we had that additional money set aside. dana: i assume you have a lot of other mom friends. are they going through something similar? do some think they would need to leave the workforce to take care of the kids at home? yeah. i know people that have gotten different jobs, whether that s more flexible work from home jobs so that they don t have to do the wrap around before and after school care. or yeah, i mean i have considered it even. especially when we had our third child. and having to think about paying for three kids in childcare. but it was just i enjoy going to work, being a working parent and paying a stay-home mom wasn t in the cards for me. dana: i hear you. we re showing pictures of your beautiful family and you are not alone, right? a lot of moms are dealing with this and childcare providers are
to his approach to school lockdowns during the covid pandemic. cnn s ellie reed reports. reporter: if desantis were to run tomorrow, he would win. and that would be such a hard pill to swallow i think for many people. reporter: back in 2021, vanessa was the first person who told me she was a fan of florida governor ron desantis, and that there were more like her. when we first spoke to you in 2021, you mentioned that you had mom friends that you met on twitter who were just obsessed with desantis. and it just stuck in my mind for years. he would just do stuff and say stuff with this conviction. we were all thank you. did you guys have a nickname for him? daddy desantis. it s all joking. of course. because we re like desperate women who had tried everything that we could do in our own power, in our own communities, and we weren t getting anywhere. he was very vocal starting in the summer of 2020 about the need to open schools in particular.
it s important to note that the so-called anti-woke strategy of ron desantis does have a backgrounds but also bonded online over their appreciate of the now-presidential candidate and his actions surrounding covid. if desantis were to run tomorrow, he would win. and that would be such a hard pill to swallow, i think, for many people. back in 2021, vanessa was the first person who told me she was a fan of florida governor ron desantis and that there were more like her. when we first spoke to you in 2021, you mentioned that you had this group of mom friends that you met on twitter who were just obsessed with desantis. and it just stuck in my mind for
florida governor and republican presidential hopeful ron desantis, like some his rivals, will be hitting the campaign trail this fourth of july. be reaching out to voters in new hampshire. cnn s elle reed recently spoke with a group of women, several of whom are lifelong democrats about why they stand with deeg. if desantis were to run tomorrow, he would win. and that would be such a hard pill to swallow i think for many people. reporter: back in 2021, vanessa was the first person who told me she was a fan of florida governor ron desantis, and that there were more like her. when we first spoke to you in 2021, you mentioned that you had this group of mom friends you met on twitter who were just obsessed with desantis. and it just stuck in my mind for years. he would just do stuff and say stuff with this conviction. we were all lake thank you. reporter: did you have a nickname for him? daddy desantis.
him. the latest cnn polling showing that only 26% of republicans and republican-leaning registered voters prefer desantis as the gop nominee. he is in second. that is second to donald trump s 47%. but one group that has been solidly behind desantis, suburban moms. some of them actually life-long democrats, who supported his covid-19 policies during the pandemic. cnn s elle reeve asked these moms how they feel about him now. if ron desantis were to win tomorrow he would win. that would be a heard pill to swallow for many people. in 2021 vanessa steincamp was the first to tell me she was a fan of florida governor ron desantis and there were more like her. when we first spoke in 2021, you mentioned that you had this group of mom friends that you met on twitter who are just obsessed with desantis and it stuck in my mind for years. he would just do stuff and