WATCH: Focus Group of Trump Voters Trashes ‘Narcissist’ Former President While Unanimously Praising ‘Badass’ Ron DeSantis
GOP pollster Frank Luntz hosted a focus group of Trump voters who were split on former President Donald Trump but uniformly praised Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
Footage of the focus group was played on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Tuesday.
Luntz asked the group to say in one word or phrase how they view Trump:
GREGORY (Nevada): Stay off Twitter.
JAMI (Iowa): I was just going to say the same thing. His new one that he’s on [Truth Social], he needs to take a break from that one.
BECKY (Virginia): A narcissist.
LISA (New York): Keep doing what you’re doing.
JOHN (North Dakota): Unrelenting.
MARIE (New York): Mistake.
MELODY (Washington): High hopes.
JON (California): Unsettling
ANDREW (South Carolina): Tired.
CATHY (Pennsylvania): Still right.
ERIC (North Carolina): Divisive.
JIM (Indiana): Overdone.
JOHN DAVID (Georgia): Fighter.
DAVID (California): Racist.
JEFF (Texas): Sanctimonious.
STACY (Indiana): Businessman.
NANCY (Illinois): Calculated.
The group was then asked to express in one word or phrase what they think of DeSantis, a possible 2024 GOP presidential candidate against Trump:
NANCY (Illinois): Promising.
STACY (Indiana): Interesting.
JEFF (Texas): Badass.
DAVID (California): Promising.
JOHN DAVID (Georgia): Fighter.
JIM (Indiana): Rising.
ERIC (North Carolina): Hopeful.
CATHY (Pennsylvania): A leader.
ANDREW (South Carolina): Leader.
JON (California): Visionary.
MELODY (Washington): Amazing.
MARIE (New York): The future.
JOHN (North Dakota): No apologies.
LISA (New York): Gutsy.
BECKY (Virginia): Future of the party.
JAMI (Iowa): Refreshing leader.
GREGORY (Nevada): Future of the party.
This focus group comes on the heels of a stunning new poll in Iowa showing DeSantis leading Trump, 32 percent to 30 percent in a hypothetical matchup – a 23-point swing from June. That survey was just the latest in a spate of bad polls for the former president. A new YouGov poll showed DeSantis beating Trump nationally, 46 percent to 38 percent. And recent polls from key states also showed the Florida governor leading the former president.
Watch above via MSNBC.