FOX NEWS DIS'es DESANTIS
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Friday accused Fox News and other conservative news outlets of propping up former President Donald Trump to keep their audiences.
Before running for president, DeSantis was a mainstay on Fox News and other conservative outlets, which often treated the Florida governor to friendly and nonchallenging interviews.
"[Trump’s] got basically a Praetorian Guard of the conservative media. Fox News, the websites, all this stuff,” said the Florida governor, referring to the bodyguard for Roman emperors. “They just don’t — they don’t hold him accountable because they’re worried about losing viewers and they don’t want to have the ratings go down.”
“I’m not complaining about it,” he added. “I’d rather that not be the case, but I think that’s just an objective reality.”
DeSantis made his comments while answering a question from a reporter outside his campaign headquarters in Des Moines, where he was asked whether voters were moved by his criticisms of Trump, his rival for the GOP presidential nomination.
Asked about the comments, Fox pointed to his appearance at a Fox News town hall on Tuesday, on Sean Hannity Thursday night, did an interview with Martha MacCallum on Friday and is slated to appear on “Fox News Sunday.”
DeSantis is just a few days away from the Jan. 15 Caucus Day in Iowa, where Trump is ahead of him by roughly 35 points in the polls.
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Friday accused Fox News and other conservative news outlets of propping up former President Donald Trump to keep their audiences.
Before running for president, DeSantis was a mainstay on Fox News and other conservative outlets, which often treated the Florida governor to friendly and nonchallenging interviews.
"[Trump’s] got basically a Praetorian Guard of the conservative media. Fox News, the websites, all this stuff,” said the Florida governor, referring to the bodyguard for Roman emperors. “They just don’t — they don’t hold him accountable because they’re worried about losing viewers and they don’t want to have the ratings go down.”
“I’m not complaining about it,” he added. “I’d rather that not be the case, but I think that’s just an objective reality.”
DeSantis made his comments while answering a question from a reporter outside his campaign headquarters in Des Moines, where he was asked whether voters were moved by his criticisms of Trump, his rival for the GOP presidential nomination.
Asked about the comments, Fox pointed to his appearance at a Fox News town hall on Tuesday, on Sean Hannity Thursday night, did an interview with Martha MacCallum on Friday and is slated to appear on “Fox News Sunday.”
DeSantis is just a few days away from the Jan. 15 Caucus Day in Iowa, where Trump is ahead of him by roughly 35 points in the polls.
