Trump building extensive opposition file on Florida governor ahead of 2024

FOrmer President Donald Trump He is increasing his game against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), which he regards as his No. He views him as his No. 2024 Republican primary by creating a substantial portfolio focusing on the up-and coming governor’s employment history and policy stances.

Trump has focused his primary challenger on DeSantis since launching his campaign in November just after the midterm elections. DeSantis’s reelection win was a clear sign that he was Trump’s primary challenger. Biggest threat He is a rising star in Republican Party.

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DeSantis may not have announced his candidacy but Trump’s team, his allied PAC, has done extensive research into DeSantis to make a strong case against him in the event they go head-tohead.

Trump-allied groups have drilled into DeSantis’ work as an assistant U.S. Attorney before he runs for Congress. DeSantis was accused by the group of being an anachronist. “extremely lenient prosecutor” In cases involving child pornography among other things According To Politico.

“The team itself has felt like he has had a free ride without scrutiny for a number of years. Just because he’s aggressive and willing to fight doesn’t make him MAGA. MAGA is the policies and there is a tremendous amount of sunlight between Trump policies and DeSantis policies,” Bryan Lanza, a former president, said to the outlet.

“The more and more that gets highlighted the more DeSantis is going to get exposed as just another member of the establishment and compared to Jeb Bush,” Lanza said.

Trump has already started to compare DeSantis with former Gov. Jeb Bush (Republican-Elect) and Paul Ryan (Republican-Elect), are two Republicans that Trump refers to as “RINO,” abbreviated as Republican in Name Only

In Iowa, Trump He increased his efforts DeSantis and centrist GOP members to be linked, calling him “Ryan DeSantis,” Ron added another nickname. “DeSanctimonious” “Meatball Ron.”

Trump’s team may attempt to link DeSantis with soft-on-prosecution allegations, but this could be high-risk and risky. According to his allies, he pursued the cause. “the strongest sentences he could” It is incorrect to claim he was lenient.

“To make any allegation that he was soft on any kind of case, especially child pornography, is just ludicrous. It defies the logic of what I saw in the office or what my office would let happen,” Ronald Henry, retired Assistant U.S. Prosecutor, said. “He wasn’t a lone wolf on his own making deals without the entire weight of the U.S. Attorney’s office overseeing what he was doing.”

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Trump’s team works tirelessly to stop deep-pocket donor and established GOP lawmakers who want to leave Trump in 2024, from coming together to support DeSantis. He has also criticised DeSantis’s voting record in Congress in particular in policy areas like military involvement overseas, entitlement cuts, and other areas.

DeSantis, who would be at a disadvantage if he didn’t direct foreign policy involvement, has increased his meetings and contacts with foreign leaders. His opinion Information about the conflict in Ukraine

DeSantis has also been criticized for backing down on his views on changing retirement age and privatizing Medicare. The topic was hot after President Joe Biden claimed that Republicans were trying to reduce Social Security benefits and Medicare benefits as part a spending bill negotiation. The former president claimed that he is the only one who can. Protect seniors These are their benefits.

Ex-Trump allies who switched to DeSantis support believe that Trump has strong Republican policy ideas, but that his personality can cost him votes.

“Trump was a good policy guy and I’d put him up there with Ronald Reagan on policy, but presidentially he was a disaster the way he acted, the calling people names. He’s just not a nice person. … If he thinks he had trouble getting elected before, there are more and more people out there across the country who said I was for him the first time, the second time, but what’s going on and his problems I don’t think I can support him,” Former Rep. Tom Marino, R-PA, who co-chaired Trump’s 2015 Pennsylvania campaign in Pennsylvania said.

Marino stated that DeSantis does not need to make a big push to get ahead in the 2024 presidential race.

“He’s a leader. He doesn’t call people names. He doesn’t make fun of women. That’s an easy one. I truly meant Trump was a genius on policy and he really blew it. I told him about it. He knows it all,” Marino said.

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DeSantis will be on the road to increase his national visibility. As part of his book tour, DeSantis has been making stops in Iowa over the past few weeks. The Courage to Be Free On Sunday, he visited Nevada.

It is unlikely that the governor will announce his candidacy for the presidency in 2024 if he decides to run. He is expected out of the session carrying a few key items. Legislative wins That could give him an important boost in the primaries.