Ron DeSantis's Office Debunks Rumors of Infighting with Trump: 'Fabricated'

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) office on Friday forcefully denied the establishment media’s rumors of infighting between the Florida governor and former President Donald Trump, deeming them “baseless stories” that are “merely attempts by corporate media activists to distract from Biden administration failures.”

Over the past week, establishment media outlets spread rumors of infighting between the two Republicans — two of the most popular Republicans in the country. Axios, citing an anonymous source, reported that Trump had been privately bashing DeSantis, and the New York Times acted similarly, releasing a piece titled “Who Is King of Florida? Tensions Rise Between Trump and a Former Acolyte.”

The chatter, however, is just that, DeSantis’s office confirmed to Breitbart News.

“As the governor said when asked about the rumors last week, ‘This is what the media does.’ And, as President Trump mentioned last night on Hannity, Gov. DeSantis has always said that media narratives cannot get in the way of their friendship,” DeSantis’s press secretary, Christina Pushaw, told Breitbart News Friday morning.

“All these anonymously sourced and baseless stories were merely attempts by corporate media activists to distract from Biden administration failures,” she continued. Notably, the rumors of this quarrel come one year into Biden’s presidency, as voters see he has failed on a range of issues, including the coronavirus, as he is still urging Americans to wear masks despite pledging “just” 100 days of masking. As a result of that and many more issues, his approval rating is completely underwater and has been so for quite a while.

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