In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right.
, in his early campaign stops, has also tried to paint himself as a disciplined executive who will make good on his promises, implying Trump had not.
Longwell said her research had consistently found that on-the-fence voters are willing to put aside concerns about Trump’s temperament because they feel he was so effective in office, raising questions about“They don’t like his mouth, they don’t like his tweets, they don’t like his character. But they like what he did as president,” she said.
During the Fox News town hall later that day, Trump said “only stupid people” could suggest they had done more than him on abortion given that he picked some of the conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade. But he also continued to criticize conservative Republican midterm candidates who did not support exceptions, including when the life of the mother is at risk, a position in line with the majority of voters.
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