Ron DeSantis addresses a crowd while President Donald Trump watches at a rally in Tampa, Florida, on July 31, 2018 – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by jctabb
Early on Wednesday morning, former president Trump attacked Ron DeSantis, a fellow GOP presidential contender for 2024, calling him an “absentee” governor.
“Ron DeSanctimonious has become an Absentee Governor of Florida, never there, not working,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Get back to Florida, Ron, and do what you campaigned on, which was NOT running for President,” he added. “Fix the highest in the Nation Insurance problem. Oh, and you’re 54 Points down!”
The criticism follows DeSantis’s increased attacks on the former president. DeSantis is known for bragging about his ability to rule Florida. He focused on Trump’s criticism of his endorsements recently.
“I think the attacks against Bob Vander Plaats have been out of bounds, just as I think the attacks against Gov. Kim Reynolds have been out of bounds,” DeSantis said Monday in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham, referring to Trump’s harsh critiques on the Iowa governor and the top evangelical leader after they backed DeSantis.
“If somebody endorses somebody other than you, you don’t always have to lash out and attack the person who made the endorsement,” he added.
Following Reynolds’ announcement that she would support DeSantis, who is currently trailing Trump in almost every national poll, Trump denounced Reynolds as the “nation’s most unpopular governor”.
Trump also disparaged Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, in the post on Wednesday. Christie has become one of the former president’s most outspoken opponents during the campaign.
“The same thing happened to Sloppy Chris Christie. He failed in New Jersey and left with an eight percent approval rating, lowest ever for a governor,” Trump wrote.
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