{"id":1969000,"date":"2023-07-10T18:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-desantis-a-son-of-a-btch\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T18:48:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T22:48:50","slug":"trump-calls-desantis-a-son-of-a-btch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-desantis-a-son-of-a-btch\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump insults DeSantis with profanity"},"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\">10<\/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-calls-desantis-a-son-of-a-btch%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=1969000&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--><div dir=\"ltr\">\n<h2>Trump Takes a Swipe at DeSantis, Calling Him a &#8220;Son-of-a-Bitch&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Over the weekend, former president Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/story.php?id=430609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/grabien.com\/story.php?id%3D430609&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1689090172416000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1B9VY5brvoyt7GCcgDk1LM\">called<\/a> his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trump-backed-candidates-kent-hageman-leading-in-gop-primaries-ahead-of-midterms-impeachment-voters-underwater\/\" title=\"Poll: Trump-Backed Candidates Kent, Hageman Leading in GOP Primaries Ahead of Midterms; Impeachment Voters Underwater\">closest challenger<\/a>, Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis, a \u201cson-of-a-bitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former president swiping at DeSantis is nothing new, as Trump has used plenty of derisive nicknames for the governor during the present campaign, including \u201cMeatball Ron,\u201d \u201cRon DeEstablishment,\u201d \u201cShutdown Ron,\u201d \u201cRon DisHonest,\u201d \u201cDeSoros,\u201d and \u201cRon DeSanctimonious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new insult came during an event this weekend in which Trump spoke of the aid he felt he had given DeSantis in his initial gubernatorial race in 2018, in which DeSantis won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-throws-out-challenge-to-president-trumps-bid-to-exclude-illegal-aliens-from-being-counted-in-determining-congressional-seats\/\" title=\"SCOTUS Throws Out Challenge to President Trump\u2019s Bid to Exclude Illegal Aliens from Being Counted in Determining Congressional Seats\">narrow victory<\/a> over Democrat Andrew Gillum. The prior two races for governor in Florida (2014, 2018) had been decided by a tiny 1-point margin; in 2022, however, DeSantis won by a whopping 19 points in his reelection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe ended up winning,\u201d Trump said of the 2018 election. \u201cAnd then about three years later, they said to him, \u2018Will you run against the president?\u2019 And he said, \u2018I have no comment on that.\u2019 I said, \u2018He has no comment? That means he\u2019s running.\u2019 I said, \u2018That son of a bitch is running!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In September 2022, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/09\/24\/desantis-trump-2024\/\">reported<\/a> that Trump said of DeSantis, \u201cHe\u2019s ungrateful. \u2026 I don\u2019t understand what happened here. I don\u2019t understand why he doesn\u2019t appreciate me more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet in his own autobiography, \u201cThe Courage to Be Free,\u201d DeSantis clearly acknowledged his gratitude to Trump for endorsing his run for governor in 2018, noting that he was aware Trump had many things competing for his attention:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>In late 2017, I asked the president if he would be willing to send out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-charged-with-stealing-40k-of-merchandise-from-california-target-out-of-jail\/\" title=\"Woman Charged with Stealing K of Merchandise from California Target Out of Jail\">tweet touting<\/a> me as a good candidate for Florida governor. He seemed amenable, but at the same time I was not holding my breath; the president has a lot on his plate, and this was not likely to rank high on his list of things to do. About a week later, a Trump tweet appeared: Congressman Ron DeSantis is a brilliant young leader, Yale and then Harvard Law, who would make a GREAT governor of Florida. He loves our Country and is a true FIGHTER.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis, as a Congressman, was one of just a handful of Republicans who defended Trump in the early days of the Trump-Russia collusion attacks on Trump. Meanwhile, it was the House and Senate, controlled by Republicans, that initially launched the investigations into the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In his autobiography, DeSantis recalled the 2018 election: \u201cAs the first mid-term of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency, this was a \u2018blue wave\u2019 year in which Democrats were coming to the polls in full force and in which independents were leaning against the party in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>\u201cCompared with Hillary Clinton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-desantis-a-son-of-a-btch\/\" title=\"Trump insults DeSantis with profanity\">2-point popular vote advantage<\/a> over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic Party expanded its margin over the Republican Party to 9 points in votes cast for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, a gain of 7 percentage points,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/methods\/2020\/09\/08\/democrats-made-gains-from-multiple-sources-in-2018-midterm-victories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese tremendous headwinds were apparent throughout the campaign,\u201d DeSantis recalled. \u201cEvery day felt like running on a treadmill. I\u2019d spin my wheels but didn\u2019t seem to go anywhere. As the campaign wore on, we slowly but surely were able to bring Gillum back down to earth in terms of his favorability ratings. \u2026 As Election Day dawned, I was the decided underdog in the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs the votes were being tabulated, the race was close, but I was trailing. Some of my supporters were getting nervous. I was not. Why? The Panhandle had yet to report. I knew when that happened, I would take the lead for good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump calling DeSantis a \u201cson-of-a bitch\u201d closely follows DeSantis\u2019 wife Casey releasing a new ad to launch her new nationwide \u201cMamas for DeSantis\u201d last Thursday; it has racked up almost <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaseyDeSantis\/status\/1677061896317353988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaseyDeSantis\/status\/1677061896317353988&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1689090172416000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2TTWOQreE8yTvMAx-4-KAe\">eight million views<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former president Donald Trump recently referred to Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis as a &#8220;son-of-a-bitch,&#8221; continuing his trend of using derogatory nicknames for his closest challenger. Some of the other names Trump has used during the campaign include &#8220;Meatball Ron,&#8221; &#8220;Ron DeEstablishment,&#8221; &#8220;Shutdown Ron,&#8221; &#8220;Ron DisHonest,&#8221; &#8220;DeSoros,&#8221; and &#8220;Ron DeSanctimonious.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1969001,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1969000","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\/1969000","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1969001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}