Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested his party not focus too much on criminally indicted Donald Trump because his legal troubles could cost him the 2024 presidential election.
The 45-year-old said: “I think if we’re going to litigate the last election again, in terms of Donald Trump or his legal problems or the criminal trials or all that stuff, you know, I think it’s going to be a really ‘ugly election.’
Ron DeSantis also noted during an interview with CBS News, “I don’t think it puts the Republicans in a good position to win.”
During his speech, DeSantis also addressed the question of the potential violence that could occur if either party loses the election. He hoped it wouldn’t be.
The governor was also convinced of the Republican victory in the elections to be held in November.
The Republican presidential candidate suggested his party “frame the questions about the problems facing the country” while highlighting the “failures of the Joe Biden administration to win elections.”
But in a warning, he argued that focusing on Donald Trump could hurt the GOP’s chances of victory.
“So we need to hold an election on these issues. You know, we need a candidate who can clearly win, and we need to start looking forward as a country,” he noted.
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During the interview, CBS News showed that 49% of US citizens expected violence from the losers, since there was already an uproar on January 6, 2021, in which supporters of the 77-year-old attacked Capitol Hill due to Trump’s loss.
DeSantis is far behind former President Trump in the Republican primary. The former commander-in-chief attends the GOP presidential debates.
On January 6, an appeal filed to review his disqualification from Colorado was taken up for review by the US Supreme Court.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeal in the case revolving around the Colorado Supreme Court’s Dec. 19 ruling that disqualified Trump from the state’s primary election under the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The verdict was based on his alleged involvement in an attack by his supporters on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, citing his involvement in the rebellion.
