{"id":558,"date":"2023-01-19T11:20:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=558"},"modified":"2023-01-19T11:20:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:20:53","slug":"trump-says-hell-handle-ron-desantis-in-governor-decides-to-run-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=558","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says He\u2019ll \u2018Handle\u2019 Ron DeSantis in Governor Decides to Run Against Him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Former President Donald Trump says he isn\u2019t worried about a potential 2024 primary challenge from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hear he might want to run against me, so we\u2019ll handle that the way I handle things,\u201d Trump, 76, commented Monday during an interview on Real America\u2019s Voice\u2019s \u201cThe Water Cooler\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump used the podcast to repeat the claim that his endorsement catapulted DeSantis into the lead of the 2018 Republican primary, and onward to the governor\u2019s mansion, adding to host David Brody that his fellow Republican \u201cwas ready to drop out of the race.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was at 3[%],\u201d the former president added. \u201cIt was all done \u2026 I got him elected, pure and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Trump tweeted an initial endorsement of DeSantis in December 2017, weeks\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2018\/01\/05\/desantis-touts-trump-endorsement-in-announcing-florida-governor-run\/\" target=\"_blank\">before<\/a>\u00a0he entered the governor\u2019s race at all. Even then, the governor of Florida still had to overhaul a sizable primary deficit against former congressman Adam Putnam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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!<\/p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/944276471614509057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the midterm elections, Trump began repeatedly attacking DeSantis, making this just the latest in a string of insults and comments from the former president, who had previously called DeSantis an \u201caverage REPUBLICAN Governor\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/trump-takes-a-big-shot-at-desantis-ron-desanctimonious-is-playing-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ron DeSanctimonious<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis, however, won a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/watch-desantis-responds-with-a-mic-drop-after-his-blowout-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">landslide<\/a>&nbsp;re-election victory over Democrat Charlie Crist, a shining beacon of victory for Republicans, in an overall&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/ron-desantis-lays-out-the-roadmap-for-republicans-to-dominate-after-disappointing-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disappointing<\/a>&nbsp;midterms where Trump-backed candidates did worse than expected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll of that is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/desantis-responds-to-repeated-jabs-from-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">just noise<\/a>,\u201d DeSantis told reporters in November in reference to the attacks from Trump. \u201cAt the end of the day I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DeSantis has yet to announce a White House run, and has been extremely quiet about the possibility of a bid for the White House. However, recent polls have seen him leading the former president in a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/12\/14\/desantis-leads-trump-among-gop-primary-voters-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\">hypothetical<\/a>\u00a02024 primary, as well as coming out\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/poll-conducted-about-how-biden-would-perform-against-trump-and-desantis-in-potential-2024-matchup-here-are-the-results\/\" target=\"_blank\">on top<\/a>\u00a0of President Biden in a potential general election matchup, the same poll that showed former President Trump losing to Biden by 8 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/trump-makes-a-bold-statement-amid-speculations-that-desantis-might-end-up-challenging-him-in-2024\/\">https:\/\/resistthemainstream.com\/trump-makes-a-bold-statement-amid-speculations-that-desantis-might-end-up-challenging-him-in-2024\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump says he isn\u2019t worried about a potential 2024 primary challenge from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. \u201cI hear he might want to run against me, so we\u2019ll handle that the way I handle things,\u201d Trump, 76, commented Monday during an interview on Real America\u2019s Voice\u2019s \u201cThe Water Cooler\u201d podcast. Trump used the podcast to repeat the claim that his endorsement catapulted DeSantis into the lead of the 2018 Republican primary, and onward to the governor\u2019s mansion, adding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trump"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":559,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}