And while Mr. DeSantis’s stump speech in Chariton, Iowa, was shorter and more focused on what his priorities would be as president (the economy, immigration, challenging the federal government bureaucracy), he barely talked about the state or the town he was in.
The bus tour on Thursday through several counties south of Des Moines was Mr. DeSantis’s first appearance in an early voting state since the layoffs.
He still trails Mr. Trump in national polls by more than 30 percentage points.
With all of this bad news, the campaign has shifted to a more guerrilla-style approach.
He is scheduled to make several more stops in Iowa on Thursday, including at a county fair, and will hold a town hall at a distillery in the evening.
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