Donald Trump recently has been ramping up his attacks on Ron DeSantis ahead of a potential 2024 Republican primary showdown. We’re not going to lie, we figured it take the former president a least a few more months before he started accusing the Florida governor of pedophilia.
Trump has been doing just that on Tuesday, though, sharing a few posts on Truth Social purporting to show DeSantis “grooming high school girls with alcohol as a teacher.”
“That’s not Ron, is it?” Trump wrote, sarcastically. “He would never do such a thing!”
Trump going heavy on the "DeSantis is a pedophile" stuff today. pic.twitter.com/LS2zRpke3z
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) February 7, 2023
The New York Times reported last year on DeSantis’ time as a teacher at the Darlington School in northwest Georgia. The report notes that several students described DeSantis as “a frequent presence at parties” with seniors at the school. “As an 18-year-old, I remember thinking, ‘What are you doing here, dude?’” one former student told the Times.
The photo Trump shared on Tuesday was originally published in 2021 by a Democratic blog called The Hill Reporter, which noted that the girls in the photo were seniors when it was taken in 2002.
Trump’s line of attack comes as DeSantis seeks to establish himself as the Republican Party’s leading culture warrior, in part by stoking fear over pedophiles and groomers. The governor’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibits the discussion of gender identity in lower grades of Florida public schools, was widely marketed as an anti-groomer bill, the idea being that educators had been “grooming” young children for sex.
DeSantis’ press secretary, Christina Pushaw, last year accused opponents of the then-bill of being groomers themselves, and right-wing activists quickly descended on Disney after the company came out against the legislation. DeSantis is still trying to punish Disney for doing so.
Trump’s Truth Social posts on Tuesday come amid a torrent of attacks against the governor. The former president has recently called DeSantis a “globalist” and a friend to Jeb Bush, while accusing him to bowing to pressure to implement Covid-19 mitigation measures toward the beginning of the pandemic.
He’s also whined that DeSantis should be loyal considering it was Trump’s endorsement that helped him win his 2018 gubernatorial run. “Ron DeSantis got elected because of me. He had nothing. He was dead. He was leaving the race. He came over and he begged me. He begged me,” Trump told Hugh Hewitt last week. “He said if you endorse me I’ll win. There were tears coming down from his eyes. He said if you endorse me I’ll win.”
TRUMP IS MORE THAN SICK.
Let’s all face it: Good Trump is fantastic and the best friend all good decent Americans ever had!
F the evil scum Democrats!
I love the beginning of these two noxious chimps starting to throw poop at each others.
God forbid neither of them gets to sit in the oval office
Good Trump has already lived in the White House and did a 1,000 times better job that evil Hitlerite Jokementia Bribery!
The country barely survived his 4 years of playing President.
I’ll vote for a one eye cat for POTUS before I vote for a liar and scammer traitor supported by morons
Trump is doing exactly what he condemned the democrats of while he was running for and became president. Using half truths and twisted words to plant questions in the minds of the people .I would not vote for Trump in 2024 , he doesn’t stand by his friends and always wants all the attention and praise for everything whether it was his doing or someone else. He would be a good president only if he knew how to hold his tongue.and stop bring a know it all .He seems to enjoy stirring the pot to keep things in turmoil . We have enough back stabbing , liars, greedy cheaters in government ,we need a person that is honest ,hard working FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE . FIRST AND FOREMOST , and isn’t blindsided by money , power ,and greed ! Someone that is for Americans first , that actually cares about American citizens over illegals , stands against all the crime and sees that criminals are punished and jailed. . We don’t need any of the career politicians that have destroyed our country and stolen from the American taxpayers . We need a fresh , honest ,dependable ,loyal President that won’t sell America out to the highest bidders to line their own pockets .
This article is FAKE NEWS created by woke True News…
Trump is everything you just asked for in a president… Evil Hitlerite Jokementia Bribery isn’t…