DeSantis justifies his struggling campaign by saying he isn't focused on TV ads that would make a 'splash nationally'

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis dismissed concerns about his presidential campaign.
• DeSantis said his focus on the early states is not designed to make a national splash akin to a TV ad.
• "I'm not running a campaign to try to juice whatever we are in the national polls," he said.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday projected confidence in his presidential campaign as even some of his allies and donors express fear that he's not breaking through against former President Donald Trump.

DeSantis argued his campaign isn't aimed at making a national splash. Instead, he said, his focus is on the key early states in the GOP presidential primary that begins in less than six months with the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.