Trump Faces Backlash For Praising Democrat Charlie Crist In Attack On DeSantis, Regrets Endorsing Him

An online backlash was received Monday by former President Donald Trump for praising Charlie Crist, a failed Florida Democrat gubernatorial Candidate in a video that attacked Ron DeSantis, the Florida Republican Governor.

“For those of you that didn’t notice, Florida was doing great long before Ron DeSanctus got there,” Trump stated. “People are fleeing from New York to Florida and other places because of high taxes and out of control crime. It’s really bad. Not because of the governor, thank you Mr. President for doing that.”

“But it’s not because of the governor, Florida was doing fantastically,” Trump continued. “You had a governor named Rick Scott who did a very good job. Even Charlie Crist, a Democrat, did a good job and he had very good numbers.”

The margin of 1.5million votes and 19.4 points that DeSantis won over Crist in the last year’s Florida elections was a record-breaking win.

“Sunshine and ocean are very alluring. It’s not too hard to work with those factors,” Trump concluded. “So just remember Florida was doing really well long before Ron DeSanctus got there.”

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President Trump “For those of you that didn’t notice, Florida was doing great long before Ron DeSanctus got there!” pic.twitter.com/ugpmOVq8f5

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) March 13, 2023

Trump Telled DeSantis was with a group reporters aboard his plane. “dead as a dog” Trump said that DeSantis was his favorite candidate when he received Trump’s endorsement in 2018.

“Yeah, maybe, probably yeah,” Trump stated. “I like people that are loyal. This guy was dead.”

Trump was met with widespread opposition from the political Right for his attack on DeSantis.

“Trump’s non stop snipping at DeSantis, who isn’t responding, shows the power hierarchy and shows who is threatened,” Mike Cernovich, a political commentator, tweeted. “Contenders call out champions, not the other way around.”

Former Fox News host Jedediah Bila tweeted, “I don’t want to say I warned ya, but I did. Ego is a very self-destructive thing.”

“This is absolutely ridiculous,” podcast host Dave Rubin tweeted. “Trump is truly at a loss with how to deal with DeSantis. We have never seen this before. Plus, DeSantis hasn’t even announced, and is still making all the right moves.”

Here are some other notable responses:

Oh, what’s that? https://t.co/tQ5BJAD4Fr

— CCG BRYSON (@RealBrysonGray) March 13, 2023

Trump should immediately fire anyone who advises him to praise Charlie Crist. https://t.co/b3ELwMKTmb

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) March 13, 2023

Trump is obsessed and wildly obsessed with DeSantis. Trump is consumed by this obsession far more than any problem with Biden or anything else. The blue-collar millionaires that surround him are also of the same mind. DeSantis, the enemy at the moment, is full-time hate. https://t.co/twN4L1m7CH

— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreyatucker) March 13, 2023

He can’t be serious … 😳 https://t.co/2YLraMFmm9

— Shannon Joy (@ShannonJoyRadio) March 13, 2023

Donald Trump comes to Charlie Crist to praise him and to attack Ron DeSantis https://t.co/ueC3hjIYvq

— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) March 13, 2023

This is just the truth. https://t.co/AuBVp1IDDD

— Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) March 13, 2023

Trump claims that Crist was a great Gov. So why did people not move to Fl during his time as Governor? Rick Scott was a great Gov, but people didn’t move to Florida. DeSantis was elected, but the sunshine and beaches didn’t arrive. DeSantis is the sole common denominator. https://t.co/Ph6Bi5nZJV

— Just Mindy 🐊 (@just_mindy) March 13, 2023

Why did he win it by 20, when you could only win by 4? https://t.co/9B8h7MAcB2

— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) March 13, 2023

The praise of Charlie Crist — whom DeSantis crushed by almost 20 points — is my favorite part of this little Truth Social rant in video form: https://t.co/q33rwwTJ4b

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) March 13, 2023

Bold strategy: Telling Florida voters they were wrong in electing Ron DeSantis to be reelected by 20 points over Charlie Crist. Let’s see how this plays out. https://t.co/hhYBQgyZLh

— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) March 13, 2023

DeSantis was annihilated by DeSantis! https://t.co/bP8YacRYZ3

— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) March 13, 2023

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