Former President Donald Trump took jabs at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday, however his jokes didn’t hit nicely together with his crowd within the state.
Trump tried his hand at grilling the governor, a possible 2024 Republican presidential major opponent, as he spoke at Lee County GOP’s Lincoln Reagan Dinner in Fort Myers, Florida.
“We did a lot better in 2020 in Florida. I bought 1.2 million extra votes than your profitable governor’s marketing campaign, you already know that. We bought 1.2 million,” stated Trump.
The previous president, whose marketing campaign e-mail on Friday referred to Florida as “among the many worst states” to reside in underneath DeSantis, then broke into an impression of the governor earlier than taking a swipe at him.
“‘Sir, I’d like to have your assist, sir. I’d like to have your assist. I’m down at about three. I’d like to have your assist,’” stated Trump, who responded “all proper let’s give it some thought” in a mock interplay with the governor.
“Then there was like a rocket ship after I gave it. In any other case, proper now, you’d have a lawyer someplace searching for enterprise,” Trump continued.
Trump’s viewers saved largely quiet over the comment, together with after he added “if that.”
The comment comes as the previous president has fared nicely in opposition to DeSantis in current polls, together with one from The Wall Road Journal that discovered Trump with 48% assist and DeSantis with 24% amongst seemingly GOP major voters.
H/T Mediaite
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