As his campaign struggles, DeSantis opens a new fight with a key Republican leader.
— and urged them to “keep fighting” in their standoff over efforts to keep the government open.
For DeSantis, the feud provides him a few talking points on the campaign trail, including bragging about how he managed his home state and boosting his image as an anti-Washington candidate. It comes as DeSantis has faced growing scrutiny from Republican donors and a lagging campaign operation that has had to reset several times.
“Right now, what you have is unfortunately a large block of House GOP members who are, frankly, too afraid to take on Trump,” said Roy, who is one of the few members of Congress to endorse DeSantis. A small irony in this is that some Republicans credit DeSantis with helping flip the House in 2022 to GOP control, albeit a very narrow majority. Republicans in Florida and nationally heaped praise on DeSantis after the midterms for leaning on the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature to approve congressional redistricting maps that helped net Republicans an additional four congressional seats.
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