The Washington Post recently interviewed more than 30 people in Florida and Washington with ties to DeSantis, and few of them spoke highly of the governor.
DeSantis continues to slip in primary polls, now dropping to third place behind little-known entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Joe Gruters, who served as chairman of the Florida GOP during DeSantis’ first term, isn’t shedding any tears. “The more he is met by people, the more they are not going to like him,” he said. “The more he’s out there, the more his numbers go down.
It’s not a good long-term scenario for him. I fully expected the downfall of his campaign a long time ago.”It doesn’t get any harsher than that!
Keep in mind, Gruters isn’t a Democratic official or MSNBC pundit. He’s a Republican who presumably agrees with much of DeSantis’ agenda.