A spokesman for a super PAC backing Ron DeSantis acknowledged that the Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate is “way behind” in national polling and is “fighting uphill” to defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary
“Right now, in national polling, we are way behind. I’ll be the first to admit that,” Steve Cortes, an ex-Trump adviser who is now a national spokesman for the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC, said during a Twitter Spaces event on Sunday. “I believe in being really blunt and really honest. It’s an uphill battle.” DeSantis has been trailing Trump in polling for months, but Cortes’ admission was a moment of surprising candor from a top DeSantis operative.
We have wood to chop,” Cortes said. The group Never Back Down did not take steps to distance itself from Cortes’ remarks on Monday. When asked for comment, a spokeswoman copied Cortes to the message from CNN and he expanded upon his initial points. “The former president has debated through two successive presidential cycles, so of course he possesses a lot of experience in that arena,” Cortes said in a message to CNN.
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