{"id":1839953,"date":"2023-02-08T12:34:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839953"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:34:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T17:34:39","slug":"desantis-responds-directly-to-trumps-smear-attack-suggesting-the-governor-is-a-groomer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-responds-directly-to-trumps-smear-attack-suggesting-the-governor-is-a-groomer\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Responds Directly To Trump\u2019s \u2018Smear\u2019 Attack Suggesting The Governor Is A \u2018Groomer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdesantis-responds-directly-to-trumps-smear-attack-suggesting-the-governor-is-a-groomer%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=1839953&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-->\n<p>On Wednesday, Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican Governor, responded to the smears created by former President Donald Trump on social media. He stated that he spent his time fighting for his constituents rather than trying to denigrate other Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019 remarks come after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-promotes-claim-that-desantis-was-grooming-high-school-girls-with-alcohol-as-a-teacher\">Promoted<\/a> DeSantis was accused of grooming girls underage with alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI face defamatory stuff every single day I\u2019ve been governor, that\u2019s just the nature of it,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cI\u2019d also just say this. I spend my time delivering results for the people of Florida and fighting against Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s how I spend my time,\u201d DeSantis continued to sing as the cheers of the audience rose.\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DeSantis responds to Trump&#8217;s absurd claim that he is a &#8220;groomer&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I spend my time delivering results for the people of Florida and fighting against Joe Biden. That&#8217;s how I spend my time. I don&#8217;t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j5BFb3qaDh\">pic.twitter.com\/j5BFb3qaDh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalebJHull\/status\/1623352462328446977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s latest attack against the Florida governor, who recently won re-election in Florida with a historic 19.4-point blowout, comes after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-claims-about-desantis-there-were-tears-coming-down-from-his-eyes-as-he-begged-me-for-endorsement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> last week that DeSantis \u201cbegged\u201d him for an endorsement in 2018 and that \u201cthere were tears coming down from his eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump promoted a post that showed a grainy photograph of someone alleged to be DeSantis standing next to several women at a party who appear to be roughly the same age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is Ron DeSanctimonious grooming high school girls with alcohol as a teacher,\u201d the post claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Trump promoted the post on his social media channel, writing: \u201cThat\u2019s not Ron, is it? He would never do such a thing!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/05\/us\/desantis-high-school-teacher-georgia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the photo was published by a blog run by a Democrat super PAC and that two former female students said parties that DeSantis attended \u201ctook place after\u201d they had graduated.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Desperation at truly insane levels, and we\u2019re not even far into February. If you think this bottom-feeder stuff is winning him friends, you need to leave the basement and meet real voters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ivkKWHhsnt\">pic.twitter.com\/ivkKWHhsnt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davereaboi\/status\/1623061232214241290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Late last month, Trump, in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-warns-desantis-against-disloyal-24-bid-as-new-poll-has-gov-surging-in-key-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of comments to reporters and in social media posts, claimed credit for DeSantis\u2019 success, called him a \u201cglobalist\u201d who would be \u201cvery disloyal\u201d to mount a 2024 presidential bid, and sought once again to stick DeSantis with the Trumpian moniker \u201cRon DeSanctimonius.\u201d But the Sunshine State governor appeared unfazed by the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also attacked DeSantis\u2019 response to the coronavirus pandemic even though most Republicans look at Florida as the model for success in promoting freedom and beating back government control over people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRon DeSanctimonious\u201d did \u201cFAR WORSE than many other Republican governors, including that he unapologetically shut down Florida,\u201d Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/109775208714697257\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0in one social media post.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s harsh treatment of DeSantis on his handling of the pandemic was a dramatic departure from previous remarks. During a press conference on March 31, 2020, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFLA\/status\/1245121234356101121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a>\u00a0DeSantis a \u201cgreat governor\u201d who \u201cknows exactly what he\u2019s doing\u201d in response to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-responds-directly-to-trumps-attacks-on-floridas-handling-of-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> to Trump\u2019s attacks at the end of the month by saying that voters are the ones to render a judgment on how politicians are performing their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI roll out of bed, I have people attacking me from all angles. It\u2019s been happening for many, many years,\u201d DeSantis said, adding that \u201cin a crisis situation like COVID, the good thing about it is when you\u2019re an elected executive, you have to make all kinds of decisions, you\u2019ve got to steer that ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the good thing is, is that the people are able to render a judgment on that, whether they reelect you or not,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m happy to say, you know, in my case, not only did we win re-election, we won with the highest percentage of the vote that any Republican governor candidate has in the history of the state of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won by the largest raw vote margin, over 1.5 million votes, than any governor candidate has ever had in Florida history. And in fact, we almost doubled the previous record, which I think was like 780,000 vote margin,\u201d DeSantis added. \u201cAnd so what I would just say is, that verdict has been rendered by the people of the state of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis responded on Wednesday to smears that former President Donald Trump promoted on social media this week saying he spends his time fighting for his constituents and not trying to smear other Republicans. DeSantis\u2019 remarks come after Trump promoted claims that accused DeSantis of grooming underage girls with alcohol. \u201cI face &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1830558,"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":[9357,4002,4980,4173,4499,14989,8821,3794],"class_list":["post-1839953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-groomer","tag-attack","tag-desantis","tag-governor","tag-responds","tag-smear","tag-suggesting","tag-trumps"],"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\/1839953","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=1839953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1830558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}