DeSantis Seeks Rebound As He Returns To Iowa; Trump Cancels Rally Over Weather

May 14, 2023 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    -34% Moderately Liberal

  • Reliability

    45% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

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Bias Score Analysis

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  •   Conservative
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"DeSantis gave his most direct response to some of Trump's attacks last week, telling Newsmax that Trump is employing Democratic talking points on his record on Social Security."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Responding to Trump's CNN town hall, the PAC and its staff took aim at Trump's handling of issues important to the GOP base: guns, abortion and a southern border wall."
Negative
-92% Liberal
"Trump's campaign and allies at his super PAC have been highlighting more supportive statements this week, from West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) - who said on Fox News that he's confident Trump can win the election - to Marjorie Daenfelser, the president of a national antiabortion group, who said she had a terrific meeting with Trump."
Positive
74% Conservative
"Trump's campaign and allies at his super PAC have been highlighting more supportive statements this week, from West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) - who said on Fox News that he's confident Trump can win the election - to Marjorie Daenfelser, the president of a national antiabortion group, who said she had a terrific meeting with Trump."
Positive
74% Conservative
"Trump's campaign and allies at his super PAC have been highlighting more supportive statements this week, from West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) - who said on Fox News that he's confident Trump can win the election - to Marjorie Daenfelser, the president of a national antiabortion group, who said she had a terrific meeting with Trump."
Positive
74% Conservative
"Trump's campaign and allies at his super PAC have been highlighting more supportive statements this week, from West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) - who said on Fox News that he's confident Trump can win the election - to Marjorie Daenfelser, the president of a national antiabortion group, who said she had a terrific meeting with Trump."
Positive
74% Conservative
"Ron DeSantis has, I would say, nearly 100 percent name recognition . . ."
Positive
20% Conservative
"Trump's team has pressed its advantage to rack up endorsements before DeSantis is officially in the race, locking down the support of much of the Republican congressional delegation from Florida - including a longtime DeSantis ally, Rep. Byron Donalds, and another congressman who said DeSantis has been unresponsive to his outreach."
Positive
18% Conservative
"Trump's team has pressed its advantage to rack up endorsements before DeSantis is officially in the race, locking down the support of much of the Republican congressional delegation from Florida - including a longtime DeSantis ally, Rep. Byron Donalds, and another congressman who said DeSantis has been unresponsive to his outreach."
Positive
18% Conservative
"In Iowa, Senate President Amy Sinclair and Iowa House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl endorsed DeSantis just ahead of his visit, headlining a list of more than three dozen state lawmakers throwing their support behind the governor, according to Never Back Down."
Positive
14% Conservative
"In Iowa, Senate President Amy Sinclair and Iowa House Majority Leader Matt Windschitl endorsed DeSantis just ahead of his visit, headlining a list of more than three dozen state lawmakers throwing their support behind the governor, according to Never Back Down."
Positive
14% Conservative
"DeSantis gave his most direct response to some of Trump's attacks last week, telling Newsmax that Trump is employing Democratic talking points on his record on Social Security."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"DeSantis gave his most direct response to some of Trump's attacks last week, telling Newsmax that Trump is employing Democratic talking points on his record on Social Security."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"DeSantis and his backers are trying to recapture the momentum he had earlier in the year - pitching donors on the governor's ability to beat Biden in swing states, working to counter the endorsements Trump has already lined up and taking sharper swings at the former president still beloved by much of the GOP."
Positive
2% Conservative
"DeSantis and his backers are trying to recapture the momentum he had earlier in the year - pitching donors on the governor's ability to beat Biden in swing states, working to counter the endorsements Trump has already lined up and taking sharper swings at the former president still beloved by much of the GOP."
Positive
2% Conservative
"Trump may be the front-ruer, but in Iowa we've been trained literally for half a century to listen to everyone, he said."
Positive
0% Conservative
"DeSantis is making final preparations for a campaign expected to launch by June and seeking to rebound from a tough stretch where Trump has widened his lead in national polling of the GOP primary."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"In a video posted Friday to Truth Social, Trump said DeSantis needs a personality transplant."
Negative
-8% Liberal
