pic.twitter.com/hcFlNiRrCnBut after DeSantis, who’s now running against Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination for president, told NBC this week that he believes the ex-president lost the 2020 election, Lake’s love for the gay-hating Florida governor died.“I saw a little bit of [DeSantis’ NBC interview],” Lake said on Steve Bannon’s podcast this week. “Disgusting!”“I’ll tell you what, the people of Iowa don’t like backstabbers,” she continued. “I’m from Iowa, I grew up there.
They can smell a phony from a mile away. They’ve determined that Ron’s a phony.”But Lake, who has been reportedly been angling hard for a spot on the GOP ticket alongside Trump, didn’t stop there.“He’s got to buy endorsements, spending all that big donor money, wasting it,” she carried on. “When he really should be supporting [former] President Trump … this is about saving our country.”Desantis today said Trump’s own incompetence was to blame for his loss in 2020, and Bannon and Lake went nuts, calling Desantis a “phony” “disgusting” and “backstabber.”https://t.co/kkyPJ1oFsVDeSantis is currently trailing Trump in the polls.
Per Forbes:15.1%. That’s DeSantis’ average national polling result in the GOP presidential primaries as of August 8, according to FiveThirtyEight.