He is the most popular candidate among GOP voters.
DeSantis Warns GOP Will Lose In 2024 If Election Focuses On Trump’s Legal Woes
“We’re going to lose if voters are making a decision based on that," the Florida governor and 2024 rival said at a CNN town hall.
“If Donald Trump is the nominee, the election will revolve around all these legal issues — his trials, perhaps convictions if he goes to trial and loses there, and about things like Jan. 6,” DeSantis, a 2024 rival, said
during a CNN town hall.
“We’re going to lose if that’s the decision voters are making based on that. We don’t want it to be a referendum on those issues,” he added.
He has been sued in New York and indicted in Georgia, Florida, New York and Washington. The charges against him include allegations that he
plotted to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, that he was involved in a
hush-money scheme ahead of his 2016 election, that he
mishandled classified documents and obstructed federal authorities’ efforts to recover them, and that he
fraudulently inflated his business assets by billions.
This upcoming election should be focused on things like the economy, crime, and the U.S.-Mexico border and not Trump’s litany of legal issues, DeSantis said.