Former President Donald Trump’s team went after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a scathing message on Truth Social on Thursday saying his GOP opponent is “thirsty” like an “OnlyFans” model and debating California Gov. Gavin Newsom because he is “so desperate for attention.”
“Ron DeSanctimonious is acting more like a thirsty, third-rate OnlyFans wannabe model than an actual presidential candidate. Instead of actually campaigning and trying to turn around his dismal poll numbers, DeSanctus is now desperate for the attention that he’s debating a Grade A loser like Gavin Newsom,” Trump Spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a press release titled “Kiss of Death” the day DeSantis and Newsom were scheduled to debate on Fox News.
Cheung continued: “During the debate, Ron will flap his arms and bobble his head, looking more like a San Francisco crackhead than the governor of Florida. This is not a prediction. This is a spoiler.”
“It’s never been clearer that Ron DeSanctus doesn’t have his eye on the ball. Despite falling FIFTH PLACE in New Hampshire and failing to get anywhere in Iowa for months, DeSantis appears to be auditioning for a reality television career, at the circus tonight with Gavin Newsom,” Cheung wrote.
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Former President Donald Trump, left, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is leading the contenders in the GOP primary for president. (Getty Images)
The Trump campaign has continued to battle the DeSantis campaign in recent months as the Florida governor tries to position himself as the most viable alternative to Trump.
“Donald Trump is a high-risk proposition as a nominee because I think the chances of him being elected are slim, but it’s a low reward because he’s going to be a lame duck on day one — which even if he is elected, he’s not going to attract the kind of talent to work in his administration and he’s going to be so bogged down by all these distractions that it’s almost impossible to get the job done,” DeSantis said earlier this month.
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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd at a campaign rally on September 25, 2023 in Summerville, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
The super PAC supporting Trump’s campaign resurrected attack ads against DeSantis last month, spending millions going after DeSantis over the past few weeks, pointed out by DeSantis’ team Social media earlier this month as a public admission that DeSantis had “stepped up in Iowa.”
DeSantis was recently endorsed by Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and influential Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats said “there’s definitely a chance the former president will lose here” despite Trump leading DeSantis by at least 30 points, according to the Real Clear Politics average, with just over six weeks until the Iowa caucuses.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to members of the media after an event Thursday, July 27, 2023 in Chariton, Iowa. ((Sergio Flores for The Washington Post via Getty Images))
“The good news for Ron DeSantis is that he is the front-runner in Iowa if former President Trump is not competing to win Iowa,” David Avella, chairman of GOPAC and a veteran Republican strategist, told Fox News Digital more early this week.
“The bad news for Ron DeSantis is that former President Trump is organizing to win Iowa. For DeSantis to win, he has to get [there to] caucus voters who are keeping their options open and voters who are only considering candidates other than Donald Trump. He will bring conviction to voters with a clear, concise message that his ideas are the best solution.”
