DeSantis Campaign Press Release - Ron DeSantis on WHO Radio's Max and Amy in the Morning

"The way I view the choice between caucus-goers is, you have Donald Trump running on his issues, Nikki Haley running on her donors' issues, and I'm running on your issues."

DES MOINES, Iowa – Ron DeSantis today joined Max and Amy in the Morning live on WHO radio. The highlights are below.

Listen to the full interview here.

On his message to Iowans in the final two weeks:

We're going to keep showing up, answering people's questions, being in all the communities that we can. My wife is also in town, and so she's doing her thing. She's very effective on the campaign trail. And look, this is ultimately -- Iowa has a chance to really change the trajectory of the country. They can upend all the media narratives. The way I view the choice between caucus-goers is, you have Donald Trump running on his issues, Nikki Haley running on her donors' issues, and I'm running on your issues. I'm running on your family's issues, and I'm running on this country's issues, and I have a record of achievement down in Florida delivering on all these things and notching big win after big win. That's what we need to do in this country. We need to change the trajectory, and we got to start winning again.

On the results of the Citrus Bowl yesterday:

The playoff games were both good games last night. I think Michigan is probably favored. And so, we're going to have the big conference shake up where those specific teams are going to be in the Big 10, and the SEC is going to get Texas, and some of these others. But I think what Michigan did shows that the big 10, you know, down in the southeast we're kind of like, oh, the SEC is all that. But I mean, Michigan handled Alabama, and I think they're probably going to win the national championship. So I think that's good for the conference.

On being the hardest working candidate in the race:

It's a lot of hard work. We've worked very hard. I mean, I've gone to all 99 counties in Iowa, you know, I've done more town halls and took more questions than any candidate. And we're happy to do that, and that's what you need to do. Not everyone's willing to do that. And so a lot of it has actually been fun because you get to meet a lot of great people, you get to hear from people in a variety of different parts of the country -- heck, even different parts of Iowa -- where they're talking about different issues. So that part I think has actually been good. I'm glad that we do it this way. I think it makes you a better candidate, and I think it makes you a better governor, President, you know, whatever position you're in... there's some things you just can't control. So what I've tried to do is just focus on the things I can control. I can determine how hard I work, which I'm going to work very hard. You know, I can determine the message that I want to deliver for people, which I think we've got a powerful message.

On spending time with the family for Christmas:

We did get to go to Florida for Christmas, so we had a few days there where we were just normal people. We -- you know, and part of it is people during Christmas, they're not exactly going to attend campaign events. So we're just like, you know what, we're going to do that. Santa came through very well. I will say, you know, Santa probably didn't do the best job wrapping the presents. Maybe a little too much eggnog there. But what ends up happening is the kids wake up and rip it open right away anyways, and so it's all good. And I spent a lot of Christmas and the next day putting together a lot of the things that they got.