What the Manhattan DA office taught us about a Trump vs. DeSantis 2024 contest
by W. James Antle III, Politics Editor
March 21, 2023 06:37 AMWhatever Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg does next, he has, through the reports of a coming indictment, revealed how former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) would handle each other in a 2024 Republican primary campaign.
DeSantis quickly pushed back against the possible indictment on the merits, though not volubly enough for Trump’s strongest supporters, while at the same time subtly restating the case against the former president’s fitness for the nomination.
Trump immediately struck back, reconsidered it, and then escalated his attacks against DeSantis even further still.
DeSantis agreed that the impending prosecution is politically motivated while noting the charges involve "paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair," something the Florida governor added he never had to do.
Trump responded by telling "DeSanctimonious" that he would learn about unfair attacks in due time after getting into the presidential race — and then telegraphing that Trump himself planned to launch some of those attacks and hinting what they might be.
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