Trump and DeSantis

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Former President Donald Trump lashed out at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis once more, this time for paying the conservative satirical web site, The Babylon Bee.

In a missive fired off on his Reality Social platform on Thursday night time, Trump deployed his “Ron DeSanctimonious” moniker for the governor, who’s extensively believed to be considering difficult Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination.

Trump additionally attacked the Bee, calling it “a non-entity”:

Why is Ron DeSanctimonious paying The Babylon Bee, a non-entity, $5,000 a month, so far $21,500, if he’s not working for President? Simply because his Ballot Numbers are tanking, most certainly on account of his want to cut Social Safety and Medicare, doesn’t enable him to campaign with out an announcement! You don’t spend that so much money on The Babylon Bee if you’re working for Governor, if truth be told, you don’t spend money on The Babylon Bee if you happen to’re running for the rest

Trump attached a screenshot of payments from DeSantis to the satire website.

The Miami Herald said in April 2022 that the governor paid the newsletter for “services and products related to on-line fundraising, in keeping with state marketing campaign finance data.”

“The governor’s campaign committee, in addition to the associated Pals of Ron DeSantis political motion committee, paid the conservative-leaning satire site The Babylon Bee a mixed $15,000 last yr for services associated to on-line fundraising, in step with state marketing campaign finance data,” the Herald said.

It is unclear when the payments Trump highlighted were made.

Trump regards the governor’s consideration of a run in opposition to him as an act of disloyalty after the former president recommended him for his present place in 2018. This week, Trump pooh-poohed DeSantis’s tenure as governor, declaring, “Florida was great long before Ron DeSanctus bought there.”

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