government Ron DeSantis keep working on it dodge the question About the former president donald trump Amid rampant 2024 speculation.
Asked Thursday by a Key Biscayne reporter about Trump, a Florida resident, continuing to appear in the news amid personal and political controversies, DeSantis quickly deflected. .
“I understand. refused to date again. Joe Biden I became president.
Trump formally endorsed DeSantis’ re-election, among other criticisms of a man he dubbed “Ron DeSanctimonias.” Yet, despite multiple opportunities to respond in the same way, DeSantis did not mention Trump’s name again on Thursday.
DeSantis, as before, contrasted what happened in Florida on Election Day with the slump elsewhere in the country. He said that as he bathed in the glorious light of Florida’s results, staff told him that the “red wave” seen in Sunshine State wasn’t happening elsewhere.
“I said, ‘What are you talking about? Isn’t this a red wave? A win by 20 points. When have we seen that?’
“Florida is a big win,” paraphrased DeSantis. “But the rest of the country isn’t seeing really good performances from many of these Republicans. We were supposed to have 245 congressmen at the time, and we’re at 222, which is a significant underperformance.”
“The question is why did it happen,” DeSantis continued.
“The way these midterm elections work is because someone gets elected to the White House and there is an opposing response. I have a negative view. Joe Bidensaid DeSantis.
“Normally, voters will vote for someone who presents an alternative. I didn’t want to vote for some of our candidates,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis offered a variation on this theme over two weeks ago, urging people in the post-election press to:check the scoreboardAnd rather than engage his most prominent early supporters or address his myriad controversies, the governor still points to the record.
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