We’ve been hearing rumors of a feud between President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, now being pushed by media, for a few weeks. It would stand to reason that they might at some point have issues — since they both are likely interested in the same position and have a tremendous amount of support. But they also have a lot of overlap… of folks who like both of them and see both of them as having positives for being president.
Right now, as we go into the midterms, there’s nothing more that the media would like than to precipitate a battle between DeSantis and Trump. That would distract from what a failure Joe Biden has been and take people’s minds off being united to defeat the Democrats. So, there’s no doubt that’s what they’re trying to stoke here.
Trump set the record straight in late January. You know that he doesn’t hold much back when he’s having issues with anyone; he said that he had a very good relationship with DeSantis.
BREAKING: President Trump calls reports of fighting between him and Gov. Ron DeSantis “Totally Fake News”
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) January 21, 2022
Now, DeSantis just gave an interview to Fox , in which he settles the issue. He took on the larger question of how the media likes to try to stir up trouble and pit people against each other.
DeSantis insists narrative of Trump rivalry is 'total bunk': He's 'a friend of mine' | https://t.co/5PKDtt2fTz
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) February 8, 2022
“Donald Trump’s a friend of mine. He is proud when people do well, and it’s not just me, but obviously he’s a Florida resident, and he appreciates the job that we’ve done. He’s told me that many times, not only with helping with the election, but just how we govern the state.”
“He wants to see Republicans doing well,” DeSantis continued. “And I think when media is trying to act like he’s upset at me for doing well, I think that’s total bunk. I think they’re just making it up. And I think he’s somebody that wants to see, you know, not just Republicans do well, but people that are actually going to stand and fight do well across the board. Obviously, Florida is an important state, the third-largest state in the country, and really us and Texas are the two biggest states that have sizable Republican footprints, and so we’re proud of that, and we’re going to keep it going.”
DeSantis attributed supposed rumors to the Democrats and media.
“No. I mean, look, I think that what they’re trying to do is they’re Biden. They did all they could to get Biden elected. OK. They lied about Trump for four years. They did everything they could to get Biden elected, the guy who campaigned from his basement. They never asked any questions about that. Well, now he gets in. And he had a disastrous first year as president, the worst first-year president of any president since the 1800s. People compare him to Jimmy Carter. Carter was much more successful his first year than Biden has been,” DeSantis told Fox News Digital.
“So they know that, they know the Democrats are in for a shellacking in 2022. So they’re trying to change the topic, and they’re trying to drive dissension among Republicans. And so my message to people is, don’t take that bait. Understand what they’re trying to do. We need to be united and say we don’t like what the Biden administration’s doing. We offer a better course in Florida. I think other Republican states are offering a better vision in their states as well. And let’s go into ‘22 with a full head of steam with everybody united on the same team.
DeSantis also talked about what his administration has been doing for election integrity in Florida, and said they had strong reforms to ban ballot harvesting and “Zuckerbucks” (funding from Facebook). Those moves would likely make a lot of Republicans, including Trump, happy.
While he didn’t comment specifically on the censure of Rep. Liz Cheney (RINO-WY) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (RINO-IL), he did slam Cheney for being “totally off the rails with her nonsense.”
“We want people that are going to fight the left, and that’s what we need to do in this country. That’s what we’re doing in Florida, standing up for people’s freedoms. We’re opposing wokeness. We’re opposing all these things. To act like the main issue in this country is things that happened over a year ago. I can tell you in Florida, that’s not what Floridians are concerned about. They’re concerned about inflation and gas prices. They’re thankful that Florida’s a free state, but they look around the country and see how fragile freedom is. They’re thankful we’re a law and order state, but they look around and see what’s happening in a lot of these cities where crimes are spiking.”
“So I think focusing on the issues and showing that we stand for things that matter to people is the way forward. To have a vendetta against Donald Trump and to constantly be bringing this up is just not something that I think Republican voters are interested in,” concluded DeSantis.
That’s the proper focus to have.
Bottom line? Democrats are doing all they can to try to throw roadblocks into the Republican effort and stoke fires. That’s why they’re pumping rumors, and why they’re using Cheney and the Jan. 6 Committee. That’s why they’re trying to steal Congressional seats with ridiculous redistricting efforts. Because they know the red wave is coming — and they will do anything they can to stop it.
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