Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said he decided to make a run for the White House in November 2020, according to remarks to Fox News.
The revelation was highlighted by The National Pulse editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam, who noted that Ron DeSantis and his wife would decide to run and betray Donald Trump almost three years ago in 2020.
Here is what DeSantis told Fox News:
“So, I would say starting in November of 2020, the number one thing I would get on the street is 2024.”
“Our view is, are you the one to beat Biden and actually deliver on this stuff over an eight-year period, to serve two terms?” he said.
“And we came to the conclusion that we were the ones to do it and to get it done, and so, there’s been no looking back.”
On The Campaign Trail podcast, Kassam observed, saying, “Hold on a minute, November 2020? So everything else, the gubernatorial reelect, all the chit-chat in between, all of the denials, all of them, like, ‘Oh, well, we’re looking at it, we don’t know, we’re not sure’ – all of that turned out to be disingenuous bullshit.”
As we know from reports, DeSantis claimed speculation on his presidential bid was “manufactured” and dismissed it as “nonsense” in July 2021.
He again denied he was considering running in October and as late as August 2022.
DeSantis continued to suggest all the chatter around him running was nothing more than “media obsession.”
The assertions are making DeSantis look even more untrustworthy.
Regardless, the Florida Governor is losing support from all sides.
As The Daily Fetched reported earlier this month:
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch who has pushed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s national profile through his media empire has reportedly lost confidence in DeSantis’s ability to defeat President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary.
According to a report from Rolling Stone, one Fox News insider said that Rupert and his son Lachlan Murdoch “are transactional and can smell a loser a mile away.”
A senior Fox source also said Murdoch’s “understandable worry is that we may end up being stuck with Trump anyway.”
“And DeSantis is underperforming. Anybody can see that … [and the Murdochs], they’re seeing it, too,” the source added.
READ: Trump Gives DeSantis a Reality Check on 2024: Come Back to Florida and “Do Your Job”