"When a recent CBS News poll asked likely Republican primary voters what they wanted in a nominee if it isn't Trump, 37 percent said they wanted a candidate who shows loyalty to Trump, while another 56 percent wanted a candidate who simply doesn't talk about him."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"When a recent CBS News poll asked likely Republican primary voters what they wanted in a nominee if it isn't Trump, 37 percent said they wanted a candidate who shows loyalty to Trump, while another 56 percent wanted a candidate who simply doesn't talk about him."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"But Trump said on social media Saturday afternoon that his event was canceled, citing a tornado watch in the area."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Ron DeSantis returned to the first-in-the-nation caucus state Saturday with a slew of Iowa endorsements and fresh legislative victories, as he and his allies draw increasingly direct contrasts with Donald Trump ahead of a 2024 aouncement and look to dispel doubts about the Florida governor's prospects."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Ron DeSantis returned to the first-in-the-nation caucus state Saturday with a slew of Iowa endorsements and fresh legislative victories, as he and his allies draw increasingly direct contrasts with Donald Trump ahead of a 2024 aouncement and look to dispel doubts about the Florida governor's prospects."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"Trump had plaed to rally in Des Moines Saturday evening as DeSantis spoke elsewhere in the state, setting up a split-screen between the former president - the current polling leader for the GOP nomination - and his top rival."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"DeSantis leaned into that argument implicitly Saturday at a packed picnic hosted by Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) here in Sioux Center, where DeSantis said governing is not about building a brand or talking on social media but about delivering results."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"The governor's team feels that Trump's onslaught may be hurting his head to head numbers but it's not really hurting his favorability numbers, said one attendee at a recent dier with DeSantis, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations."
Negative
-18% Liberal
"DeSantis's team has long estimated privately that some 30 percent of Republican voters will back Trump no matter"
Negative
-20% Liberal
"I think right now those are all meaningless, said Bill Stern, a former state finance chair for Trump in South Carolina who is now backing DeSantis."
Negative
-20% Liberal
"The challenge of criticizing Trump while also courting his voters was clear this past week as a pro-DeSantis super PAC, Never Back Down, ramped up its attacks, drawing some rebukes from vocal DeSantis supporters on social media."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Still, the CNN town hall this week showcased the kinds of comments that galvanize Trump's base but risk alienating swing voters, as the former president declined to back Ukraine over Russia, claimed the consequences of a default on the national debt could be maybe nothing and dismissed this week's jury finding on sexual abuse."
Negative
-26% Liberal
"Trump is positioning himself as the inevitable nominee but has to contend with renewed GOP questions about his electability after a New York jury found him liable for defamation and sexual abuse - allegations he's denied."
Negative
-28% Liberal
"The dynamics of the presidential race have changed significantly since Trump and DeSantis nearly crossed paths in Iowa two months ago, as Trump appeared more vulnerable and the Florida governor was just starting his book tour."
Negative
-32% Liberal
"If we make [the] 2024 election, a referendum on Joe Biden and his failures, and we provide a positive alternative for the future of this country, Republicans will win across the board, DeSantis said."
Negative
-34% Liberal
"Representatives for DeSantis did not respond to a request for comment, while Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump's campaign, referenced Trump's commanding leads in GOP primary polling and also general election surveys that show him ahead of President Biden."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Representatives for DeSantis did not respond to a request for comment, while Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump's campaign, referenced Trump's commanding leads in GOP primary polling and also general election surveys that show him ahead of President Biden."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Representatives for DeSantis did not respond to a request for comment, while Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump's campaign, referenced Trump's commanding leads in GOP primary polling and also general election surveys that show him ahead of President Biden."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"Responding to Trump's CNN town hall, the PAC and its staff took aim at Trump's handling of issues important to the GOP base: guns, abortion and a southern border wall."
Negative
-66% Liberal
"Responding to Trump's CNN town hall, the PAC and its staff took aim at Trump's handling of issues important to the GOP base: guns, abortion and a southern border wall."
Negative
-66% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% :DeSantis gave his most direct response to some of Trump's attacks last week, telling Newsmax that Trump is employing Democratic talking points on his record on Social Security.
4% : Responding to Trump's CNN town hall, the PAC and its staff took aim at Trump's handling of issues important to the GOP base: guns, abortion and a southern border wall.

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