Say what you want about President Donald Trump.
One thing is for certain though.
The man is a proven winner, and he’s an absolute alpha when it comes to campaign ads.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis now knows this better than most.
In a scathing new ad, Trump absolutely torched DeSantis.
The ad takes aim at the fact that DeSantis was struggling in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial election before President Trump endorsed him.
Down by as many as 17 points at one point, the ad claims that Trump’s endorsement gave DeSantis a commanding lead and promptly saved his political career.
If that wasn’t a strong enough message for DeSantis, the ad later shows him parroting Trump’s favorite campaign slogans to his own kids.
The kid gloves are officially off!
Powerful ad about how DeSantis’ failing political career was saved by Trump!
Sadly, desantis sold his soul and is now working with the RINOs to try to take down Trump and MAGA!
TRUMP 2024!
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) April 24, 2023
Trump campaign ad says DeSantis should be ‘grateful’ — and drop out https://t.co/7BjDCa7a0B pic.twitter.com/r4bWObYqbc
— New York Post (@nypost) April 26, 2023
The New York Post has more on Trump’s powerful ad calling DeSantis out:
Donald Trump’s campaign has called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a new TV ad for “attacking” the former Republican president and one-time ally — and suggested the Florida governor should drop out of the race before he even gets in.
“Ron DeSantis was struggling big time in his primary race for governor of Florida,” says the ad’s narrator, referring to the 44-year-old’s first gubernatorial run in 2018.
“Polls revealed DeSantis was failing so bad he was losing by a staggering 17 points,” the narrator adds. “Then DeSantis was saved by the endorsement of President Trump.
“Trump’s support was so powerful, just two days after the endorsement, DeSantis took a commanding lead and it propelled him to being elected governor.”
The ad includes a clip from DeSantis’ victory speech in November 2018, in which the potential 2024 GOP challenger says, “I’d like to thank our president for standing by me when it wasn’t necessarily the smart thing to do.”
Twitter reacted to the ad:
Trump just took a flamethrower to Ron Desantis with this ad 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GknnrnMw7i
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) April 24, 2023
The “division” in the Republican Party isn’t being caused by @realDonaldTrump and Trump supporters.
It’s being caused by Ron DeSantis and his globalist donors who hate Trump.
Ron has NO pathway to victory in the primary or general. He should end his anti-Trump ads & his shadow…
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) April 16, 2023
This whole thing is going to be interesting to watch.
“This was supposed to be a big moment for DeSantis yet Donald Trump won more endorsements this week from Mar-a-Lago than DeSantis did.” pic.twitter.com/pdFNxRtRQO
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) April 25, 2023
https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1651239584917749765?s=20
538 is tracking endorsements in the 2024 primary, weighted by the prominence of each endorser
1. Trump — 241 points
2. DeSantis — 13 points
3. Haley — 3 points
Trump endorsements as of today:
– 2 Governors
– 11 Senators
– 51 House membershttps://t.co/jGjVQ6uOP0 pic.twitter.com/StupJfTbif— InteractivePolls (@IAPolls2022) April 26, 2023
Ron DeSantis supporters are trashing Donald Trump, the very man that made Ron’s career.
Didn’t hear them complaining and saying these things when Donald endorsed Ron in 2018…
Then again, they didn’t even know who Ron DeSantis was before Trump endorsed him 🤣😂😂
— Ole Murica (@OleMurica) April 26, 2023
Trump vs DeSantis. The choice is easy. pic.twitter.com/Bm4xqyv0Sf
— MAGS (@TAftermath2020) April 23, 2023
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