Former President Donald Trump said in an interview last night on OAN that politicians who won’t admit publicly that they got the booster or not are “gutless” and he took credit for the vaccines which have “saved tens of millions of people throughout the world”:
TRUMP says “I've had the booster,” and says he’s seen politicians asked the same, but dodge.
“The answer is yes, but they don't want to say it. Because they're gutless… Whether you had it or not. Say it.”
"The vaccine has saved tens of millions of people throughout the world." pic.twitter.com/LgFHT6l180
— Tim Hogan (@timjhogan) January 12, 2022
Is this… is this a dig at DeSantis???
Is this… is this a dig at DeSantis??? https://t.co/gbm6Ms5vXz
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) January 12, 2022
Shots fired. . .
Trump slammed politicians who won't answer whether they've received their COVID booster shots, calling them "gutless" in an interview with OAN.
Ron DeSantis dodged the booster question last week. https://t.co/NOiJBuAnkQ
— Axios (@axios) January 12, 2022
The NYT Maggie Haberman thinks so, too:
This would indicate Trump's "must tell the truth" message to me about the timing of his vaccine comments a few weeks ago were about DeSantis, who is increasingly under his skin https://t.co/0eTju9ka9p
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 12, 2022
And she reports that her sources say the former president doesn’t feel he is “getting the deference from DeSantis that he wants in the pre-2024 leadup”:
Reupping this – Trump has been telling a range of aides a version of, he isn't getting the deference from DeSantis that he wants in the pre-2024 leadup https://t.co/3s0t4riHgF
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 12, 2022
Trump could always decide not to run but every indication is he will. And once again he’s moving to set the terms of engagement with his potential rivals while those rivals are mostly averting their gazes and hoping he goes away.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) January 12, 2022
Anyway, Florida Dem Nikki Fried is pretty happy at the supposed infighting:
It’s happening!! 🍿 👀 https://t.co/uPgHzOQtKJ
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) January 12, 2022
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