‘Karma’: Andrew and Tristan Tate pin Hope Florida controversy on Ron DeSantis, James Uthmeier

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Two controversial influencers are attempting to get the last laugh on Florida’s Governor and Attorney General.

Andrew Tate, who was denounced by both Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General James Uthmeier when he traveled to Fort Lauderdale earlier this year, is adding his own criticism of the $10 million the Hope Florida initiative got after a settlement between Centene and AHCA.

“Gov. Ron DeSantis and his attorney general launched a baseless investigation against my brother and I after we returned from political persecution abroad. It turns out that they stole $10 million from Medicaid that was meant to help the poor, elderly and disabled. They will be investigated and held accountable. Karma,” Andrew Tate said on X.

Tristan Tate was a bit more measured.

“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by,” he said. “I will not condemn you while your records are still clean, I’m better than that, but IF you all turn out to be criminals this will be the funniest thing ever. Dirty hands point fingers?”

Hope Florida, the signature program of First Lady Casey DeSantis, has been under fire in recent days amid reports about $10 million received in a settlement from the healthcare provider Centene with Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).

The Governor has called the $10 million to Hope Florida the “cherry on top” and a “voluntary contribution” as part of the $67 million settlement agreement, and has said criticism amounts to “baseless attacks” and “manufactured smears against the First Lady and the program that’s Hope Florida.”

Last month, Andrew Tate claimed that DeSantis was making peace with him.

“He understands he made a mistake and there’s been some conversations and everything’s been settled and fixed,” he said, though DeSantis Communications Director Bryan Griffin denied anything like that happened.

The Tates arrived in Fort Lauderdale, leading to DeSantis saying the two were not “welcome” in the state. Uthmeier said last month that a criminal probe against the two was in the works.

During an appearance on “The Dana Show,” Uthmeier condemned the brothers’ “weakness and sickness,” and suggested that a case against them continues to build.

“Every time these guys open their mouths, it gets them deeper in a hole,” Uthmeier said. “If we can show that they committed crimes on Florida soil, then we will continue to pursue them, you know, at all costs.”

While the Tates have been accused of human trafficking in Romania and face civil action for sexual abuse from four women in Britain, they have not been convicted there or anywhere else, despite a wide array of sordid soundbites and lurid anecdotes about them.