The beginning of July is like the beginning of most other months for Donald Trump.
During a rally in Pickens, South Carolina Saturday, the former President vowed to win the state’s Primary in seven months, and bashed his opponents in the 2024 race, predicting that “a lot of people will start dropping out soon,” with special attention for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his poll numbers with “farmers.”
“He’s actually getting absolutely destroyed. He is getting destroyed. He’s so low in Iowa,” Trump said, contending DeSantis “opposed (Trump’s) China tariffs and he opposed helping our farmers.”
“And he’s doing horribly, by the way, in Nebraska and Iowa,” Trump added.
Trump also reiterated claims that DeSantis “voted to gut Medicare and Social Security and voted three times to raise the retirement age to 70.”
“One thing about a politician, if they bring it up, they’ll bring it up again,” Trump warned.
Trump’s trashing of DeSantis and his poll numbers is nothing new.
“The DeSanctimonious campaign is DEAD!” Trump wrote on Truth Social this week. “His polls are dropping like a rock heading to Hell, and the DOJ/FBI are continuing their illegal and outrageous weaponization against me only because I am leading Biden by so much. It’s called ELECTION INTERFERENCE, and they have NO FEAR against DeSanctus – He’s the one that they are dying to run against, (despite) their DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN!”
During the rally, Trump discussed favorable polling, including an in-state National Public Affairs poll.
“We’re leading by many, many points. So many points they didn’t even want to put out a number,” Trump said, though the pollster did put out a number.
Trump takes 41% support among the 809 likely Presidential Primary voters surveyed, while DeSantis is at 18%. Home state candidates Nikki Haley and Tim Scott are both in double digits, with 12% and 10% support, respectively. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s 5% is good for fifth place.
This poll tracks with the Race to the White House average for the state, which also shows Trump leading DeSantis, 41% to 18%.
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