{"id":2003180,"date":"2023-08-16T23:13:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T03:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-trump-for-not-committing-to-debate-pro-desantis-pac-taunts-him-in-ad\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T23:14:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T03:14:19","slug":"desantis-hits-trump-for-not-committing-to-debate-pro-desantis-pac-taunts-him-in-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-trump-for-not-committing-to-debate-pro-desantis-pac-taunts-him-in-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis criticizes Trump&#8217;s debate hesitation; Pro-DeSantis PAC mocks him in ad."},"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\">22<\/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-hits-trump-for-not-committing-to-debate-pro-desantis-pac-taunts-him-in-ad%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=2003180&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>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis\u2062 Criticizes Donald Trump&#8217;s Possible Absence from Republican\u200d Primary \u2063Debate<\/h2>\n<p>During an interview on Wednesday, Florida Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> expressed his criticism towards \u2063former President\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> for \u2062potentially not attending\u2064 the first Republican Party primary debate in Milwaukee next week.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, speaking to Guy Benson on Fox News Radio, \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-johnson-presses-fauci-to-explain-seemingly-shifting-position-on-ccp-virus-origin\/\" title=\"Sen. Johnson Presses Fauci to Explain Seemingly Shifting Position on CCP Virus Origin\">confidently stated<\/a> that he expects to face the most attacks from other candidates since he is the only candidate, apart from Trump, who is polling in \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/support-for-trump-hater-liz-cheney-drops-like-a-rock-in-wyoming-only-13-would-vote-to-reelect-darling-of-gop-elites\/\" title=\"Support for Trump-Hater Liz Cheney Drops Like a Rock in Wyoming \u2013 Only 13% Would Vote to Reelect Darling of GOP Elites\">double digits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cClearly, I\u2019m\u2063 the only\u2063 guy that Trump\u2019s\u200c campaign attacks,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cAnd then the other candidates, a\u200d lot of them don\u2019t really say much \u2063about Donald Trump, and they \u200b\u2014 they focus more\u2063 on me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-trump-for-not-committing-to-debate-pro-desantis-pac-taunts-him-in-ad\/\" title=\"DeSantis criticizes Trump's debate hesitation; Pro-DeSantis PAC mocks him in ad.\">governor\u2062 eagerly anticipates<\/a> the\u2063 opportunity\u2062 to engage\u200b with the millions of Americans who have yet to pay attention to the primaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEver since we won re-election in Florida by such a historic margin, people \u2064have identified me as a threat,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Democrats have identified me as a threat. Biden, \u2064Harris, they spend more \u200dtime attacking me than\u200d anybody else. The media, they have been after me. I have probably had more hit pieces from the corporate press than any other candidate running.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">\u201cThey want to create\u2064 the narrative that somehow he\u2019s \u2062inevitable,\u201d \u200bhe later added. \u201cBut I \u2062think the fact that they frantically attack me all the \u2062time shows that they \u2063don\u2019t actually believe that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also pointed \u200bout\u2064 that Trump only showed up \u200dto the\u200c Iowa State \u2062Fair\u2062 when the Florida governor was participating in the events,\u2062 suggesting\u200d that Trump did it \u201cto try to take \u2062some of the attention away from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, if you already had it in the bag, you would not worry about\u2062 any \u200dother candidate,\u201d he continued. \u201cI have been in races \u2063where I\u200b had it\u200b in the bag. I was not out there attacking people \u2063that I was 40 or 50 points ahead of. So, he owes it to people to go up there\u200b and \u200cdebate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK \u2063HERE TO \u200cGET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2064 suggested that one of the main reasons\u2064 Trump does not want to debate is because he does not want\u2063 to defend his record in terms \u200bof unfulfilled campaign promises \u2062from 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Super PAC supporting DeSantis, Never Back \u2064Down, released an ad taunting Trump for not committing to the debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump\u200b used to mock Democrats for refusing to debate,\u201d the ad states, showing footage of the former president doing so.<\/p>\n<p>The ad then transitions to \u200dan interview with Trump on Fox \u200cNews, where anchor Bret \u200dBaier questions him about\u200c his potential absence \u200bfrom the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t afford a nominee who is too weak to \u200ddebate,\u201d the \u200dad asserts. \u201cWe need a nominee with\u2064 stamina.\u2064 A nominee\u2063 who\u2019s sharp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans deserve a candidate who earns our \u2063vote,\u201d it continues.\u200c \u201cNot \u2064one who\u2064 demands it. What happened to\u200d Donald Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Republicans need a nominee \u200dwith stamina. A nominee\u2063 who&#8217;s sharp.<\/p>\n<p>We \u2062deserve a candidate who earns our vote \u2014 not one who demands it.\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tf3Cf4RrtX\">pic.twitter.com\/Tf3Cf4RrtX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Never Back Down \u2064(@NvrBackDown24) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NvrBackDown24\/status\/1691848897335886326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis slammed ex-President Donald Trump for potentially skipping the initial GOP primary debate in Milwaukee. 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