The close relationship between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Trump is souring, and the bad blood is threatening to spill into the president’s reelection effort in the nation’s biggest swing state
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The close relationship between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Donald Trump is souring, and the bad blood is threatening to spill into the president’s reelection effort in the nation’s biggest swing state.
Tension between the president and the governor was on display in February, when Trump was set to address a roomful of rainmakers at billionaire Nelson Peltz’s Palm Beach estate. “Where is Gov. DeSantis?” said a Republican consultant familiar with the president’s campaign operations. DeSantis, he said, comes around to Trump only when he needs something.DeSantis defenders cast the chatter as a sour-grapes narrative.
“The comments made by those who claim to be RPOF insiders demonstrates that they are clearly in the dark,” Faraj-Johnson said. “We are stronger than ever and have just begun our planned spending on a massive voter registration effort.” The Florida GOP, a topic of much scrutiny, has undergone a dramatic face-lift since DeSantis took office in January 2019, an operation that wasn’t a total success.
O’Rourke hired Perlmutter’s longtime security consultant to conduct an audit of the Florida GOP, but his efforts — and by extension DeSantis’ — to build the blocking-and-tackling infrastructure needed to win a presidential election were lacking, said the person familiar with Trump’s reelection campaign.
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