’s coverage of his administration’s racist education policy. The Florida governor was flying high back then: He was just a few months off a commanding midterm victory; he was being hyped up as a potential heir towas regarded by many Republicans as a sign of swagger rather than a thin cover for his political deficiencies.
Oh, how times have changed! Apparently no longer able to afford turning down a national platform, the spiraling 2024 hopeful sat down with NBC News’Sunday. And while the interview served to showcase DeSantis's crisis of charisma, it was also a marked shift in the campaign’s media strategy, which previously involved icing out the mainstream press.