On Thursday, former President Donald Trump took a jab at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, calling his 2024 campaign "moribund" and predicting "fire and brimstone" for the governor's poll numbers.
Even though the first GOP primary debate isn't until August, DeSantis and the other candidates still have a lot of ground to cover before then. In recent polls, the ex-president has shown to have enormous support among Republicans. Recent polls show that, despite coming in second, DeSantis trails Trump by a significant margin (often 30 points or more).
Trump has been sharing poll results to that effect on Truth Social on a regular basis. On Thursday, he escalated the situation by calling attention to the governor's low approval ratings and painting him as the candidate the "deep state" allegedly wants to run against.
There will be no more of the DeSanctimonious movement. Writing, Trump. Because I am so far ahead of Joe Biden in the polls, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are continuing their illegal and outrageous weaponization against me. Election interference is what they're doing, and they're not afraid of DeSanctus. He's the candidate they're dying to run against, so you should challenge their misinformation campaign.
In 2018, Trump endorsed DeSantis, but the governor refused to rule out a presidential run in 2024, so Trump withheld his support in 2022. Trump sees his run for office as a sign of disloyalty.
Trump insists he did nothing wrong by keeping official records after he left office. The Department of Justice indicted him this month on 37 counts, including theft of government property, disclosure of classified information to unapproved individuals, and obstruction of justice. In August, FBI agents executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago estate and uncovered numerous boxes of government documents.
The ex-president has denied any wrongdoing and entered a not guilty plea.
The indictment does not appear to have impacted Trump's poll numbers among Republican voters, which bodes well for his chances of winning the nomination.
Even though the first GOP primary debate isn't until August, DeSantis and the other candidates still have a lot of ground to cover before then. In recent polls, the ex-president has shown to have enormous support among Republicans. Recent polls show that, despite coming in second, DeSantis trails Trump by a significant margin (often 30 points or more).
Trump has been sharing poll results to that effect on Truth Social on a regular basis. On Thursday, he escalated the situation by calling attention to the governor's low approval ratings and painting him as the candidate the "deep state" allegedly wants to run against.
There will be no more of the DeSanctimonious movement. Writing, Trump. Because I am so far ahead of Joe Biden in the polls, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are continuing their illegal and outrageous weaponization against me. Election interference is what they're doing, and they're not afraid of DeSanctus. He's the candidate they're dying to run against, so you should challenge their misinformation campaign.
In 2018, Trump endorsed DeSantis, but the governor refused to rule out a presidential run in 2024, so Trump withheld his support in 2022. Trump sees his run for office as a sign of disloyalty.
Trump insists he did nothing wrong by keeping official records after he left office. The Department of Justice indicted him this month on 37 counts, including theft of government property, disclosure of classified information to unapproved individuals, and obstruction of justice. In August, FBI agents executed a search warrant at his Mar-a-Lago estate and uncovered numerous boxes of government documents.
The ex-president has denied any wrongdoing and entered a not guilty plea.
The indictment does not appear to have impacted Trump's poll numbers among Republican voters, which bodes well for his chances of winning the nomination.
