The Florida governor is starting to retaliate against the former president’s insults since he confirmed his 2024 bid for the White House.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis kicked off his 2024 presidential campaign in Iowa by subtly attacking his biggest challenger in the GOP primary, Donald Trump.
DeSantis, who for months avoided retaliating against the former president’s string of attacks and insults against him, hit back with several veiled jabs at Trump during a speech for the launch of his official White House campaign at Eternity Church in Clive, just outside of Des Moines, on Tuesday.
The event was the start of a four-day tour through 12 cities in the early primary caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina for DeSantis, who confirmed he is running for president in a May 24 Twitter Space announcement which was beset with technical issues.
As well as praising his own policies and success in Florida, DeSantis appeared to attack Trump’s leadership style and accomplishments while in office.
„At the end of the day, leadership is not about entertainment,“ DeSantis told the crowd. „It’s not about building a brand, it’s not about virtue signaling.
„It is about results, and in Florida, we didn’t lead with merely words, we followed up our words with deeds, and we have produced a record of accomplishment that we would put up against anybody in this country.
