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Ron DeSantis Finally Attacked Trump.
And he didn’t look comfortable doing it.
Well, the second Republican primary debate took place last night and once again Donald Trump was not present, choosing instead to go speak to auto workers in Michigan. Of course, he lamented the fact that in his view, auto workers were striking for the wrong thing. Why fight for higher pay when they should be striking over electric vehicles, right?
Nevertheless the debate went on and a few of his fellow candidates predictably decided to use the opportunity to attack Trump, with Ron DeSantis finally counting himself among them.
It went about as well as you would expect.
In their recap of the second Republican link, Michelle Price and Nicholas Riccardi with AP write:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had an aggressive start, using his first answer to criticize Trump for skipping the debate and for adding to the national debt while serving as president.
“Donald Trump is missing in action,” DeSantis said. “He should be here on this stage tonight. He owes it to you to defend his record.”…
…DeSantis found an opportunity later in the debate to hit Trump on abortion, an area where he’s recently stepped up his attacks from the right.
DeSantis said Trump…
