DeSantis hits back at Trump during California GOP convention

ANAHEIM, California — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) hit back at former President Donald Trump’s claim that he turned Florida red during a dinner address to the California GOP convention on Friday.
DeSantis’s comments came after Trump derisively referred to him as “Ron DeSanctimonious” earlier on Friday during the convention, and bragged about his polling advantage over all his 2024 rivals. Trump is currently leading the Florida governor 57.6% to 13.7% according to a RealClearPolitics poll average.
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“I understand that one of my residents was here earlier saying that he turned Florida red,” DeSantis said without directly naming Trump. “All I will say is that Ronald Reagan made the point there’s no limit to what you can do when you don’t care who gets the credit. I just wished if he was the one that turned Florida red that he wouldn’t have turned Georgia and Arizona blue because that’s not been good for us at all.”
Trump lost both Arizona and Georgia, two crucial battleground states, in his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. Some experts have said that the former president’s involvement in Georgia’s senatorial races in 2020, the subsequent runoff races, and the 2022 midterm elections cost Republicans the two Senate seats — leading Democrats to take back and maintain control of the Senate with the elections of Sens. …