Fox News host Laura Ingraham directly asked Ron DeSantis how he will catch up to Trump in the polls.

GALLAGHER: I want to know if you think it’s anyone other than Trump or DeSantis. I don’t want to I don’t want to sway you. I’m trying to be somewhat neutral here. I’m trying to be somewhat objective. I’m trying to be fair and open minded here and reasonable. But in my mind, it’s Trump or DeSantis. Am I wrong? Laura Ingraham last night asked Ron DeSantis. You are a distant number two right now. How do you change course?

INGRAHAM: How do you become number one under the latest CBS poll out of New Hampshire shows that you’re in second, albeit a distant second behind Trump. You’re at 13%. He’s at 50%. Similar numbers. You obviously have more at 21%, I think, in Iowa. How do you go from number two to number one, given Trump’s huge lead in the polls?

DESANTIS: Well, Laura, this is our time for choosing. We’re not going to get a mulligan on the 2024 election. We’ve had three straight election cycles in a row where Democrats have a playbook to beat Republicans. And if we repeat that same playbook in 24, we’re going to lose. We were supposed to have a big red wave in 2022. I thought your monologue was excellent, outlining the problems, but all those problems were there in November of 2022. Republicans should have capitalized on that by winning a huge red wave, and that did not happen. And voters chose Democrats over some of our candidates, except in Florida. In Florida, we delivered a historic reelection victory, and that’s because we delivered on our promises. So as you look forward, the time for talking is over. I look at the border situation. I look at the budget situation. These are issues that Republicans have been talking about for decades, and yet they still persist. I’m the only guy running that can say everything I promised my voters I would do. I delivered on 100% of the promises. So, yes, I will beat Biden. But even more importantly than that, I’m the guy that will actually deliver 100% of the results that we need to turn this country around.

GALLAGHER: That’s Governor Ron DeSantis with Laura Ingram last night on Fox News. So let me turn it over to you. I’m watching Ron DeSantis tonight. I don’t care what Chris Christie blubber is about. I don’t care what anybody else blathers about. I don’t care. I mean, it’s interesting. It’s kind of intriguing, I guess. But to me, all eyes are on Ron DeSantis. If he hits a Grand slam, maybe he inches up. To me. There’s one question and one question that remains. Is it going to be Trump or is it going to be DeSantis?