Top Ron DeSantis PAC spokesman admits 'we are way behind': Steve Cortes concedes Trump is the 'runaway frontrunner' and the Florida governor 'has work to do' in blunt assessment of 2024 prospects

DailyMail ^ | July 3, 2023 | Nikki Schwab

[backpacker_c]

Steve Cortes, a former Trump surrogate who now is the spokesman for DeSantis' Never Back Down PAC, participated in a Twitter Spaces discussion Sunday night with the anonymous Twitter user CryptoLawyerz.

'Right now in national polling we are way behind, I'll be the first to admit that,' Cortes said. 'I believe in being blunt and honest. It's an uphill battle but clearly Donald Trump is the runaway frontrunner.'

'In the first four states which matter tremendously, polls are a lot tighter, we are still clearly down,' he said. 'We're down double digits, we have work to do.'

While Cortes became politically involved thanks to Trump, he decided to switch to team DeSantis because he was looking for the 'most conservative, most patriotic populist, most electable candidate.'

[backpacker_c]

After supporting Trump and America First ideas all that time on warroom, what cortes did was he saw a lot of money and got attracted by it.

And desantis isn't gaining support, rather, his campaign is losing it by what team desantis has done and the messages it puts out.

[Secret Agent Man]

“Work to do”

I really love how they think they can just “work” to change a Trump supporter over to anyone else.

Its Trump or Uniparty

You’d need to move mountains to convince me of anyone else.

[JonPreston]

Another L for the Bush team. DeSantis ruined any shot at 2028

[thegagline]

For a point of reference, on July 1, 2015, Jeb Bush was at 19% while Trump was trailing at 12%.

[frank ballenger]

Never Give In, Never, Never, Never
—Winston Churchill, 1941.

Actually the aide for any candidate is supposed to look at the bright side and never say “we are way behind.”
Say things like “the poll we watch is the one on election day as the ballots are being counted.” Perot’s guy had him say “A lot of Americans are gonna wake up the morning after election day and be really surprised to see me as the winner.”

Spoiler about 1996:
“Perot won several counties, placed second in two states, and finished far ahead of any other candidate in third place overall, receiving close to 18.97 percent of the popular vote, the most won by a non-major-party presidential candidate since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.”

[packagingguy]

He should have waited until 2028.

[dragnet2]

[cowboyusa]

Got a better Candidate?

[cowboyusa]

Give me a bettet Canodate in 28.

[Jane Long]

While Cortes became politically involved thanks to Trump, he decided to switch to team DeSantis because he was looking for the 'most conservative, most patriotic populist, most electable candidate payola.

Fixed it.

Bannon will have a field day with this, on Warroom....rightly so.

Enjoy your 30 pcs of silver, cortes.

[tennmountainman]

Agree.

[Paladin2]

Steve Cortez is dead to MAGA. DEAD

[tennmountainman]

LOL.

[Jane Long]

LOLOL....even 30 Pcs Cortes has to admit it....

[Golden Eagle]

Steve Cortes is a good man. He was the most honest supporter in Trump’s inner circle, which is why he left.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Team DeSantis is reduced to meeting with anonymous former DOJ Twitter handle called CryptoLawyerz - lol

Even the post interview poll had 81.1% for Trump, 18.9 for Desantis

[P-Marlowe]

Ramaswamy.

[cowboyusa]

Yeah, 4 percent Rahmsway ha no chance. The basr is Evangelicals, they won't support a Hindu. And where does he get off thinking he can do a better job than Trump.

[dowcaet]

“While Cortes became politically involved thanks to Trump, he decided to switch to team DeSantis because he was looking for the ‘most conservative, most patriotic populist, most electable candidate.”

You picked poorly Steve!

[cowboyusa]

Noem.