DeSantis regrets shunning media early in campaign: ‘I should have gone on all the corporate shows’

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Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis on Thursday expressed regret at sparring with and shunning the media early in his campaign and said he should have gone on "all the corporate shows."

During an appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show, the Florida governor was asked what errors he had made since announcing his candidacy that he is willing to correct in order to be successful in March.

DeSantis said that presidential campaigns often hinged significantly on media coverage and admitted he came into the race not doing many appearances for major networks.

"I should have just been blanketing. I should have gone on all the corporate shows," he said. "I should have gone on everything. I started doing that as we got into the end of the summer, and we did it. But we had an opportunity, I think, to come out of the gate and do that and reach a much broader folk."

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He also noted that he is the only candidate willing to appear on the WMUR and ABC debate in New Hampshire and is actively participating in televised town halls and answering questions from voters along the way.

"You know, I think that’s good. I’m the only one that’s not at this point running a basement campaign. Biden’s running a basement campaign. Trump won’t debate, won’t take questions from voters. And