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WATCH: Is DeSantis Cracking Under the Pressure of a Presidential Campaign?

Ron DeSantis has certainly proven himself in his time as Florida governor.

Running for president of the United States is an entirely different animal though.

One of the things that many claim separates him from President Donald Trump is his tact.

It may be possible that some people are confusing Ron DeSantis’ tact with his ability to remain cool under pressure, which is something Trump typically excels at.

Is that really the case though?

DeSantis got a bit snippy with a reporter who asked him a question during a New Hampshire campaign event.

A reporter asked him why he wasn’t taking questions with local voters.

DeSantis, who in his defense appeared to be making himself readily available to voters, took offense to the question and snapped back at the reporter:

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“People are coming up to me, talking to me.  What are you talking about?”

“Are you blind?.. Are you blind?”  DeSantis continued.

While it’s quite possible this reporter was asking a ‘dumb’ question, this wasn’t a good look for DeSantis, especially when you look at the way Joe Biden handled questions when he ran for president in 2020.

MSN reported on the incident:

The incident came hours after Mr DeSantis snapped at a reporter who persisted in asking him why he was posing for pictures with local voters but not taking their questions.

“Are you blind?” Mr DeSantis snarled, insisting he was making himself available.

The exchange was leapt upon Mr Trump, who branded his top 2024 rival “angry” at a Fox News town hall event in Iowa on Thursday evening.

Whether DeSantis was out of line or not is up to the voters to decide.

What do you think?:

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The DeSantis team dismissed the notion that this was some kind of outburst, with his press secretary calling out the media tactics leading up to the exchange.

Fox News has more:

Videos posted to Twitter show DeSantis taking photos with members of the crowd at a campaign event in New Hampshire, which has the first Republican primary next year. The first caucuses will take place in Iowa.

NBC News reported that DeSantis “did not answer questions from his lectern so that voters could all hear his answers at once.”

DeSantis’ press secretary Bryan Griffin reacted to video of the confrontation on Twitter.

“This @AP reporter asked this question while @RonDeSantis was surrounded by voters in New Hampshire asking him questions and taking pictures. Perfectly illustrative of the modern media shutting their eyes and ears to the truth to push their narrative,” Griffin said.

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It’s easy to be taken back to the many angry incidents that Joe Biden was a part of.

Remember this one?..:

This is not to say that DeSantis is just like Biden, but he is certainly going to have to learn to keep his cool.

Are we really supposed to believe that republican voters would have less of a problem with this than with Donald Trump and his quick wit?

Either way, there appears to be a mix of emotions when it comes to DeSantis vs Trump.

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