MIAMI.- Politics is on fire. On the one hand, Governor Ron DeSantis and the former ambassador Nikki Haley They maintain a growing controversy in the face of second place in favorability in the polls. But now DeSantis attacks former President Donald Trumpwhom he calls a coward, and this could lead to another interesting verbal dispute between the Republican candidates.
DeSantis accused Trump of “cowardice” for refusing to participate in the Republican presidential primary debates, arguing that polls favor him by a wide margin over his closest rivals. In fact, The former president has not attended any of the four debates in 2023.
The Florida governor’s criticism was published on his old Twitter account.
“Trump denigrates military service by claiming that it is ‘braver’ to have debated Hillary Clinton than what soldiers endure on the battlefield. Debating is not ‘brave’; It’s the minimum any candidate should do. Hiding from debates, on the other hand, is an example of cowardice“, wrote.
The comment about Clinton refers to the debate between the Democratic leader and Trump in 2016, when both were running for president, despite the fact that a recording had recently been made public in which Trump allegedly made vulgar comments about women.
Likewise, DeSantis was reacting to a comment by Trump made on Saturday in which he mentioned a general who praised his attitude in debating Clinton after the recording became known.
DeSantis vs. Trump
During the campaign for the Republican nomination it is the first time that DeSantis harshly questioned Trump.
The governor has criticized the former president due to his age, the fact that he did not participate in the debates, the failure to comply with his plan to build the wall on the southern border with Mexico and other issues, but he had never called him a “coward.”
Until now, Trump has not commented on this accusation by DeSantis. However, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung described what the governor wrote as “a meltdown of epic proportions,” according to the New York Times.
The new controversy comes at a time when DeSantis is fighting neck and neck for second place in the polls with former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, and when polls show a stronger Trump among Republican voters.
