DeSantis is seen as vulnerable after a summer slide in the polls, which have left him languishing more than 30 points behind Trump in the race
“He’s going to be a punching bag,” said Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and former senior aide to U.S. Senator Rand Paul. “DeSantis is considered a wounded candidate going the wrong way.”
The event will be held one day before Trump plans to surrender in Atlanta in connection with his indictment in Georgia on charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The eight participants include U.S. Senator Tim Scott, tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum in addition to DeSantis, Christie, Hutchinson and Pence.
The DeSantis campaign is anticipating particularly harsh broadsides from Ramaswamy and Christie, a person close to the governor said. The governor’s aides and allies see the debate as a potentially crucial moment that could help him breathe life back into his campaign.
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