DeSantis blamed the president of Mexico and the 'corporate media' for his low polling

• GOP presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis' low polling numbers were brought up in a Fox News Tonight interview.
• DeSantis pointed to the president of Mexico and the corporate media for his low polling.
• "These people that are responsible for a lot of the ills in our society, they're targeting me," DeSantis said.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican presidential candidate, blamed the president of Mexico and the 'corporate media' for his tanking polling numbers.

In an interview on Fox News Tonight, DeSantis' low polling numbers were brought up as a topic of discussion.

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At first, DeSantis blamed the "corporate media," whom his campaign shut out for a time, for his inability to gain traction in Republican polling.

"Well, I think if you look at the people like the corporate media, who are they going after, who do they not want to be the nominee? They're going after me," DeSantis said, before adding that he's also been attacked by the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which could also explain the low numbers.

Earlier in July, López Obrador called on US voters to not vote for DeSantis because of his state's tough immigration laws, and called for "not one vote for those who despise migrants."

"Who's the president of Mexico attacking because he knows we'll be strong on the border and hold him accountable in the cartels? He's going after me," DeSantis said in response before adding that he thinks "if you look at all these people that are responsible for a lot of the ills in our society, they're targeting me as the person they don't want to see as the candidate."

Since his campaign's turbulent launch on Twitter Spaces in May, DeSantis has consistently polled second in GOP primary polls, far behind former President Donald Trump. According to FiveThirtyEight, in recent polls asking about the entire slate of GOP candidates, DeSantis has mostly been unable to crack the 25% support mark while the former president routinely brings in over 50% of the pack.

Earlier this year, that same average had DeSantis pulling in the ballpark of 40% average support across polls. 

While a debate stage with the former president may be what the Florida governor needs most to capture enough GOP voters, DeSantis may not face off against Trump on the stage anytime soon. For months, Trump has strongly hinted that he won't attend the first Republican presidential debate.

In spite of Trump's indecisiveness, DeSantis said he'd "be there, regardless."