Gov. Ron DeSantis “all but declared his presidential candidacy on Thursday afternoon, telling donors and supporters on a call that only three ‘credible’ candidates were in the race and that only he would be able to win both the Republican primary and the general election,” the New York Times reports.
Said DeSantis: “You have basically three people at this point that are credible in this whole thing. Biden, Trump and me.”
He added: “And I think of those three, two have a chance to get elected president — Biden and me, based on all the data in the swing states, which is not great for the former president and probably insurmountable because people aren’t going to change their view of him.”
The Messenger reports DeSantis has sent invitations for a Wednesday kick off of his campaign.
