‘Let’s Face it, Governor…’ Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Brutally Confronts DeSantis About His Path to Victory

Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo was blunt in her questioning of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

In an interview with the governor on Sunday Morning Futures, Bartiromo invoked recent polling showing former President Donald Trump way ahead of DeSantis and the rest of the Republican primary field. (Real Clear Politics, which averages all major polls, shows Trump ahead of the Florida governor by 44 points.)

“Let’s face it, governor, Donald Trump is ahead of you by a significant margin,” Bartiromo said, candidly. I think the last poll was 52 percent — above, right now, for Trump. How are you going to cut into Trump’s lead? What truly is your path to victory?”

DeSantis response was stay the course — more or less.

“You show up, you make the case,” DeSantis said. “You don’t mail it in. You don’t go missing in action. You meet voters on the ground in the early states, Iowa, New Hampshire, in particular, and tell them about the future of the country and why you’re the best candidate. And so I think that I’ll be the guy I’ve been the most dependable leader of the Republican Party has had in recent years. I’ve delivered. I haven’t just talked. And that’s what we need in Washington. The time for excuses is over. 2024 is make or break. We’re not getting a mulligan on this one. We either get the job done or we’re going to be in a hole in this country for the next generation.”

Watch above, via Fox News.