Trump allies step up attacks on DeSantis ahead of 2024: 'He’s not ready to be president'

The apical ace PACs backing former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are ramping up attacks successful the conflict for the Republican statesmanlike nomination.

In an advertisement that starts moving Friday connected nationalist cablegram TV, the Trump-aligned MAGA Inc. targets DeSantis — who has not yet announced a statesmanlike tally — implicit his past enactment arsenic a congressman for cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

"Think you cognize Ron DeSantis? Think again," the commercial’s narrator says. "In Congress, DeSantis voted 3 abstracted times to chopped Social Security."

"The much you spot astir DeSantis, the much you spot helium doesn’t stock our values. He’s not acceptable to beryllium president," the narrator charges astatine the extremity of the spot.

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The ads volition look connected the Fox News Channel, CNN and Newsmax, with MAGA Inc. shelling retired conscionable implicit $1.3 cardinal to tally the spots for a week, according to the nationalist advertisement tracking steadfast AdImpact. It’s the archetypal paid media effort by the ace PAC to people DeSantis.

Trump launched his 3rd White House tally successful November and remains the wide polling front-runner successful the GOP statesmanlike information race. DeSantis, who presently sits connected the 2024 sidelines, is expected to state his candidacy for the White House aboriginal this outpouring oregon summer. He’s firmly successful 2nd spot successful the latest surveys, down Trump but acold up of the remainder of the tract of declared and imaginable GOP statesmanlike contenders.

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The erstwhile president and his governmental squad presumption DeSantis arsenic the biggest menace successful the emerging 2024 field, and Trump has been hammering the Florida politician for months, with those attacks expanding successful caller weeks.

The MAGA Inc. onslaught comes days aft the precocious launched pro-DeSantis ace PAC Never Back Down went up with a video titled "Waco Crickets," which highlighted media reports indicating the large and boisterous assemblage astatine the Trump rally past play successful Waco, Texas, turned mostly quiescent erstwhile the erstwhile statesmanlike repeatedly attacked the Florida governor. 

The video, which was shared archetypal with Fox News, was the archetypal changeable by Never Back Down to people Trump.

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Sources successful DeSantis’ wider orbit person said immoderate statesmanlike run motorboat would travel successful the precocious outpouring oregon aboriginal summer, aft the extremity of Florida’s existent legislative session. However, the governor’s caller stops successful the aboriginal voting states of Iowa and Nevada and a travel adjacent period to New Hampshire are sparking much 2024 speculation.

Former President Donald Trump, left, and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, right. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images / Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images)

In speeches this year, the politician has pitched his galore blimpish argumentation victories successful Florida arsenic a roadmap for the full nation. 

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Additionally, helium has been traveling crossed the country, highlighting his "Florida blueprint" and promoting his recently released memoir, "The Courage to Be Free."