Former President Donald Trump on Feb. 21 blasted Fox News on his social media site Truth Social over its coverage of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo interesting to watch Fox News cover the small and unenthusiastic 139-person crowd in Staten Island for DeSantis, but stay as far away as possible from coverage of the thousands of people\u2014many unable to get in\u2014at the Club 47 event in West Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I call Fox News the RINO (Republican In Name Only) Network, and their down-big ratings accurately reflect the name. If \u2018Fake News CNN\u2019 was smart, which they\u2019re not, they\u2019d go conservative and \u2018All Trump, All the Time,\u2019 like in 2016, and become a ratings juggernaut,\u201d posted Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fox News ratings have consistently beaten CNN\u2019s. Trump\u2019s Feb. 20 campaign event<\/a> in West Palm Beach consisted of attacking DeSantis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBig buildup, lots of money spent, yet only 139 people showed up for DeSantis in Staten Island. FoxNews is disappointed that his polls are crashing. Paul Ryan [is] very unhappy. He\u2019s a RINO in disguise, that\u2019s why! This is 2016 all over again,\u201d he posted on Truth Social on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the New York State Fraternal Order of Police event on Feb. 20 in Staten Island was not a campaign stop for DeSantis, and the venue\u2014Prive catering hall\u2014can only seat a maximum of 140 people, according to its\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is not the first time Trump has gone after Fox News and DeSantis, who has yet to announce his candidacy for the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On Feb. 19, Trump took a shot at Fox News for not echoing his claim that the 2020 election was rigged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCongratulations to Kristina Karamo, a powerful and fearless election denier, in winning the chair of the GOP in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf Republicans [and others!] would speak the truth about the rigged presidential election of 2020 like FoxNews should but doesn\u2019t, they would be far better off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n