CNN’s Manu Raju made a big splash earlier today when he tweeted out a summary of what Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis allegedly said on the Ruthless podcast, insinuating that there’s a DeSantis-Trump dustup over the lockdown in 2020:
DeSantis says one of his biggest regrets was not speaking out "louder" on Trump admin calls for lock down during the pandemic. "And I think it knowing now what I know, then if if that was a threat earlier, I would have been much louder." About 32 mins in: https://t.co/HaR1MOfHWY
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 14, 2022
But, as new Florida woman Karol Markowicz points out, that’s not exactly what the Florida governor said:
I just finishing listening to @RuthlessPodcast & went back & replayed this. I get that Trump v DeSantis is what will bring the hits (& hey, if they both run, I'm sure they'll have their fights) but this was aimed at Fauci in the podcast. "Trump admin" suggests something else. https://t.co/5EfZw01MZI
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) January 14, 2022
Funny, right?
Funny how Manu Raju didn’t quote that part. https://t.co/XFjOGtpMyu
— American Nordau (@MaxNordau) January 14, 2022
DeSantis even said later in the podcast that the media “is trying to drive a wedge between” him and Trump and that he will “no fall for the bait”:
At the 22:00 mark, they discuss how media is trying to drive a wedge between DeSantis and Trump. "This is what the media does, you can not fall for the bait."-DeSantis. https://t.co/9k6Lnst3ho
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) January 14, 2022
We expect what was *really* said won’t matter. Potential DeSantis challenger Nikki Fried is ready for the popcorn:
The RonDon breakup continues. Ron blaming his lockdown order on Don!!
We’re going to need more 🍿.https://t.co/FebvPEenSN
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) January 14, 2022
And, we expect, it will get a rise out of the former president:
Will be noted in the building 👇 https://t.co/UAYhpwa85k
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) January 14, 2022
Sigh.
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