Donald Trump’s jab at Ron DeSantis triggers right-wing rage

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In his speech at a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on Saturday night, Donald Trump couldn’t help but take a shot at Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) who will likely be his main competition should they both run for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination.

That shot by the former president, who will be holding a rally in Florida on Sunday that DeSantis was not invited to, set off a wave of anger by conservatives who aren’t interested in an internal GOP war several days before the midterms.

Promoting his strong polling numbers for the 2024 nomination, Trump told the crowd, “There it is, Trump at 71. Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent. Mike Pence at 7–oh, Mike Pence doing better than I thought.”

Trump’s dubbing DeSantis as “DeSanctimonious, — reminiscent of his calling Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) “Lying Ted” and labeling Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as “Little Marco” — set off a furious backlash against the former president with one prominent critic calling the slur “weak.”

As documented by the Daily Beast’s Zachary Petrizzo, the conservative response was to fire back at Trump for creating more discord.

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