Donald Trump has been making claims that Ron DeSantis was a bigger fan of Dr. Fauci than he was. However, multiple tweets refute this claim, stating that Trump praised Fauci and even gave him a commendation. DeSantis has responded to Trump's claims, stating that Trump is gaslighting and pretending he had nothing to do with Fauci. The tweets also highlight that DeSantis defied the CDC and the White House on Covid, and that Trump's claims are being seen as transparently false by many. The ongoing dispute between Trump and DeSantis regarding their stance on Fauci and Covid handling has attracted attention and criticism.
DeSantis lays into Trump for pretending he had nothing to do with Anthony Fauci: “He thinks you’re stupid” https://t.co/ieJzlvguUc
During his town hall, Trump who championed Fauci throughout the COVID crisis actually had the nerve to claim it was DeSantis who was the Fauci fan - a complete lie. We haven't had this bold of a liar since Hitler and Goebbels. https://t.co/hoxqvyaXHK
Lol, Trump gets Community Noted on lies about DeSantis and Fauci. THIS is why Trump doesn't return to X. https://t.co/3wA7eyqKIh
DeSantis sets the record straight on Trump’s “massive gaslighting” on COVID. “They were running commercials in Oct 2020 for his reelection bragging that he followed everything Fauci said… Then on Trump’s last day in office he gave Fauci a commendation.” https://t.co/oeA5OhKG8S
Trump just lies for the sake of lying at this point. He’s turned into such trash. DeSantis was done with Fauci before Trump left office. Trump gave Fauci a medal on his way out the door. If I were Trump, I’d be embarrassed as well though. He was Fauci‘s bitch. https://t.co/ETbJQgS0jA
Trump praised Fauci every chance he got because Fauci was POPULAR at the time. So were lockdowns! When DeSantis defied the CDC and the White House on Covid, he was making a huge gamble, and ignoring the polls—no other governor with that big a population had the guts to do what… https://t.co/rCisvR61JW
All the information at DeSantis' fingertips to show that Trump is a lying POS on Fauci. Trump knows that Fauci is a huge weakness. https://t.co/HhDe630AQF
Trump was able to fool me into a lot of things, but he cannot fool me into thinking that DeSantis was anything but the fighter that blew up the Fauci Covid narrative. When Trump said Cuomo and Newsom did better than DeSantis on Covid, that showed me who he really was— a liar.
If Trump can get away with saying “DeSantis was the biggest fan of Fauci”and “Fauci wasn’t a thing in my administration”, we don’t have a country anymore. This is the biggest lie ever told in American politics. DeSantis must make him pay for this.
DeSantis was one of the very few with the balls to fight Fauci, the Trump Administration, and the media on Covid. This is a FACT, we all freaking watched it.
You could tell how the TrumpWorld grifters don't understand why Trump would make such a transparently false comment like that about DeSantis being Fauci's biggest fan by how they're not even trying to spin it. They're just pretending it never happened.
Absolutely ridiculous. Trump trying to pin Fauci on DeSantis. Total lie. https://t.co/JLJyOqmSM2
DESANTIS responds to the "massive gaslighting" on COVID from Trump — the same guy who gave Anthony Fauci a Presidential Commendation: “This was the number one crisis he faced as president and he chose to defer to Anthony Fauci. They were running commercials in October of 2020… https://t.co/NRdN8zmYEQ
There's really no point in trying to disprove Trump's claim that DeSantis was Fauci's biggest fan. It's laughably false. No one sane believes it. And anyone repeating it thinks they're in on the con.
This is why Trump wont debate. He gets to spout off obvious lies like this with no pushback. DeSantis' handling of the pandemic drew the ire of the media for 2 years and earned him the name "DeathSantis". You don't get a name like that if you are a fan of Fauci. Trump forgets… https://t.co/C10L6T4F3y
Trump was running campaign ads in *October* of 2020 praising Fauci and bragging about how well they worked together. If you can show me DeSantis praising Fauci after that, I'll gladly admit that Trump isn't lying when he says DeSantis was a bigger fan of Fauci. Go ahead.
Trump: If you go back and look at the records of 2020, you will see that the biggest fan of Dr. Fauci was Ron DeSantis
Trump is hiding from DeSantis on this because he knows DeSantis can simply point out that Fauci has a presidential commendation with Trump's name on it https://t.co/9g7L1e224a
Trump continues to gaslight on his and DeSantis' Covid record. The effortlessness and even skill with which he lies or misleads on EVERY point here would be astonishing if we didn't already know who we're dealing with. The topper is the claim that Dr. Fauci, who led the White… https://t.co/q1z8fXRAuG
Donald Trump doesn’t want to hold Fauci accountable. Endorse DeSantis. https://t.co/fhGV9s7Qbc