Let me say right out of the gate, this is not what you think. Governor DeSantis is taking a pause on his campaign for a heartbeat. He is doing this to deal with the state of emergency in Florida from the recent and upcoming storms that are expected to ravage Florida. That somehow got twisted, but the governor is pushing back.
Fake News
The rumors got started by, of all people, Donald Trump.
With as much fake news as Trump was hit with over the last few years, one would think he would verify such a story before posting it on Truth Social, but he did not.
To make matters worse, the post was littered with errors, which only made his critics go off more.
Anyway, here is the original post that Trump put that was screenshotted by Ben Shapiro, as well as their response…
This is fake news. Clearly, Donald Trump and his army of consultants are panicked about @RonDeSantis' winning debate performance and the strong momentum that has followed. They know this is a two-man race, and we will carry this on to a win in this presidential primary. Instead… https://t.co/f4PNHEzHnE
— Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) August 28, 2023
After people started to hammer Trump for the spelling and grammar errors, the post was deleted and reposted with corrections.
I just do not know why Trump continues to focus on DeSantis when he has such a monster lead over him.
All Trump needs to do to win this nomination is make a deal with two or three candidates and ensure they stay in the race through Super Tuesday.
If I were Trump, I would be more worried about the court cases and shredding Joe Biden because, at this point, they are the only real challenges he has to get back into the White House.
Source: Daily Wire