Ron DeSantis Destroys Trump With A Single Sentence
Florida governor Ron DeSantis was finally asked to respond to Donald Trump's days-long attack from this past weekend, and the Republican governor was able to destroy Trump's reputation with a single sentence. DeSantis, who cruised to the biggest victory in Florida's gubernatorial history, told the reporter to "check out the score card" from the midterms, a clear sign that he isn't putting much stock into Trump's comments or his political ambitions. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.
. *This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos. Yesterday prior to Donald Trump's big announcement that everybody saw coming a mile away, Ron DeSantis was finally asked about Donald Trump's weekend long attack against the Florida governor. And Ron DeSantis may have just ruined Donald Trump's entire career with a single sentence. Now I'm gonna read you everything that Ron DeSantis said, but when I get to that one sentence, you're gonna know like, Okay, that was pretty good. Here's what Ron DeSantis said when asked by a reporter about Trump's attacks. One of the things I've learned in this job is when you're leading, when you're getting things done, you're, you take incoming fire. That's just the nature of it. I don't think any governor got attacked more particularly by corporate media than me over my four year term. And yet I think what you learn is that is is all, that's just noise. We've focused on results and leadership. At the end of the day, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night. That was a shot at Donald Trump because yeah, guess what? Ron DeSantis also traveled the country endorsing people, raising money for him. And not only did a lot of his people win, but then he goes back home to Florida, pulls off the biggest victory in the history of Florida's gubernatorial politics. Donald Trump's people lost. They lost spectacularly. They lost very publicly. And Ron DeSantis is sitting on a one and a half million vote victory in the state of Florida. So that's what he means, like go check out the scorecard because he won and he did okay. As much as I hate DeSantis, I don't ever wanna see, I didn't wanna see him reelected sure as hell don't wanna see him become president or anything other than a, you know, final term governor here. But he is right. Trump's people lost. DeSantis won. But it's not just that he won, it's that massive margin that he had. He officially told the country, Florida is not a swing state anymore. Florida is red, Florida is deep red and getting redder. He won. Traditionally democratic counties like those liberal strongholds in Florida have disappeared because of DeSantis. That's power. And he has that power, he has that momentum. He's not worried about Donald Trump's attacks. And to be honest, he did play it off pretty cool. He's like, Listen, look, when you're in the, when you're the leader, when you're the guy in charge, people are gonna come at you. But you gotta realize most of it's just noise. That's a good response. I don't care if you're a Republican or Democrat. That is how you answer that question. So he actually Proved right there that he can remain calm under pressure, which is a scary thing because that's big one, been one of his big weaknesses. And if he can control that, then he definitely has a shot at winning the Republican nomination. Without one line, I would just tell people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night. That was a dig at Trump, and it's a dig that resonates with Republicans who understand that Donald Trump is toxic for the party. And in spite of his big announcement last night, most Republicans understand that Trump is not going to win, that he does not have the influence that he thought. He does not have the power that he thought among the public. And DeSantis is gonna make sure they remember that every time he gets the chance.