He’s set to reach only single digits in New Hampshire, should the polls bear out, and is focusing his strategy on trying to make inroads in South Carolina, even though most polls show him trailing Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
At the start of his presidential campaign, DeSantis reserved his one-on-one interviews for conservative outlets but then changed his strategy over the summer as he fell far behind Trump in the polls and as he was forced to cut campaign staff due to overspending. Last week, DeSantis turned on conservative outlets — especially Fox News — accusing the network of being insufficiently critical of Trump to please their audiences. He has lamented for months that it has been hard for him to break through given the saturated coverage around Trump’s many court hearings.
www.politico.com
Now, he finally figures it all out. LOL. Poor Conservatives. They live their life scared that the media will ask them tough questions.
Questions like - "What do you read" or "What was the cause of the Civil War"? Something a third grader would hit out of the park but for a Republican it's so so hard.
In an interview Thursday with radio host Hugh Hewitt, the Florida governor expressed regret over how his presidential campaign had initially shunned most news outlets in favor of friendly, conservative platforms.
His admission was an unusual moment of self-reflection for the governor, who frequently derides the mainstream media as biased against him. But DeSantis is struggling to keep his presidential campaign alive after placing second in Iowa, roughly 30 points behind former President Donald Trump. He’s set to reach only single digits in New Hampshire, should the polls bear out, and is focusing his strategy on trying to make inroads in South Carolina, even though most polls show him trailing Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
At the start of his presidential campaign, DeSantis reserved his one-on-one interviews for conservative outlets but then changed his strategy over the summer as he fell far behind Trump in the polls and as he was forced to cut campaign staff due to overspending. Last week, DeSantis turned on conservative outlets — especially Fox News — accusing the network of being insufficiently critical of Trump to please their audiences. He has lamented for months that it has been hard for him to break through given the saturated coverage around Trump’s many court hearings.

DeSantis regrets anti-media strategy: 'I should have gone on everything'
The governor initially appeared only on conservative outlets before changing his strategy.

Now, he finally figures it all out. LOL. Poor Conservatives. They live their life scared that the media will ask them tough questions.
Questions like - "What do you read" or "What was the cause of the Civil War"? Something a third grader would hit out of the park but for a Republican it's so so hard.