President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential marketing campaign group bashed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and criticized his management expertise on Friday for inflicting the state to “turn into among the many worst states” to reside 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 report is considered 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 a substitute of truly doing the hard-work wanted to enhance the lives of the individuals he represents.”
The marketing campaign’s message, titled “The Actual Ron DeSantis Playbook,” continued to knock the Florida governor with a listing of factors linked to the state turning into “among the many worst.”
“Below Ron DeSantis, Florida has turn into among the many worst states… to reside… discover financial alternative… work… retire… increase a household… pay taxes…be protected… lease a house… have a child… afford power… die… be a trainer… be a health care provider… be a police officer… for millennials… for working dads [and] for working mothers,” the e-mail learn.
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 high of DeSantis within the endorsement division as a possible main 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 to this point seen three endorsements in Congress together with one from Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), a former Secretary of State underneath his administration.
Trump has additionally maintained a lead over DeSantis within the polls, as nicely, as a latest Wall Avenue Journal ballot reveals him with 48% in comparison with the Florida governor’s 24% amongst probably GOP main voters.