‘It’s just stupid’: DeSantis stumbles in New Hampshire
For several months this year, Ron DeSantis seemed poised for a breakthrough in New Hampshire.
Longtime allies of his chief opponent, Donald Trump, were shopping around for alternatives. Multiple efforts sprang up to draft DeSantis into the race. The Florida governor topped Trump in one New Hampshire poll in January, and he sold out the state GOP’s biggest annual fundraising dinner in April, helping the party bring in a record haul.
But in the month since DeSantis formally entered the presidential race, he’s stumbled in the first-in-the-nation primary state.
He got dragged into a tit-for-tat endorsement battle with Trump that generated some media attention but little measurable increase in su...
