"DeSantis is an average Governor with great public relations"
Donald Trump attacked the Florida governor just days after his landslide victory in the midterms.
The Republican race to be the next presidential candidate has already begun. Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are two of the possible protagonists of a future Republican Party primary for the 2024 presidential election. This Tuesday, -before the midterms- the former president hinted that next week he will make his candidacy official. Subsequently, on Thursday, Trump began attacking DeSantis on the likelihood that DeSantis will be his challenger. DeSantis was one of the big winners in the midterms following his re-election as governor.
On Truth Social, Donald Trump called DeSantis "average" for focusing solely on his campaign needlessly and not supporting other races in his party:
Trump added that he "saved" DeSantis' 2018 candidacy from alleged election theft in Broward County, Florida:
"Ron DeSanctimonius"
"Average" is not Donald Trump's first or only attack on DeSantis. A few days ago, during a rally in Latrobe (Pennsylvania), the former president called the governor of the Sunshine State "Ron DeSanctimonius."
In the 2022 midterms, DeSantis won with a landslide victory by obtaining the support of six in ten Floridians (59.38%), twenty points ahead of Democratic candidate Charlie Crist. Florida's re-elected governor won in 62 of the state's 67 counties.