<p><a href="https://editorial.dailywire.com/news/desantis-would-win-today-without-a-doubt-n-h-gov-on-2024s-first-primary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida Governor Ron DeSantis</a> (R) on Tuesday shrugged off a slew of weekend broadsides from former President Trump, who had sought to paint him as pro-lockdown during the early days of the COVID pandemic.</p>
<p>Trump, in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-warns-desantis-against-disloyal-24-bid-as-new-poll-has-gov-surging-in-key-state">series</a> of comments to reporters and in social media posts, claimed credit for his fellow Republican&#8217;s success, called him a &#8220;globalist&#8221; who would be &#8220;disloyal&#8221; to mount a 2024 presidential bid, and sought once again to stick DeSantis with the Trumpian moniker &#8220;Ron DeSanctimonius.&#8221; But the Sunshine State governor appeared unfazed by the attacks.</p>
<p>&#8220;I roll out of bed, I have people attacking me from all angles. It&#8217;s been happening for many, many years,&#8221; DeSantis said, adding that &#8220;in a crisis situation like COVID, the good thing about it is when you&#8217;re an elected executive, you have to make all kinds of decisions, you&#8217;ve got to steer that ship.&#8221;</p>
<p>The attack on DeSantis over his COVID policies was curious, given that DeSantis reopened Florida schools and businesses long before other big states and was an early and vocal opponent of mask and vaccine mandates.</p>
<p>While Trump has announced his bid for the White House, DeSantis is widely believed to be considering a primary challenge after winning re-election by nearly 20 percentage points. On Tuesday, he said his resounding victory in November affirmed support for his handling of the pandemic.</p>
<p>&#8220;And the good thing is, is that the people are able to render a judgment on that, whether they reelect you or not,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;And I&#8217;m happy to say, you know, in my case, not only did we win re-election, we won with the highest percentage of the vote that any Republican governor candidate has in the history of the state of Florida.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We won by the largest raw vote margin, over 1.5 million votes, than any governor candidate has ever had in Florida history. And in fact, we almost doubled the previous record, which I think was like 780,000 vote margin,&#8221; DeSantis added. &#8220;And so what I would just say is, that verdict has been rendered by the people of the state of Florida.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true">
<p lang="en" dir="ltr">DESANTIS RESPONDS TO TRUMP ATTACKS: &quot;I roll out of bed, I have people attacking me from all angles [&#8230;] In my case, not only did we win re-election, we won with the highest percentage of the vote than any Republican governor candidate in the history of the state of Florida.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/FLEXeVPlRn">pic.twitter.com/FLEXeVPlRn</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1620451264499949568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>A <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/30/trump-desantis-covid-praise/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjE5NTAwNjI4IiwicmVhc29uIjoiZ2lmdCIsIm5iZiI6MTY3NTE0MTIwMCwiaXNzIjoic3Vic2NyaXB0aW9ucyIsImV4cCI6MTY3NjQzNzE5OSwiaWF0IjoxNjc1MTQxMjAwLCJqdGkiOiI4Nzk0NDhmZS0xNGI1LTRjMDktODZkNy0yNDE4MDRiMjkwYTEiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vcG9saXRpY3MvMjAyMy8wMS8zMC90cnVtcC1kZXNhbnRpcy1jb3ZpZC1wcmFpc2UvIn0.0PyYJTm219AVjTDFzCHlzWwbbRtuetS8hp6_8H38CsU">report</a> from The Washington Post highlighted how Trump repeatedly praised DeSantis&#8217; handling of the pandemic while he was still president, saying DeSantis did a &#8220;fantastic job,&#8221; and he specifically praised DeSantis for not closing down.</p>
<p>“We had surges, and they went up and they went down, and now you’re at your lowest numbers,” Trump said in October of 2020. “And you’re open and you didn’t close, and you’re just amazing — right, this guy?&#8221;</p>
<p>“So we’re joined today by one of the greatest governors in our country — and I know a lot of good ones, and I can tell you, there’s some really bad ones, too — but this is a great one, Gov. Ron DeSantis.”</p>

<script async src="https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script>
<script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><div data-widget-host="revcontent" data-pub-id="165152" data-widget-id="290588"></div><script src="https://delivery.revcontent.com/165152/290588/widget.js"></script>

DeSantis Responds Directly To Trump’s Attacks On Florida’s Handling Of Pandemic

CONTINUE READING

Elon Musk Provides Timeline Of When He’ll Be Done In Government

Feds Arrest Las Vegas Man For Allegedly Attacking Tesla Store With Molotov Cocktails, Rifle

Trump Stages ‘Unprecedented Concentration Of Overwhelming U.S. Firepower’ At Base Near Mideast

U.S. Military Recovery Efforts Still Ongoing To Recover Vehicle Trapped In Swamp

Former NFL Running Back Arrested In Largest Individual Dog Fighting Bust Ever: Feds

Four U.S. Soldiers Found Dead After Training Exercise Near Belarusian Border

News

A video goes viral showing a baby being refused his mother by two gay "dads". This is just the tip of the iceberg, which is why we will have an important discussion today about surrogacy. 

Hour 1

The Matt Walsh Show

Ep. 1765 - This Video Is One Of The Worst Things I've Seen In A Long Time 

The Strait of Hormuz officially opens for business (kind of), the Pope makes “shocking” comments on immigration, and President Trump promises UFO disclosure at TPUSA. 


The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 1956 -  Pope Leo's "SHOCKING" Immigration Comments EXPLAINED

A false miscreed has corrupted our leadership class.


The Andrew Klavan Show

Ep. 1275 - Dumb, Dumber and Progressive

President Trump announces a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, a murder-suicide involving former Democratic Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax shakes Virginia, and France and Britain hold a conference to secure the Strait of Hormuz – after the Iranian conflict ends. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.

- - -

Ep. 2738

- - -

Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3

- - -

Today's Sponsors:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.

Pocket Hose - Text MORNING to 64000 to get a FREE pocket pivot and their 10-pattern sprayer with the purchase of ANY size Copper Head hose. Message and data rates may apply.

Morning Wire

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26

U.S. Expands Hormuz Blockade & VA Fairfax Deaths Investigated | 4.17.26 [Member Exclusive]

A ceasefire goes into effect between Israel and Lebanon, a tragic murder-suicide rocks Virginia, and Dairy Queen deploys AI in the drive-thru. Get the facts first with Evening Wire.
- - -
Ep. 2737
- - -
Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3 
- - -
Today’s Sponsor:

Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text “WIRE” to 83848 to learn more.


Menu

— News —

DeSantis Responds Directly To Trump’s Attacks On Florida’s Handling Of Pandemic