DeSantis Turns Back On Trump Again Says The ‘Swamp Got Worse Under Trump’

Governor Ron DeSantis has once again thrown Trump under the bus.

In a recent interview with Laura Ingham, DeSantis claimed that the swamp got worse under Trump.

DeSantis stated “Trump had three years to fire Christopher Wray and he didn’t fire him. And remember, I went to the rallies in 2016, Laura. You remember them, lock her up, lock her up, about holding Hillary accountable.”

DeSantis who is polling way lower than Trump added “One of the things he did not do was drain the swamp. The swamp got worse in his four years.”

Here’s the moment he said it:

DESANTIS ON TRUMP: "You remember them, ‘Lock her up! Lock her up!’ about holding Hillary accountable. And then two weeks after the election, he said, 'never mind that I said that,' and let her off the hook!"

"The swamp got worse in his four years." pic.twitter.com/PEJdxSp60N

— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) August 16, 2023

"One of the things he did not do was drain the swamp… the swamp got worse in his four years."

DeSantis makes the case that he will do what Donald Trump was unable to do as president: Drain the swamp.https://t.co/HFaaEXIL6h

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) August 16, 2023

Here’s what Breitbart reported:

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” 2024 Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stated that the question in the wake of the indictments of his 2024 rival, former President Donald Trump is how we’ll respond and end weaponized government. DeSantis said that while he has removed Soros-backed prosecutors in Florida, Trump “had three years to fire Christopher Wray” and didn’t, let former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “off the hook.” And “The swamp got worse in his four years.”

Ingraham then asked, “So, do you think that, if Trump were to win, that he wouldn’t fire Wray or wouldn’t try to reform the FBI? It seems like he has a personal interest in really doing that at this point, no?”

DeSantis responded, “Well, he had three years to fire Christopher Wray and he didn’t fire him. And remember, I went to the rallies in 2016, Laura. You remember them, lock her up, lock her up, about holding Hillary accountable. And then, two weeks after the election, he said never mind that I said that and let her off the hook. And so, I think if you look at — and I give him credit even though we’re competing for the great things he did do — but one of the things he did not do was drain the swamp. The swamp got worse in his four years. And you had people like Wray, you had people in power who were not getting the job done. You’ve got to take very swift action and you’ve got to make it happen.”

DeSantis: 'The swamp got worse' when Trump was president https://t.co/N80Pvodg6J pic.twitter.com/9MLIFxp5qq

— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) August 16, 2023

DeSantis: 'The swamp got worse' when Trump was president https://t.co/ZiLdcYCWrc

— NewsNation (@NewsNation) August 16, 2023

Per News Nation:

GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took aim at former President Trump on Tuesday, claiming that the “swamp got worse’ when Trump was in the White House.

DeSantis, in an interview with Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle” on Tuesday, suggested that Trump did not do enough to hold people like former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and FBI Director Christopher Wray accountable. Like a handful of other GOP presidential candidates, DeSantis has vowed to fire Wray if elected to the White House.

“Well, he had three years to fire Christopher Wray, and he didn’t fire him,” DeSantis told host Laura Ingraham. “And, remember, I went to the rallies in 2016, Laura. You remember them, ‘lock her up, lock her up,’ about holding Hillary accountable.”

“And then, two weeks after the election, he said, never mind that I said that and let her off the hook,” DeSantis continued. “And so I think, if you look at it — and I give him credit, even though we’re competing, for the great things he did do. But one of the things he did not do was drain the swamp. I mean, the swamp got worse in his four years.”

DeSantis added that Trump “had people in power who were not getting the job done.”

DeSantis also claimed that “very swift action” needed to be taken to hold people accountable, noting that — as president — “you have got to make it happen.”

It seems like Ron forgot about this:

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— 🌟🇺🇸Nancy Hamm🇺🇸🌟 (@nancy_hamm1) August 10, 2023