Former President Donald Trump intends to make Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ COVID response a primary line of attack against his potential 2024 rival, but the strategy could backfire, Republican strategists told the Daily Caller.
Trump has been ramping up his attacks on DeSantis since announcing his presidential campaign in November, labeling him “DeSanctimonious” and claiming that a DeSantis run would be bad for the GOP “base.” On Saturday and Sunday, after launching his campaign in South Carolina and New Hampshire, Trump debuted the COVID-19 line of attack.
