Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been running full steam ahead in the aftermath of ending his 2024 presidential campaign, not allowing the disappointment to deter him from getting things done in and for the Sunshine State.
He's scored important victories against Disney as well as the plaintiffs in the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act case, has taken action against so-called "squatters' rights" and retail theft, signed five laws cracking down on sexual predators, and recently put his signature on a law that calls for teaching the atrocities of Communism to elementary school students.
Throughout it all, DeSantis has (predictably) still been subjected to one failed media hit piece after another, with the Palm Beach Post embarrassingly stealth-editing one anti-DeSantis column in early April and NBC News hearing about it over a "migration" hit piece that fell flat.
READ: NBC News Raked Over Coals After 'Migration' Hit Piece on Ron DeSantis and Florida Falls Flat
The mainstream media are, of course, still at it, with the latest example coming from Florida-based news outlets who are hyping a new Morning Consult poll (available on the "pro" side) that they say shows Gov. DeSantis with "one of the highest disapproval ratings for governors."
For instance, here's how NBC News affiliate WFLA framed it:
DeSantis has one of the highest disapproval ratings for governors: poll https://t.co/mJoO9RkJwe pic.twitter.com/9rALiXpCSr
— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) April 22, 2024
It's not until you click the link and read beyond the headline that you find out that the poll was a national poll, not a state poll:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has one of the highest disapproval ratings among U.S. governors, a national survey from Morning Consult found.
Morning Consult tracked three months’ worth of survey data from about 9,000 voters.
The Florida Republican’s 44% disapproval rating ties him for third place, coming in just short of Oregon Democrat Tina Kotek (45%) and Iowa Republican Kim Reynolds (47%), who endorsed DeSantis for president during the GOP primaries.
And it wasn't until the last line in the piece that they pointed out his approval ratings among Republicans nationally are rock solid:
Headline vs. Article https://t.co/i5xv38ND0T pic.twitter.com/b3lnL0tadW
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) April 22, 2024
The Tampa Bay Times, too, ran with "DeSantis has one of the highest governor disapproval ratings, poll finds" for their headline without initially describing it as a national poll, but the subheadline noted that "DeSantis is popular overall, and beloved by Republicans."
Further, when it comes to Floridians directly, they showed us what they thought of Ron DeSantis in November 2022:
In 2022, Ron DeSantis won re-election by a landslide. His 19.4% margin of victory was the largest since 1982 and the largest for a Republican since 1868. His win can be attributed to various factors, including incumbency, and to certain segments of the electorate. a⏳ pic.twitter.com/epAqHSCkd9
— Douglas 🌻 (@BethVanGreene) November 19, 2023
As they say, the numbers don't lie...
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