Former President Donald Trump hit out against Ron DeSantis after he insulted the GOP front-runner’s fan base, comparing the Florida governor to Hillary Clinton in a statement demanding an apology from his election challenger.
Trump demanded an apology after DeSantis referred to the former president’s supporters as “listless vessels,” accusing the Florida Republican of turning on the very same voter base that first elected him as governor in 2018."To Hillary Clinton, Trump supporters are 'deplorables.' To Ron DeSantis, they are 'listless vessels,’” said Karoline Leavitt, spokeswoman for Make America Great Again Inc., referring to comments from Trump’s rival in 2016.
The demand for an apology comes after DeSantis urged Republican voters to move past Trump’s “personality” and instead support candidates who embody conservative values. “If all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow … whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement,” DeSantis told the Florida Standard earlier this week. “You could be the most conservative person since sliced bread. Unless you’re kissing his rear end, they will somehow call you a RINO. So it’s been totally detached from principle in what you actually believe and results.
More than half of Republican voters say they would back Trump in the GOP primaries, according to data compiled by FiveThirtyEight. DeSantis comes in at a distant second at 15.4%, followed by Vivek Ramaswamy , former Vice President Mike Pence , and Nikki Haley .
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