DeSantis Responds to Trump’s Criticism of His Handling of COVID With Veiled Jab
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is still not sharing whether he will run for president in 2024. But already, he has been the target of attacks from former President Donald Trump . Speaking to reporters on Saturday…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is still not sharing whether he will run for president in 2024.
But already, he has been the target of attacks from former President Donald Trump.
Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Trump accused the Florida governor of being “disloyal” to him. He also took aim at DeSantis’ handling of COVID-19 as he claimed, “Florida was closed for a long period of time.”
On Tuesday, a reporter asked DeSantis to respond to the former president’s comments.
“I roll out of bed, I have people attacking me from all angles. It’s been happening for many, many years,” he began. “And if you look at the good thing about it, though, is like if you take a crisis situation like COVID, you know, the good thing about it is when you’re an elected executive, you have to make all kinds of decisions. You got to steer that ship.”
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DeSantis’ then used his response to take a subtle jab at Trump over his 2020 election defeat.
“And the good thing is, is that the people are able to render a judgment on that, whether they reelect you or not. And I’m happy to say, you know, in my case, not only did we win reelection, we won with the highest percentage of the vote that any Republican governor candidate has in the history of the state of Florida. We won by the largest raw vote margin — over 1.5 million votes — than any governor candidate has ever had in Florida history.”