Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) claimed that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis cannot simply “out-Trump” former President Donald Trump as the two Republicans compete in the party’s 2024 presidential primary race.
The Florida governor is seen by many to be Trump’s biggest competitor for the Republican Party’s nomination in 2024. In the presidential primary race, DeSantis has made “some very large critical errors” during his run, the congresswoman stated during an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki.
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“Well, you can’t out-Trump Trump, right, and that’s what he’s really been trying to do,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “His attacks on teachers, on schools, on LGBT Americans, I think, go way too far in the state of Florida. And I think that they are a profound political miscalculation and an overcompensation.”
Ocasio-Cortez added that while DeSantis is trying to win “a base” of voters, the particular base he is trying to appeal to “belongs to Donald Trump.”
Psaki also asked the congresswoman what she thought about some people holding that Trump is the easiest Republican opponent for President Joe Biden to win against in 2024. Ocasio-Cortez stated that “there’s something to be said about that” but noted that the dynamics of presidential races “change from day to day.”
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Biden announced earlier this year that he will seek reelection in 2024, setting up a potential rematch between him and Trump. During a recent appearance on the Pod Save America podcast, Ocasio-Cortez revealed she is supporting Biden in his reelection campaign.
A recent Economist-YouGov poll showed DeSantis is polling better among independents when asked if they want him to run for president in 2024 compared to Trump and Biden. Meanwhile, a majority of independents say they do not want either Trump or Biden running in 2024. Independent voters say Biden should not run 67%-13%, with 20% who say they are unsure, while they believe Trump should not run 59%-28%, with 13% saying they are unsure.
