Trump Promotes Lie That Soros Has Endorsed DeSantis

February 22, 2023 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

Florida Politics reports:

The former President has posted a link to a false Gateway Pundit story claiming that international financier George Soros, a leading donor to left-wing politicians and causes, was backing Ron DeSantis in the thus-far nascent race for the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination.

“Florida Governor DeSantis just received the kiss of death. George Soros has endorsed DeSantis for 2024. This could not be worse for DeSantis. When the devil likes you, you might be doing something wrong,” the article contends.

Trump’s amplification of the false claim follows in the wake of high-profile supporters doing the same. Notably, Arizona Republican Kari Lake offered her own link to the Gateway Pundit article.

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As has been widely reported, Soros merely predicted that DeSantis will become the GOP nominee, forcing “pitiful” Trump to launch an independent run and potentially fracturing the Republican vote to the benefit of the Democratic nominee.

Trump boosted a false claim that his potential 2024 rival DeSantis was backed by Soros, who frequently features in right-wing conspiracy theories. https://t.co/tkSJXKMvhs

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) February 22, 2023

Using Trump World logic that George Soros “endorsed” DeSantis, I would like to point out that Donald Trump has officially endorsed Charlie Crist, a man who was just defeated as the Democrat nominee for Gov. pic.twitter.com/2Ld0KuqMtR

— Cryptid Politics ?? (@CryptidPolitics) February 21, 2023