<p>Republican presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> criticized former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> during the second Republican Party presidential debate on Wednesday night for deciding not to show up.</p>
<p>DeSantis made the remarks while standing at center stage at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.</p>
<p>&#8220;The people in Washington are shutting down the American dream with their reckless behavior,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;They borrowed, they printed, they spent, and now you&#8217;re paying more for everything. They are the reason for that, they have shut down our national sovereignty by allowing our border to be wide open. So, please spare me the crocodile tears for these people. They need to change what&#8217;s going on. And where&#8217;s Joe Biden? He&#8217;s completely missing an action from leadership.&#8221;</p>
<p>DeSantis then transitioned into going after Trump, criticizing him for not showing up and for adding significantly to the U.S. national debt.</p>
<p>&#8220;And you know who else is missing in action? Donald Trump is missing in action, he should be on this stage tonight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He owes it to you to defend his record, where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt, that set the stage for the inflation that we have. Now, I can tell you this, as governor of Florida, we cut taxes, we ran surpluses, we&#8217;ve paid down over 25% of our state debt. And I vetoed wasteful spending when it came to my desk &#8212; and as your president when they send me a bloating spending bill that&#8217;s going to cause your prices to go up. I&#8217;m going to take out this veto pen and I&#8217;m going to send it right back to them.&#8221;</p>
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