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Ron DeSantis is putting off voters with awkward habits, including eating chocolate pudding with three fingers, staffers say

Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis has also been accused of hiding behind his former news anchor wife. Pictured in Iowa on March 10. File Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Expand

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Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis has also been accused of hiding behind his former news anchor wife. Pictured in Iowa on March 10. File Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis has also been accused of hiding behind his former news anchor wife. Pictured in Iowa on March 10. File Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis has also been accused of hiding behind his former news anchor wife. Pictured in Iowa on March 10. File Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Josie Ensor

Ron DeSantis is shying away from voters, hiding behind his wife and putting people off with his awkward eating habits, staffers said, as his popularity slides in the polls.

Critics said the Florida governor, and Donald Trump’s likely White House challenger, appears to lack charisma and is socially awkward, with observers citing an incident when he ate chocolate pudding with three fingers.

Telegraph Media Group Limited [2023]

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