Matt Gaetz rips 'uncouth' Ron DeSantis for 'jab' at Donald Trump
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was a key validator and endorser of Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2018, but the Panhandle Republican is changing his tune.
In a NewsNation interview, Gaetz griped about DeSantis’ unwillingness to offer Donald Trump protection against an indictment, and chastised DeSantis as “uncouth” for taking a “jab” at Trump’s legal circumstances.
“If I were Governor of Florida, I would not allow any Floridian to be hauled before some George Soros-backed prosecutor in some blue city over politics. And I wouldn’t make an exception to not protect the President of the United States,” Gaetz contended.
“Ron DeSantis should be standing in the breach to stop any sort of extradition of President Trump...
