‘It’s good to be an underdog’: DeSantis makes his pitch before Iowa caucuses

As the Florida governor tries to get Trump votes, Republicans worry he doesn’t have what it takes to beat Joe Biden in November

Amid a campaign that has, from its very first minutes, not gone quite as planned, Ron DeSantis took the stage on Saturday before a crowd of supporters in an Iowa office complex to inform them that the latest obstacle – a historically frigid winter storm – would not stop him from winning the first state to vote in the Republican presidential nomination process.

“Are you ready to make some history on Monday night?” the Florida governor asked during a visit to the West Des Moines offices of Never Back Down, the Super Pac supporting his bid for president.