In particular, DeSantis said it was a mistake to kick off his 2024 run with an insular media strategy that ceded significant ground to former President Donald Trump." I came in not really doing as much media," DeSantis told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Now, DeSantis didn't win a single county in the Iowa caucuses despite making a point of visiting all 99 of them. AdvertisementDeSantis only began to venture beyond the conservative media ecosystem as his campaign began to struggle over the summer. But even DeSantis now has soured on the right-wing media space.

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