Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) unleashed a sea of criticism targeting Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for having “one of the worst” presidential campaigns he’s ever seen.
Hogan, who rejected a possible 2024 presidential bid in March, told CBS News Major Garrett on Wednesday that he thinks DeSantis has “really underperformed” as polls show Florida governor trailing former President Donald Trump by double digits for the GOP nomination in three recent national polls, observed Politico.
“He was the one who got all the attention… wall-to-wall coverage on Fox News, he was the only one besides Trump who really got a lot of attention, he raised a lot of money, he was a pretty successful governor in a big state who got re-elected and then started making all sorts of mistakes,” Hogan said.
“I think the campaign is one of the worst I’ve seen so far and it’s fallen like a rock.”
Hogan, who said it’s “almost over” for DeSantis’ campaign, said he thinks Florida’s governor is moving in the wrong direction, then revealed what he says is the “central flaw” of his 2024 bid.
“The culture wars, the stupid comments about Ukraine… he has some strengths, but he also has some weaknesses,” Hogan said.
“I mean he just doesn’t connect with people, he’s not a good campaigner, he’s not a good debater. He’s a smart kid, went to Yale and Harvard.”
“Don’t impose that,” Garrett agreed.
“Doesn’t work with that. He says he went to school somewhere in the Northeast, but yeah, I think, you know, everybody thought he was the guy to beat and now I don’t think too many people think that,” Hogan said.