The Florida governor sought to undercut Trump on an issue that helped him win the White House in 2016.
But DeSantis also specifically criticized Trump on his signature policy issue from 2016, an unfinished U.S.-Mexico border wall, saying that if elected, he would complete it.
“I was in Arizona the other day. You have like — wall, then it just kind of stops,” he said, warning that the structure allows illegal entry by members of Mexican drug cartels, who can “cut through the really fortified steel beams.” DeSantis is running second in polling, trailing Trump by double digits and watching the field expand to a crowd that dilutes his own standing. His speech signaled he views the border as an issue that damages both Trump and Biden, while also appealing to his following of hard-liners.
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