The screenshot that Trump reshared on Truth Social.Posted on 01/31/2023 8:34:10 AM PST by SoConPubbie
President Trump took a shot at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a Sunday statement posted to Truth Social, touting his superiority in the polls and railing on DeSantis for his policies during the Covid pandemic.
“The revelations about Ron DeSanctimonious doing FAR WORSE than many other Republican governors, including that he unapologetically shut down Florida and its beaches, was interesting, indeed,” Trump wrote. “DJT leading BIG!!!”
The president also shared a picture from another Truth user on Monday that included screenshots of headlines written in 2020, comparing his Covid pandemic policy against Gov. DeSantis’s. “Remember this?” Trump commented. “Some Republican states got it right, Florida got it wrong!”
The screenshot that Trump reshared on Truth Social.Trump’s remarks come after a busy weekend for the 45th president as he kicked off his 2024 presidential campaign on Saturday in Salem, New Hampshire, with a keynote address to the New Hampshire Republican State Committee. He also spoke at the South Carolina State House on Saturday afternoon, unveiling his leadership team in the Palmetto State.
“The Fake News Media was good yesterday in their coverage of my stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Other than The Globalist Street Journal, which is rarely accurate or good, they said the day was really ‘amazing.’ The enthusiasm to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN has never been stronger.”
Trump has dominated primary presidential polling over the last few weeks, eclipsing Gov. DeSantis by double-digit margins among primary Republican voters. As reported by RSBN, a new poll from Premise found that 59 percent of Republicans preferred Trump as the Republican nominee in 2024, compared to only 24 percent who preferred DeSantis.
Trump also emerged the victor in the eyes of the American voters in a new Emerson College poll, which revealed that he had garnered 55 percent of support for the nomination, while Gov. DeSantis had accrued 29 percent.
President Trump told reporters onboard Trump Force One over the weekend that he would consider a presidential bid from DeSantis as a sign of disloyalty.
Trump stated, “He would have not been governor if it wasn’t for me – and that’s okay. Number one, he wouldn’t have gotten the nomination, and number two, he wouldn’t have beaten his Democrat opponent. So, then, when I hear he might run, you know, I consider that very disloyal.”
Then Trump needs to explain why he threw Kemp under the Bus when Kemp was the first to open up a major state.
Make no mistake about this... this rift between Trump and Desantis is all about the vax stance... even though both seem to be avoiding the issue, I think they both know that is what is at the center of it.
They both stand to lose if that comes out in the open, and they both know it.
Ugh ugh, make him stop! Bashing DeSantis is NOT going to help him in the least
Trump lost me with this stuff
I think DeSantis would be making a mistake to enter the race in 2024. He can’t afford to lose the Trump supporters, but that’s just my take. If Trump were not in the race, that’s another story.
The dictionary needs an update for “Petty”...See Trump
I understand Jeb Bush and his crime family like and support DeSantis.
Seems a bit odd.
Yeah...Trump’s record on COVID isn’t something to boast about. Florida would have been a good state to be in during the COVID Fear Porn, but Trump helped create the Fear Porn with his daily briefings...
It is always about him... all the time.
Jeb Bush agrees with you.
LOL! Am looking forward to the Republican primaries.
DeSantis closed down Fla. when he really didn’t know the full ramifications of the virus. Now that the ramifications of the ‘Warp Speed’ vaccine are slowly emerging, Trump might want to tread lightly.
Also, once Trump signed off on a national emergency, governors almost had to follow suit politically and from a liability standpoint. Trump got the ball rolling when he blindly turned his presidency over to President Fauci and VP Birx.
wish he’d stop with the mafia type “loyalty” garbage...hes gotta earn the nomination just like anybody else would. I still say he cant win a national election....watch the Gov of Kentucky, Breshear....hes at almost 60% approval from a DEEP RED state....dems love him...
Trump’s shtick has become nauseating.
Yes it will. He did the same to Jeb BECAUSE Jeb was the threat to him winning. This guy is the threat to Trump winning so Trump has to fight. Everyone is making this guy seem perfect and Trump knows its not true and will make sure everyone else knows it too.
The “Only Trumpers” are just as irrational and damaging to the conservative cause as are the “Never Trumpers”
the media went after DeSantis because he wouldn’t shut the beaches down..that i remember...
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