‘Cold as ICE’: Donald Trump steps up attacks on Ron DeSantis in wake of new polling

Trump DeSantis
Polls, stoned canvassers, and discount fundraisers earned the former President's scrutiny.

Former President Donald Trump continues to blast Ron DeSantis on Truth Social.

“DeSanctimonious Polls are getting worse & worse as the public gets to know him,” Trump opined Friday. “The Democrats would have a field day with Ron. He’s cold as ICE, and only hurting the Republican Party. We have a 49 Point Lead, and should be getting even better than that!!!”

It’s unclear what polling Trump is referencing with his claim of a 49 point lead.

A New Hampshire poll released Friday only shows him leading DeSantis by 37 points, 48% to 11%, with Chris Christie at 10%.

Likewise, the Race to the White House polling average shows a closer race than Trump suggests, with Trump ahead 53% to 20%, 16 points shy of the former President’s claim.

Trump commented on other DeSantis-related issues Friday on Truth Social also, even as the Governor worked numerous events in Iowa.

The former President spotlighted a New York Post article on reduced prices, snarkily called a “DeSantis Discount,” for a DeSantis fundraiser in Southampton.

Trump also re-truthed a post by loyalist Jason Miller spotlighting an apparently “stoned” DeSantis door knocker, deployed as part of what the Washington Post calls a “$100 million field effort” full of paid canvassers.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


3 comments

  • Dont Say FLA

    July 15, 2023 at 10:04 am

    Trump “has” a 49 point lead. He just needs pollsters to find it.

  • Florence Hendrick

    July 16, 2023 at 9:59 pm

    Because of what I heard Trump call DeSantis yesterday, a son of a b, very unprofessional, but that Trump always cursing to get a rise out of the audience. I take great pride in what I want to call Trump. DRAMA KING, PITTED FACE ORANGE MAN. DRAFT DODGER, WOMANIZER, SHOWMAN, COMEDIAN, SHAFTER, DOUGHBOY, FAKE. There Donny, that felt so good, and I’m sure as we draw closer to the election, there will be more…

    • My Take

      July 17, 2023 at 4:52 am

      Trump liberated us all to call derisive names.
      OK for him. Then OK for us.
      The Orange Oinker changed the game.

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