Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took some action, but none against former President Donald Trump Thursday in Iowa.
Accompanied by his wife and children, the Florida governor held a rally ahead of the iconic ‘Field of Dreams’ movie set in Dyersville, a far cry from the Fulton County Jail where the 2024 Republican frontrunner, aged 77, was jailed on related charges. to an alleged plot to nullify the results of Georgia’s 2020 election.
“Well, I’m glad to be at the Field of Dreams. I’m happy to be here,” replied DeSantis, 44, when asked about the stark contrast between how he and Trump were spending their Thursday night.
The only contrast the Florida governor was willing to address from the must-see baseball field — surrounded by cornfields and made famous by the 1989 film ‘Field of Dreams’ — was between him and his Republican rivals on stage Wednesday evening in Milwaukee during the first primary debate. , which he says “turned out to be very strong”.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was ‘happy’ to be in Iowa when asked if Trump was surrendering to authorities in Georgia.PA
The governor discussed his Wednesday night debate from the famous baseball field.PA
“The thing about the debate is, you know, no one hit me, so I wasn’t going to get involved in this melee,” DeSantis said of his performance during the heated forum. “I know these guys were going back and forth. And what I’ve done with 100% of my time is speak directly to the American people about our vision to reverse the decline of the country.
Hours before the event, DeSantis’ campaign was bracing for a flurry of attacks from his worst-placed opponents.
“He will no doubt be the center of the attack,” DeSantis campaign manager James Uthmeier told ABC News ahead of the debate.
A poll commissioned by The Post found that 21% of Republican voters think DeSantis won the first debate.PA
DeSantis has pledged to back Trump if the former president becomes the GOP.PA presidential nominee
The ‘Field of Dreams’ field in Dyersville, Iowa, is based on Kevin Costner’s iconic film of the same name.Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
DeSantis also insisted he would support the former president no matter what if he won the primary when asked about his apparent reluctance to raise his hand when the Fox News host and moderator of the debate, Bret Baier, asked the candidates if they would still support Trump as the GOP. candidate if found guilty by a court.
“It wasn’t because of that,” DeSantis said of his slow hand raise. “I signed this pledge. I will honor this commitment 100%. I objected to the idea of raising my hand and thought most of the contestants seemed to agree with me, so I was like, “OK, are we really doing this? and people did.
“I don’t think he would be the nominee then, but I signed the pledge and that’s just the reality of the situation,” he added.
A post-debate survey commissioned exclusively for The Post found that 21% of GOP voters thought DeSantis performed best in Wednesday’s debate.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy edged out the Florida governor for the top spot in the poll, however, with 23% of respondents picking the 38-year-old “Woke, Inc” author and political newcomer as the winner of the debate.
2023-08-25 05:25:40
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