DeSantis Raises Eyebrows With Scorched Earth Attack On Trump: ‘Most Aggressive’ Yet?
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) tore into former president and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump over the weekend and accused him of denigrating U.S. military service while addressing the New York Young Republican Club’s annual gala on Saturday night.
Speaking at the swanky, Manhattan event, Trump defended his infamous “Access Hollywood” tape, in which he says he can grab women by their genitals because he is famous. “A general who’s a fantastic general, actually said to me, ‘Sir, I’ve been on the battlefield. Men have gone down on my left and on my right. I stood on hills where soldiers were killed. But I believe the bravest thing I’ve ever seen was the night you went onto that stage with Hillary Clinton after what happened,’” Trump told the New York audience.
“And then that woman asked you the first question about it. And I said, ‘Locker room talk. It’s locker room talk. What the hell?’” Trump continued to laughter from the crowd.
DeSantis shared a clip of Trump’s comments on Sunday and fumed, “Trump denigrates military service by claiming it is “braver” that he debated Hillary Clinton than what soldiers endure on the battlefield.”
“Debating isn’t “brave”; it’s the bare minimum any candidate should do. Hiding from debates, on the other hand, is an example of cowardice,” the Florida governor and Bronze Star recipient added.
Many pundits and journalists were quick to note that DeSantis’s jab at Trump appeared to be one of the strongest attacks leveled at the former president by his primary opponent yet.
CNN’s Jake Tapper wrote on X, “Most aggressive attack from DeSantis on Trump yet?” MAGA pundit and Pizzagate conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec went into clean-up mode and attacked DeSantis, writing, “This isn’t what he said at all, by a mile. You pathetic liar. Everyone in the room understood he was recounting a story a combat veteran told him. Shut up, you ruined your career. It’s over.”
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