‘Problematic’: Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump got ‘bad advice’ to endorse Randy Fine

Ron DeSantis. Image via Dana Show

The trend on Election Day is increasingly favoring Republican Randy Fine in Florida’s 6th Congressional District.

Yet one former Representative in that district — Gov. Ron DeSantis — is sharpening his attacks, saying President Donald Trump was misadvised to endorse the Melbourne Republican.

“I know the area well. I represented that area in Congress. He’s not from that district,” the Governor said of Fine when speaking to radio host Dana Loesch.

“I think the President got really bad advice about endorsing him and was told that he was the only candidate that could win, which is totally not true. And there’s a whole host of reasons how bad advice gets to him that I think is very problematic.”

This was his second and sharpest criticism of Trump’s endorsement on Tuesday.

During a press conference, DeSantis said voters could “quibble” about the President backing Fine.

DeSantis advanced other fresh criticisms of Fine during the hit with Loesch, who interviewed Fine earlier this year and took him to task during that segment.

“I mean, you had him on your show. He was fighting for an amnesty bill in the Florida Legislature. He was attacking me for wanting strong immigration legislation,” DeSantis said. “Why would I want to vote for you if you’re just going to stab us in the back?”

DeSantis said Fine is “going to have trouble generating even close to the amount of enthusiasm that President Trump did or other candidates have done,” but did not predict defeat.

“I think it’s almost physically impossible for a Republican to lose that district. So I think we’re looking at a Republican victory, but an underperformance.”