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As the most reliable and balanced news aggregation service on the internet, DML News App offers the following OP-ED written by Piers Morgan and published by NYPost.com:
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has finally taken the gloves off and launched a blistering attack on his former mentor President Donald Trump.
In an exclusive wide-ranging interview with me airing on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on Thursday, he said “stay tuned” about his widely expected announcement that he’s running for president and declared: I have what it takes to be president and I can beat Biden.
But it’s what he said about Trump that will ignite a firestorm in the Republican Party.
Morgan went on to write that DeSantis has clearly “had enough of Trump’s constant baiting” and that he feels “ready to take him on.
DeSantis was critical of Trump, pointing to Trump’s “character failings, chaotic leadership style, and for his handling of the COVID pandemic.”
“Well I think there’s a few things,” DeSantis said in answer to a question about the difference between him and Trump. “The approach to COVID was different. I would have fired somebody like Fauci. I think he got way too big for his britches, and I think he did a lot of damage.”
“I also think just in terms of my approach to leadership, I get personnel in the Government who have the agenda of the people and share our agenda. You bring your own agenda in you’re gone. We’re just not gonna have that.
“So, the way we run the Government I think is no daily drama, focus on the big picture and put points on the board and I think that’s something that’s very important.”
Asked about Trump’s nickname for him, DeSantis said, “I don’t know how to spell the sanctimonious one. I don’t really know what it means, but I kinda like it, it’s long, it’s got a lot of vowels. We’ll go with that, that’s fine. I mean you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner because that’s what we’ve been able to do in Florida, is put a lot of points on the board and really take this State to the next level.”
“To me, it’s just background noise,” he said of the former president’s taunts. “It’s not important for me to be fighting with people on social media. It’s not accomplishing anything for the people I represent. So, we really just focus on knocking out victories, day after day, and if I got involved in all the under tow I would not be able to be an effective Governor. So, I don’t think it’s something that makes sense for me.”
Previously, DeSantis enjoyed a harmonious relationship with Trump.
“We had a good relationship [when I was a Congressman and I think one of the reasons he got to know me is because I saw the Russia collusion thing as a farce from the beginning. Very few people said that. We had a handful of us in Congress that were fighting back against that. So, I would go on TV, and I would defend him when it wasn’t popular and when it was kinda politically risky, but I just thought it was the right thing to do and then I thought that he had good ideas for the country. And then when I became Governor, his last two years as President, we worked very well together. He had a place in Florida and worked well with us to serve our state.”
“At the end of the day as a leader,” DeSantis said. “You really want to look to people like our Founding Fathers, like what type of character, it’s not saying that you don’t ever make a mistake in your personal life, but I think what type of character are you bringing? So, somebody who really set the standard is George Washington because he always put the Republic over his own personal interest. When we won the American Revolution, Washington surrendered his sword. [King[ George III said he’s the greatest man in the world if he gives up power. I think the person is more about how you handle your public duties and the kind of character you bring to that endeavor.”
When asked about opposing Trump who is “desperate to … win back the White House” in 2024, DeSantis replied, “Well, I’m not up against anybody quite yet.”
Ron DeSantis rips Trump's character, chaotic leadership style https://t.co/DiPZiADhyJ via @nypost
— Sarah Bowden (@DeSantisBoomer) March 21, 2023
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