The Briefing Room
General Category => Elections 2024 => Topic started by: libertybele on November 16, 2022, 09:09:42 pm
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DeSantis responds to question about 'GOP civil war': 'People just need to chill out'
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday shut down reporters asking about a purported "GOP Civil War" after former President Trump announced his third bid for the White House.
DeSantis, widely seen as Trump's most formidable potential opponent in a Republican presidential primary, dismissed a reporter's question about Republican infighting following the party's mixed results in the 2022 midterm elections, telling reporters to "chill out."
"We just finished this election, OK? People just need to chill out a little bit on some of this stuff," DeSantis said at a press conference. ............
.................He kept the focus off 2024, reminding the press of the upcoming Dec. 6 showdown between Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Republican challenger Herschel Walker, a race Republicans must win to keep the 50-50 split in the Senate.
"I mean, seriously, we just ran an election. We have this Georgia runoff coming, which is very important for Republicans to win that Georgia runoff. I mean, I know around the country Florida was kind of the biggest bright spot, it was not so bright in many other parts of the country. It was a substandard performance given the dynamics that are at play," DeSantis said..............
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/desantis-responds-question-gop-civil-war-people-just-need-chill-out