‘I don’t think he cares about people’: DeSantis struggles with former Hill colleagues
Ron DeSantis’ popularity problem on Capitol Hill is getting worse.
The latest in a growing string of anecdotes about DeSantis’ lack of a personal touch during his six years in the House comes via former Rep. David Trott (R-Mich.). He sat next to DeSantis for two years when they both served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The then-Florida lawmaker “never said a single word to me,” Trott said in an email this week to POLITICO Playbook. “I was new to Congress, and he didn’t introduce himself or even say hello.”
“I think he’s an asshole,” Trott added in a phone interview. “I don’t think he cares about people.”
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