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Ron DeSantis faces backlash after Fox News’ Sean Hannity questions Florida Governor on Donald Trump’s ‘rising polls’

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said that many Republican voters had not yet reached a decision

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis connected with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity for a live interview where the 2024 GOP presidential candidate shared his views on Donald Trump’s rising polls amid four indictments.

This came when Hannity pressed DeSantis on the former President’s strong poll numbers despite ongoing legal problems. Hannity asked why he is so far behind Trump for the Republican presidential nomination.

Hannity took to X (formerly Twitter) to share DeSantis’ remarks. The Internet lashed out at the governor.

Sean Hannity questions Ron DeSantis on Donald Trump’s rising polls

Fox News anchor Sean Hannity took to X and wrote, “Hannity to DeSantis: ‘How Do You Explain’ Trump’s Rising Polls Despite Four Indictments?”

Hannity’s tweet featured a short clip from his interview with Ron DeSantis where the host said, “Let me look at the polls and let me ask you the question.”

He continued, “Donald Trump has had a pretty large lead against all the other candidates. And in many ways when you would think that if a presidential candidate gets indicted four times and arraigned four times, it seems to defy all conventional political gravity that every time that happens that the poll numbers go up. How do you explain that?”

DeSantis responded by referring to Trump’s case, “I think that when that Alvin Bragg case came down, it was just so transparently ridiculous to go back seven or eight years.”  

He continued, “Clearly this would not have been brought for nonpolitical reasons. And so I think that he got a lot of sympathy as a result of that in particular. Maybe some of the others too.”

DeSantis continued by criticizing the justice system, deeming it "ridiculous" when under the influence of leftist politicians. He then shifted the conversation, highlighting that a significant portion of Republican voters have not yet reached a decision.

He concluded, “There’s a lot of people that have just not made a final decision.”

Internet slams Ron DeSantis’ remarks

Soon after Sean Hannity questioned Ron DeSantis on Donald Trump’s strong polls, the Internet slammed the governor’s remarks.

One person wrote, “@RonDeSantis, you have lost; never ever will you make it back.”

Another added, “Americans have had enough of the crooked ones." One user said, “I hate Politician Ron DeSantis, hate him!”

A person called out DeSantis saying, “DeSantis should have waited his political career unfortunately is all but over at this point!”

One wrote, “Give it up! You don’t have a chance!!”

Another added, “Yeah desantes using his little bit of covid to make a hero out of it now he show boating it like he’s the man but in reality he really done nothing except storms and people don’t realize that a good president works his ass off and trumps the man period.”