DeSantis dismisses Trump attacks, cites historic electoral landslide

Published Jan. 31, 2023, 11:11 a.m. ET | Updated Jan. 31, 2023

Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump. (Photos/Gage Skidmore)
Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump. (Photos/Gage Skidmore)

BRADENTON, Fla. (FLV) – When asked about recent criticisms from former President Donald Trump, Gov. Ron DeSantis pointed to his landslide electoral victory in 2022.

He did not acknowledge the former president directly.

“I roll out of bed, I have people attacking me from all angles. It’s been happening for many, many years,” DeSantis said.

One criticism Trump pointed to was DeSantis’ handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

“If you take a crisis situation like COVID, the good thing about it is when you’re an elected executive, you have to make all kinds of decisions. You gotta steer that ship. And the good thing is that the people are able to render a judgment on that whether they reelect you or not,” he said.

“And I’m happy to say, you know, in my case, not only did we win reelection, we won with the highest percentage of the vote that any Republican governor candidate has in the history of the state of Florida.”

DeSantis defeated Democrat Charlie Crist by nearly 20 points.

He pointed to his margin being the “largest raw vote margin” than “any governor candidate” in the history of Florida. The margin was around 1.5 million votes.

“And so what I would just say is – that verdict has been rendered by the people of the state of Florida.”

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