Trump’s 2020 re-hash puts DeSantis in a bind: Can he bring himself to say Trump lost?

 https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/15/trump-2020-election-desantis-bind-00096852

But implicit in DeSantis’ argument that he is a more electable alternative to Trump is the idea that Trump actually lost.The fundamental problem for DeSantis — underscored even by blunter messaging from the super PAC supporting him — is that he can’t bring himself to say it.

“First question at first debate: Raise your hand if you think Trump won the 2020 election,” said Republican consultant Alex Conant, who worked on Sen. Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential race and is unaffiliated in the 2024 campaign. “If a candidate can’t dispose of a fake issue like who won the election, how can voters expect them to handle the real issues?”