Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon criticized Ron DeSantis on Monday for a “weasel approach” after the Florida governor included two references to bribing a porn star in his comments about a possible impending impeachment. of Donald Trump.
Bannon issued a warning to DeSantis during his ‘War Room Pandemic’ podcast, after Trump’s own post about his impending arrest prompted a group of Republicans to come to his defense and criticize Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for plan a partisan prosecution.
“Governor DeSantis, you are better than this,” Bannon lectured, directing his words at the potential presidential candidate during the broadcast.
‘That was a weasel approach. And don’t mix the porn star thing. I don’t need to hear it from you, okay? You don’t have to hear it, okay? he said, taking a page from Trump, who lashed out at his rival.
“Governor DeSantis, you are better than this,” former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said after the Florida governor mentioned secret payments to porn stars while condemning the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
Bannon then turned to My Pillow exec Mike Lindell for the ‘Election Crime Bureau report’, prompting another furious volley.
Lindell once again called DeSantis the “Trojan horse we thought he was” of the Republican Party.
“I just want to leave that there, how disgusting it is,” he added.
“If our great President Donald Trump is arrested, he wins hands down,” Lindell predicted.
His responses came after DeSantis on Monday, after a two-day delay, attacked the investigation of Republican rival Trump. The Manhattan prosecutor has been investigating the ‘silent’ payment of $130,000 to Stormy Daniels. Trump reimbursed former fixer Michael Cohen for the payments.
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell called DeSantis a ‘Trojan horse’ again
DeSantis said he didn’t know “what goes into paying a porn star money to ensure silence about some kind of alleged affair.”
Trump has repeatedly denied having a sexual affair with Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
DeSantis said he did not know “what it goes into to pay a porn star money to ensure silence about some kind of alleged affair,” then accused Bragg of ignoring New York’s rising crime.
At the same time, he echoed some of Trump’s own attacks, calling Bragg a “Soros-funded prosecutor,” a reference to a $1 million donation the billionaire gave to Color of Change during Bragg’s 2021 election.
“What I can talk about is if you have a prosecutor who ignores the crimes that happen every day in their jurisdiction, and chooses to go back many, many years, to try to use something about secret porn star payments,” DeSantis said , bringing up the merits of the case for the second time.
“You know, that’s an example of pursuing a political agenda and arming the office,” he added.
The mention of the porn star was not lost on Trump, who has repeatedly denied a sexual affair and in response to the looming charges and in a Monday night video criticized a “Stormy extortion plot” by Horseface. ‘Daniel’s’.
‘They’re not coming for me, they’re coming for you. I’m just getting in his way. And I will always stand in their way,” Trump said.
The president’s son, Donald Trump Jr., in a tweet directed at DeSantis for calling the event a “manufactured crisis.”
“So, DeSantis believes that Democrats weaponizing the law to impeach President Trump is a ‘manufactured circus’ and not a ‘real issue,’” he wrote.
Sheer weakness. Now we know why she was silent all weekend. It is wholly owned by Karl Rove, Paul Ryan and their billionaire donors. 100% controlled opposition,’ he wrote, referring to the former George W. Bush strategist and former Speaker of the House.
The former president himself attacked DeSantis on Monday with a statement suggesting without evidence that DeSantis could one day face unfair accusations from a man.
‘Ron DeSanctimonious will probably find out about the FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND FALSE STORIES at some point in the future, as he gets older, wiser and more well known, when he is unfairly and illegally targeted by a woman, even classmates who are’ underage’ (or possibly a Male!)’, Trump wrote.
‘I’m sure you’ll want to fight these misfits like me!’ Trump added on his Truth Social platform.
