Ex-White House press sec Sean Spicer says Ron DeSantis needs to move past Twitter launch
“Fire whoever told you to go on Twitter!” Ex-White House press sec Sean Spicer says Ron DeSantis should stop chaotic Twitter launch because he can BEAT Trump — and details how to do it
- Trump’s former aide blamed DeSantis associates for the disastrous Twitter launch
- “The consultant who thought this was a good idea should be fired”
- Spicer said the Florida governor could still win the nomination if he gets a key early primary win
Ex-White House press secretary Sean Spicer has criticized the failed launch of Ron DeSantis’ Twitter campaign, but claims Florida governor can still beat Donald Trump.
At a private event, the former Trump administration official called out the Navy veteran for his error-ridden and “scripted” social media launch.
DeSantis’ first 20 minutes on a so-called live Twitter Space with Elon Musk were plagued with technical glitches, with the audio crashing frequently, before the 44-year-old could make his pitch to become the Republican nominee.
Spicer, seen here in March, spoke at a private event for congressional communications professionals in Washington DC
Spicer, here second from right, was a key aide in the early days of the Trump administration
“The consultant who thought this was a good idea should be fired. They weren’t doing their job. You didn’t break the internet. The internet has not broken. You did,” he said.
“I don’t think it’s been well thought out,” said the former Newsmax host, who plans to launch his own YouTube channel. “Someone came up with this idea and it just didn’t work right.
Your message is: I am the competent version of Trump, but I couldn’t launch an announcement. It’s not right who you’re trying to be with. Is that a fatal blow to him? No, it’s just a missed opportunity.’
“I’ve been a big fan of what Governor DeSantis was like, but I just don’t think his team served him well.”
The 51-year-old said the newly declared presidential nominee could still win the Republican Party nomination and fend off competition from the former commander-in-chief.
“If I’m going to shoot the king, I better know you’re going to kill him,” the former reality TV star told an audience of Congressional staffers late Thursday.
“If I’m DeSantis, the path to the nomination is to knock out Trump in one of two of the four early (voting) states. Talk about what you do in Iowa, talk about what you do in New Hampshire.
When I talk about the Republican race, I don’t give a shit about national polls. I look at the rules how the nomination wins. It’s a delegate race. So I don’t really care who’s in a national poll.’
Elon Musk seemed unfazed by the glitch-laden DeSantis Twitter event when he arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday
DeSantis appears to have struggled to connect with voters during his early public appearances, leading to criticism that he lacks the charisma to secure the GOP nomination
Donald Trump spends the weekend at his golf club in Virginia, from where he has launched social media diatribes against DeSantis’ failed launch on Twitter
Each state has a set number of delegates that the Republican National Convention will send to anoint the eventual winner of the primary race, with just over 1,200 needed to secure the nomination.
Iowa will send 40 delegates to vote based on their caucus results, while New Hampshire will send 22.
But Donald Trump is the overwhelming frontrunner in voter polls nationwide, picking up more than half of Republican voting intentions.
Trump is also 42 points ahead of DeSantis among Iowa Republican caucus voters, according to a new poll from Emerson College.
The real estate mogul enjoys 62% of voter support, compared to DeSantis’ 20%, the survey found.
The latest poll in New Hampshire has Trump at 39% compared to DeSantis at 18%, according to a National Research forecast.
Aides working on the Florida governor’s campaign claimed they raised more than $8 million in the first 24 hours after its official launch.