DeSantis has dismissed Trump’s claims of massive 2020 election fraud, while saying on Monday that “of course” the ex-president lost to President Joe Biden.
Former Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has dubbed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a “phony” for correctly stating that ex-President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.
DeSantis, who is trailing Trump by a wide margin in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination but remains his most formidable challenger, told NBC News on Monday that “of course” the former president lost the last election, despite repeated claims to the contrary by Trump and many of his allies. The governor also told reporters in Iowa last week that Trump’s conspiracy theories of massive election fraud “did not prove to be true.”
Lake, a staunch proponent of Trump’s election claims who also falsely claims that fraud was to blame for her loss to Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs in 2022, discussed the Florida governor’s recent remarks during a Monday interview with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
