DeSantis can't even get people to show up for beers with a mere $1 admission.
Beer, barbecue and a bus: Inside Ron DeSantis' awkward comeback effort
The Florida governor has stuck to his old talking points, and the focus on retail politics has been less than smooth.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-awkward-comeback-effort-rcna97317
ROCHESTER, N.H. — For $1, New Hampshire voters were invited to drink beer with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday in Concord.
But barely more than two dozen people showed up at the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, which slashed the ticket price for the general public from $50 late in the week in order to build the crowd.
By the time the event started, an hour late, there were just 30 people in the room.
For a campaign that promised allies a new approach while shedding staff amid a cash crunch and declining poll numbers, the meet-and-greet with homebuilders was just one of a string of events in Iowa and New Hampshire in recent days that were distinctive less for any change in DeSantis’ tack than for the appearance of waning interest in his candidacy.
At least at the outset, DeSantis has reset in name only.
“When you’re not gaining traction in the polls, they’ve got to do something,” said Jim Tobin, who attended DeSantis’ economic policy speech in Rochester on Monday, and is leaning toward voting for the governor. “If he was even in the polls, they wouldn’t be doing anything."
(More about DeSantis' complete failure at above url)
Beer, barbecue and a bus: Inside Ron DeSantis' awkward comeback effort
The Florida governor has stuck to his old talking points, and the focus on retail politics has been less than smooth.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-awkward-comeback-effort-rcna97317
ROCHESTER, N.H. — For $1, New Hampshire voters were invited to drink beer with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday in Concord.
But barely more than two dozen people showed up at the New Hampshire Home Builders Association, which slashed the ticket price for the general public from $50 late in the week in order to build the crowd.
By the time the event started, an hour late, there were just 30 people in the room.
For a campaign that promised allies a new approach while shedding staff amid a cash crunch and declining poll numbers, the meet-and-greet with homebuilders was just one of a string of events in Iowa and New Hampshire in recent days that were distinctive less for any change in DeSantis’ tack than for the appearance of waning interest in his candidacy.
At least at the outset, DeSantis has reset in name only.
“When you’re not gaining traction in the polls, they’ve got to do something,” said Jim Tobin, who attended DeSantis’ economic policy speech in Rochester on Monday, and is leaning toward voting for the governor. “If he was even in the polls, they wouldn’t be doing anything."
(More about DeSantis' complete failure at above url)
