{"id":1734324,"date":"2022-11-10T20:17:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T01:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734324"},"modified":"2022-11-10T20:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T01:17:52","slug":"breaking-trump-launches-unprovoked-attack-on-ron-desantis-for-his-handling-of-covid-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-trump-launches-unprovoked-attack-on-ron-desantis-for-his-handling-of-covid-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Trump Launches Unprovoked Attack On Ron DeSantis For His Handling Of COVID Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-trump-launches-unprovoked-attack-on-ron-desantis-for-his-handling-of-covid-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1734324&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> (R) launched an attack on Florida Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R) Thursday evening for the way that the governor handled the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has been widely praised by conservatives, moderates, and even some liberals for the way that he responded to the pandemic as he battled against measures touted by Dr. Anthony Fauci and refused to shut down his state\u2019s economy and public school system. More Americans moved to Florida during the pandemic than moved to any other state as a result of how the state handled the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Trump began his statement with a long-winded sentence, saying,\u00a0\u201cNewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn\u2019t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just average\u2014middle of the pack\u2014including COVID, and who has the advantage of SUNSHINE, where people from badly run States up North would go no matter who the Governor was, just like I did!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump continued by saying that DeSantis was \u201cdesperate\u201d in 2017 and that DeSantis \u201chad low approval, bad polls, and no money, but he said that if I would Endorse him, he could win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also fixed his campaign, which had completely fallen apart,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cI was all in for Ron, and he beat Gillum, but after the Race, when votes were being stolen by the corrupt Election process in Broward County, and Ron was going down ten thousand votes a day, along with now-Senator Rick Scott, I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended, just prior to them running out of the votes necessary to win. I stopped his Election from being stolen\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd now, Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games!\u201d Trump concluded in his attack on DeSantis. \u201cThe Fake News asks him if he\u2019s going to run if President Trump runs, and he says, \u2018I\u2019m only focused on the Governor\u2019s race, I\u2019m not looking into the future.\u2019 Well, in terms of loyalty and class, that\u2019s really not the right answer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The backlash to Trump\u2019s remarks was swift and\u00a0<\/em>far-reaching:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Intentional or not, DeSantis has stoked Trump from minor annoyance to frothing rage all without speaking a single word against him. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IEs8gsWTy3\">https:\/\/t.co\/IEs8gsWTy3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hagstrom_Anders\/status\/1590857663495438338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phone is blowing up. Even staunch Trump allies are cringing at this rant against DeSantis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5eFwZePvRl\">https:\/\/t.co\/5eFwZePvRl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonathanvswan\/status\/1590856109036011520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The \u201caverage Republican governor\u201d referred to in the 45th president\u2019s statement has an approval rating of 64% and just won several deep-Democratic counties on Tuesday. If this is a preview of his 2024 primary strategy, it will turn off far more voters than it will bring in. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WlbWPtwTWr\">https:\/\/t.co\/WlbWPtwTWr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeConchaTV\/status\/1590864629722669056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">trump crying about desantis right now on truth social makes him look weak af<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Pool (@Timcast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Timcast\/status\/1590848995198631937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For six years we&#8217;ve been hearing how Comey, Mueller, Schiff, Vindman, Biden, Garland etc were going to take Trump down. In the end, he took himself down. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PNYr9W2Ctr\">https:\/\/t.co\/PNYr9W2Ctr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HansMahncke\/status\/1590856399382511617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s a stupid nickname and a stupid comment and if this is how Trump wants to go he\u2019s going to lose his primary. But he\u2019s a big boy and he can do what he wants. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w8unDDizWo\">https:\/\/t.co\/w8unDDizWo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtSchlichter\/status\/1590845018528677891?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis hasn\u2019t attacked Trump a single time. Trump\u2019s attacks on the governor just reek of insecurity. He can\u2019t stand being shown up by a younger man and the future of the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1590862504506580992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If DeSantis were smart, he would reply with &#8220;I prefer candidates that win reelection&#8221; and leave it at that. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GrqC0dzJ4y\">https:\/\/t.co\/GrqC0dzJ4y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Wokest Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NumbersMuncher\/status\/1590852760454705152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolutely pathetic loser shit. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7CiEgy5iaE\">https:\/\/t.co\/7CiEgy5iaE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davereaboi\/status\/1590842890548191232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Context:<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, with Trump&#8217;s endorsement, DeSantis won Florida by 32,463 votes<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, without Trump&#8217;s endorsement, DeSantis won Florida by 1,506,963 votes (and counting) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V6CcI8rkkR\">https:\/\/t.co\/V6CcI8rkkR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewKerrNC\/status\/1590848283156844544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lots of insane stuff here but criticizing DeSantis for his handling of the pandemic has got to be the stupidest angle imaginable <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IrBvSR93Sc\">https:\/\/t.co\/IrBvSR93Sc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kaylee McGhee White (@KayleeDMcGhee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KayleeDMcGhee\/status\/1590849651733069824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This reads like Trump is on drugs. Maybe he is. It would explain a lot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2cHDPv4DHw\">https:\/\/t.co\/2cHDPv4DHw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kinsellawarren\/status\/1590849551434678273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a lunatic move <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IsKvxzkGv4\">https:\/\/t.co\/IsKvxzkGv4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inez Stepman \u26aa\ufe0f\ud83d\udd34\u26aa\ufe0f (@InezFeltscher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InezFeltscher\/status\/1590847304164311040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis gains nothing from engaging. This isn&#8217;t 2015, and he isn&#8217;t Jeb. Conservatives actually like him. And the dynamics are completely different.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/status\/1590849268327206914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only one of these two individuals promoted and gave a platform to Anthony Fauci, and it wasn\u2019t DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S8GX3EchgZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/S8GX3EchgZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eduardo Neret (@eduneret) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eduneret\/status\/1590850967955963904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m officially done. This is RINO behavior. This is not caring about this party. This right here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tBcXv8HVUt\">https:\/\/t.co\/tBcXv8HVUt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump (R) launched an attack on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) Thursday evening for the way that the governor handled the coronavirus pandemic. DeSantis has been widely praised by conservatives, moderates, and even some liberals for the way that he responded to the pandemic as he battled against measures touted by Dr. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1734327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1734324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1734324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1734324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1734327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1734324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1734324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1734324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}