Ron DeSantis has a lot of ground to make up if he is going to mount a serious challenge against Donald Trump.
For conservatives, one of the biggest issues is illegal immigration.
That being the case, that is what DeSantis targeted this week to help give himself a boost in polling.
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To be honest, we have heard very little from any candidate in terms of an official platform since this election season has started.
Trump has put out some policies, but the rest of the field has mostly been in attack mode.
Perhaps that is why most of the candidates are barely moving the needle in polls and why Trump has such a commanding lead.
DeSantis hopes to change that by introducing his immigration policy.
DeSantis stated, “We’re going to create adequate rules of engagement, if somebody were breaking into your house to do something bad you would respond with force.
“Yet why don’t we do that at the southern border?
“So if the cartels are cutting through the border wall trying to run product into this country, they’re going to end up stone-cold dead as a result of that bad decision.”
DeSantis added, “If you drop a couple of these cartel operatives, they’ll stop coming.”
🔥 DESANTIS: “If the cartels are cutting through the border wall trying to run product into this country, they’re going to end up STONE COLD DEAD as a result of that bad decision.” pic.twitter.com/te4JvtK1xo
— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) June 26, 2023
The open vow to use deadly force at the border will surely not sit well with Democrats, but that is hardly DeSantis’ concern.
His only concern at this point is chipping away at the massive lead that Trump currently holds in the primary.
To this point, DeSantis has done nothing but lose ground since announcing, so we will have to see if this gets him going back in the right direction or if Trump will continue to dominate this primary.
Source: Fox News
