{"id":1941097,"date":"2023-05-31T06:11:32","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pledges-to-fight-back-in-trump-showdown\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T06:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T10:12:41","slug":"desantis-pledges-to-fight-back-in-trump-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pledges-to-fight-back-in-trump-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis vows to &#8216;battle&#8217; in Trump clash."},"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\">14<\/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-pledges-to-fight-back-in-trump-showdown%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=1941097&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>Gov. Ron DeSantis Fires Back at Trump&#8217;s COVID-19 Criticism<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to respond to attacks,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is not one to back down from a fight. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-turner-says-bidens-iran-policies-threaten-mideast-peace\/\" title=\"Rep. Turner says Biden\u2019s Iran policies threaten Mideast peace\">recently criticized<\/a> former President Donald Trump for attacking his COVID-19 record, escalating their rhetoric as the governor contests the 2024 Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Defends His Record<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis took issue with Trump&#8217;s claim that former New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo managed the pandemic better than he did, calling the comments &#8220;bizarre&#8221; and &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If someone is saying that, I am going to, I&#8217;m going to counterpunch,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to fight back on it. I&#8217;m going to focus my fire on [President Joe] Biden, and I think he should do the same. He gives Biden a free pass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The governor also pointed out that he won the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-pledges-to-fight-back-in-trump-showdown\/\" title=\"DeSantis vows to 'battle' in Trump clash.\">biggest election landslide<\/a> that Florida Republicans have ever won, yet Trump never congratulated him on his success. Instead, the former president attacked him just days before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/history-repeats-itself-democrats-are-using-tactics-of-the-marxists-of-1917-in-russia-to-steal-2020-election\/\" title=\"History Repeats Itself: Democrats Are Using Tactics of the Marxists of 1917 in Russia to Steal 2020 Election\">midterm election<\/a> and continued to do so afterward.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Takes Aim at Biden<\/h3>\n<p>During his address and press conference, DeSantis also took aim at President Biden, referencing his age and physical abilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;As president, I pledge to be an energetic executive that will take these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-alarm-fire-for-the-democratic-party-new-wsj-poll-spells-doom-for-the-midterms\/\" title=\"\u2018Five-Alarm Fire For The Democratic Party\u2019: New WSJ Poll Spells Doom For The Midterms\">important issues head<\/a> on and deliver results,&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis is not afraid to speak his mind and defend his record. It will be interesting to see how this feud with Trump plays out as the governor continues his bid for the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized former President Donald Trump for attacking his COVID-19 record.<\/li>\n<li>DeSantis defended his record and took aim at President Biden during his address and press conference.<\/li>\n<li>The feud between DeSantis and Trump will be interesting to watch as the governor continues his bid for the Republican nomination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis responded to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s criticism of his COVID-19 record, as the two compete for the 2024 Republican nomination. DeSantis stated that he will respond to attacks during his first in-person event in the early voting state of Clive, Iowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1941098,"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":[6731,5673,4980,3634,5099],"class_list":["post-1941097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-battle","tag-clash","tag-desantis","tag-trump","tag-vows"],"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\/1941097","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=1941097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1941097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1941098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1941097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1941097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1941097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}