Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken aim squarely at Donald Trump, with the former president set to miss a major forum in Iowa Friday and dangling the prospect of playing hooky from next month’s first debate.
“Nobody is entitled to this nomination,” DeSantis told conservative Boston radio host Howie Carr Wednesday. “You have got to earn the nomination and doing things like the Family Leader event in Iowa, doing things like these debates, they’re important parts of the process.” …
“We had the Biden-Trump [showdown] in 2020 and Biden’s president. The idea that he’s just entitled after that doesn’t make any sense.”
[I think that’s the question that has to be settled. Do Republican voters want a primary fight, or do they just want a coronation? Plenty of them are arguing that Trump IS entitled to the nomination. That’s still an open question, and will be for the next few months. — Ed]
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