I doubt this guy is going to come in second place, maybe third; yet there’s a possibility he could even drop to a devastating fourth. The short answer about why is in this closing message. Giving his closing message to Iowa voters, Ron DeSantis attacks Donald Trump.
DeSantis: “if you kiss the ring, he’ll say you’re wonderful. You can be the strongest, most dynamic successful Republican and conservative in America, but if you don’t kiss that ring, then he’ll try to trash you.”
This comment comes after Ron DeSantis, desperate in 2018 and likely to lose the Florida governor race to a drug fueled sex addict, begged Donald Trump for his backing.
American voters are not stupid. The labeling and attacking do not work when it is full of fraud, sanctimony, and hypocrisy. That said, this is also why DeSantis has very few friends and even fewer endorsements amid those in the Florida delegation who know him best.
The strange thing is, I doubt Ron DeSantis has any idea how much damage he has done to himself. The echo-chamber surrounding DeSantis is so necessarily isolating, only after he drops out will he begin to absorb how small and insignificant he has become.