Trump Tells Iowa: DeSantis Is ‘Disciple’ of Paul Ryan, Akin to Mitt Romney

Even though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis still hasn’t declared his presidential run, former President Donald Trump couldn’t resist taking swipes at him during a March 13 campaign speech in Davenport, Iowa.
Three days after DeSantis gave an apparent campaign prelude speech in that city,  Trump told a cheering crowd that he thinks people are starting to look into DeSantis’ track record as a Congressman. They must not like what they’re seeing, Trump said, and that could be “one of the reasons we’re zooming in the polls.”
Trump was leading DeSantis by a 14.7-point margin in the Real Clear Politics average of nationwide political polls….}

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