The Governor of Florida claims that Trump cannot win the election: "It's all a fact" Fox | Trump | Fact
According to Fox News on July 31st, Florida Governor Ron de Santis expressed his views on whether former President Donald Trump can win the election in an interview with Fox News Channel's Special Report program on July 31st.
According to the report, De Santis said that he believes Trump cannot win the 2024 election because "too many voters will not vote to support him further.".
He said, "I witnessed this in Florida during my re-election campaign. You know, I won the first time by less than 1 percentage point, and the second time by 20 points. Why did everyone vote against me in 2018, but vote for me in 2022? The most important reason they gave was because of Trump, because in 2018, they said they were against Trump... They opposed Trump by voting against me, even though they didn't know much about me. By 2022, my approval rating had risen."
De Santis won re-election as governor of Florida in November 2022, defeating Democratic candidate Charlie Kleist by a landslide of nearly 20 percentage points. He officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election in May of this year. American public opinion generally believes that among those who are expected to compete for the Republican presidential nomination, De Santis is Trump's strongest competitor.
De Santis told Special Report host Brett Bell that Trump cannot win key states like Georgia and Arizona in the election. He said, "From the poll results... I defeated Biden in Georgia. Trump didn't do it. I beat Biden completely in Arizona. Trump didn't do it. That's all true."
De Santis also said, "Furthermore, I believe that fundamentally, you need to have a team of talents. To completely end the current situation of administrative dominance, discipline must be strict, goals must be clear, and there must be a group of people around you to support you in completing this mission. I think it will be difficult for this former president to gather such a group of people into the government."
The report points out that in some Republican primaries, Trump's approval rating is still far ahead.