The back and forth with a well-known journalist outside conservative circles is a vastly different look for Gov. DeSantis.
Tapper asked DeSantis about his White House bid, including the fact he is a very distant second to former President Donald Trump in most public polling, the red flags embedded in his first campaign finance report, and having to fire more than“They have been saying that I have been doing poorly for my whole time as governor, basically,” DeSantis said.
“I had to do my job as governor with our legislative session,” DeSantis said. “I was basically taking fire really non-stop since then.” “Not everyone really knows what wokeness is,” DeSantis said. “I mean, I have defined it, but a lot of people who rail against wokeness cannot even define it.”the term as a type of “cultural marxism” that puts “merit and achievement behind identity politics.” The idea that most public institutions are “infected with the woke mind virus” was the defining feature of nearly all of DeSantis’ policy proposals during his first term as governor, and the early policies outlined as he runs for president.
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