Ron DeSantis' Utah fade included pingpong loss, David Wells snub
Last year, Ron DeSantis arguably was strongest as a presidential candidate in Utah for a short period of time, a reality that did not last.
How did DeSantis go from a candidate keynoting a speech in the Spring to Utah Republicans — one that included some of his first stump remarks about the just-signed six-week abortion ban and constitutional carry legislation, along with a bizarre assertion that Florida was the “Utah of the Southeast” — to a final fade there that mirrored collapses elsewhere on the GOP Primary map?
The answer, per the Deseret News, seems to be his failure to personally connect with some of the biggest players in the Beehive State. DeSantis failed the test when it came to a...
