{"id":1936508,"date":"2023-05-23T23:48:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T03:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-allies-call-desantis-twitter-event-out-of-touch-ahead-of-expected-announcement\/"},"modified":"2023-05-23T23:51:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T03:51:55","slug":"trump-allies-call-desantis-twitter-event-out-of-touch-ahead-of-expected-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-allies-call-desantis-twitter-event-out-of-touch-ahead-of-expected-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis&#8217; Twitter event criticized by Trump allies as &#8216;out of touch&#8217; before announcement."},"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\">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%2Ftrump-allies-call-desantis-twitter-event-out-of-touch-ahead-of-expected-announcement%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=1936508&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--><h2>Allies of Trump Mock DeSantis Ahead of Rumored 2024 Campaign Announcement<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span>llies of former President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> mocked rival Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) on Tuesday after news surfaced that DeSantis planned to make a<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/desantis-rumored-2024-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> special announcement <\/a>on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis boosters are teasing a &#8220;special&#8221; <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/twitter\">Twitter<\/a> Spaces event that is rumored to include his future plans for 2024. The event will feature a discussion with Twitter CEO <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> and be moderated by entrepreneur David Sacks and will take place at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Allies Slam DeSantis<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaign\/who-is-karoline-leavitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a>, a spokeswoman for the Trump-aligned <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.magapac.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make America Great Again Inc.,<\/a> slammed the announcement of what is widely believed to be a DeSantis 2024 campaign announcement for the Republican nomination for president as &#8220;out of touch&#8221; and claimed the governor was &#8220;unelectable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leavitt added that she felt DeSantis was &#8220;just not ready to be president&#8221; and that Trump was because he was &#8220;ready on day one to turn our country around, reverse Biden&#8217;s disastrous policies and make America great again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The spokesman for Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">presidential campaign<\/a>, Steven Cheung, also mocked DeSantis&#8217;s announcement after a typo said the announcement date was &#8220;March 24&#8221; instead of May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amateur hour at the gator farm,&#8221; Cheung <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheStevenCheung\/status\/1661085681597202454\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> with a screenshot of the typo.<\/p>\n<p>Another Trump campaign aide Chris LaCavita tweeted a picture of an alligator being strung up after it was revealed that the governor&#8217;s website only had a gator on it and nothing else. He also claimed before the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaCivitaC\/status\/1660813787640000512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> that DeSantis&#8217;s &#8220;big accomplishment&#8221; is &#8220;generating more candidates!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis vs. Trump<\/h3>\n<p>The Florida governor has consistently polled as Trump&#8217;s chief GOP rival in the primary, though the former president has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-allies-call-desantis-twitter-event-out-of-touch-ahead-of-expected-announcement\/\" title=\"DeSantis' Twitter event criticized by Trump allies as 'out of touch' before announcement.\">roughly 37-point edge<\/a> over him in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest<\/a> <i>RealClearPolitics<\/i> aggregate.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has long suggested that a 2024 decision will come after the Florida legislature wraps up its legislative session, which happened earlier this month. News of his announcement comes on the heels of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-scott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sen. Tim Scott&#8217;s<\/a> (R-SC) entrance to the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/tim-scott-presidential-campaign-launch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 race <\/a>on Monday.<\/p>\n<h3>Who&#8217;s In, Who&#8217;s Out, and Who&#8217;s Still Waiting to Announce for Senate in 2024<\/h3>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/in-out-yet-to-announce-for-senate\">Check out our list of potential Senate candidates for 2024<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>As the race for the 2024 Republican nomination heats up, it&#8217;s clear that DeSantis and Trump are not on the same team. With DeSantis&#8217;s rumored announcement just around the corner, it remains to be seen how this will impact the race and who will ultimately come out on top.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Stay up-to-date with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rasmussen-poll-60-percent-say-bidens-policies-have-increased-inflation\/\" title=\"Rasmussen Poll: 60 Percent Say Biden's Policies Have Increased Inflation\">latest political news<\/a> from the Washington Examiner<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allies of ex-President Trump ridiculed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) after news of his planned announcement on Wednesday. Trump-aligned Make America Great Again Inc.&#8217;s spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt, criticized the announcement, believed to be DeSantis&#8217; 2024 campaign launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1936509,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[8066,7906,6719,4980,4864,6853,10043,3634,4253],"class_list":["post-1936508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-allies","tag-announcement","tag-criticized","tag-desantis","tag-event","tag-out","tag-touch","tag-trump","tag-twitter"],"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\/1936508","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1936508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1936508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1936509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1936508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1936508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1936508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}