Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took some swings but none at former President Donald Trump Thursday in Iowa.
Accompanied by his wife and children, the Florida governor held a rally at the iconic “Field of Dreams” in Dyersville, far from the Fulton County jail where the 77-year-old Republican 2024 presidential candidate is being held on charges related to an alleged plot to overturn the election. Georgian holiday 2020.
“Well, I’m glad I’m in the Field of Dreams. I’m happy to be here,” DeSantis, 44, responded when asked about the stark difference between how he and Trump spent their Thursday night.
The only contrast the Florida governor was willing to discuss from the obvious baseball diamond — surrounded by cornfields and made famous by the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams” — was between him and his GOP rival on stage Wednesday night in Milwaukee at the first primary debate. , which he argues “worked really hard.”
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was “happy” to be in Iowa when asked about Trump’s surrender to authorities in Georgia.AP
The governor discussed his Wednesday night debate performance from the famous baseball field.AP
“The thing about the debate, you know, nobody hit me so I’m not going to get into that scrum,” DeSantis said of his performance at the lively forum. “I know the man goes back and forth. And what I do with 100% of my time is speak directly to the American people about our vision to reverse the decline of the country.”
In the hours leading up to the event, DeSantis’ campaign was bracing for an onslaught of attacks from his down-voting opponents.
“He’s definitely going to be the center of the attack,” DeSantis campaign manager James Uthmeier told ABC News before the debate.
Trump was booked by the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday. AP
DeSantis also insisted that he would support the former president no matter what if he won the primary when asked about his apparent skepticism, raising his hand when Fox News host and debate moderator Bret Baier asked the candidates if they would still support Trump as the GOP nominee if he were convicted. offense in a court of law.
“It wasn’t because of that,” DeSantis said of the slow raising of his hand. “I signed the pledge. I will follow the pledge 100%. I objected to doing a show of hands and I thought most of the candidates seemed to agree with me and so I was like, ‘OK, are we really doing this?’ and people do.”
“I didn’t think he would be the nominee at that point, but I signed the pledge and that’s just the reality of the situation,” he added.
A poll commissioned by The Post found that 21% of Republican voters thought DeSantis won the first debate.AP
DeSantis vowed to support Trump if the former president becomes the GOP presidential nominee.AP
The “Field of Dreams” field in Dyersville, Iowa, is based on the iconic Kevin Costner film of the same name.Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post
A post-debate poll commissioned exclusively for The Post found that 21% of GOP voters thought DeSantis performed best in Wednesday’s debate.
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy edged out the Florida governor for the top spot in the poll, however, with 23% picking the 38-year-old “Woke, Inc” author and political newcomer as the debate winner.
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