Trump Campaign Rips DeSantis-Led Florida As 'Among The Worst States' To Live In

President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential marketing campaign staff bashed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and criticized his management abilities on Friday for inflicting the state to “develop into among the many worst states” to stay in and lift a household.

Steven Cheung, in a marketing campaign e-mail, put the Florida Republican on blast throughout a day the place Trump delivered a speech ― and distributed pizza slices together with his palms ― in Fort Myers.

“The actual DeSantis file is certainly one of distress and despair,” Cheung mentioned in an e-mail detailed by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

“He has left a wake of destruction all throughout Florida, and individuals are hurting as a result of he has spent extra time enjoying public relations video games as an alternative of truly doing the hard-work wanted to enhance the lives of the folks he represents.”

The marketing campaign’s message, titled “The Actual Ron DeSantis Playbook,” continued to knock the Florida governor with an inventory of factors linked to the state turning into “among the many worst.”

“Underneath Ron DeSantis, Florida has develop into among the many worst states… to stay… discover financial alternative… work… retire… elevate a household… pay taxes…be secure… lease a house… have a child… afford vitality… die… be a trainer… be a physician… be a police officer... for millennials... for working dads [and] for working mothers,” the e-mail learn.

Former President Donald Trump speaks on the Lee County Republican dinner in Fort Myers, Florida on Friday. His 2024 presidential marketing campaign staff bashed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and criticized his management abilities in an e-mail on Friday.

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Trump, who owns property in Mar-a-Lago and spoke at Florida’s Lee County GOP dinner on Friday, mocked DeSantis for his endorsement request and celebrated his place in polls towards the governor, Florida Politics famous.

The previous president has, as of Friday, stayed on prime of DeSantis within the endorsement division as a possible major battle between the 2 heats up.

Trump has collected endorsements from 9 senators and 48 members of the Home as of Friday, together with, as NBC Information famous, “greater than half of the Florida Republicans serving within the Home.”

DeSantis has up to now seen three endorsements in Congress, together with one from Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), a former Secretary of State beneath his administration.

Trump has additionally maintained a lead over DeSantis within the polls, as a latest Wall Road Journal ballot reveals him with 48% in comparison with DeSantis’s 24% amongst possible GOP major voters.