Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) remains confident about his 2024 presidential chances, saying on Tuesday that the "proof is in the pudding."
In an interview with CNN, DeSantis brushed off concerns that he was becoming less electable due to his positions on controversial social issues.
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"I mean, the proof is in the pudding," he told CNN host Jake Tapper. "I mean, I took a state that had been a 1-point state, and we won it by 20 percentage points, 1.5 million votes. Our bread and butter were people like suburban moms."
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He made the comment after Tapper posited that his campaign may be lagging because he wasn't living up to expectations as a more "electable" conservative candidate, like former President Donald Trump, but "without the baggage."
The interview comes shortly after DeSantis's campaign had to fire several staff members and as he trails the former president by more than 30 percentage points, according to RealClearPolitics.