Ron DeSantis blasts Trump for ‘hanging out at Mar-a-Lago’ and says his rival ‘phoned it in’ as he meets supporters who dug out from a BLIZZARD in sub-zero temperatures and resumes campaigning in sprint to the Iowa Caucus

Ron DeSantis said rival Donald Trump was “calling” from Mar-a-Lago as he returned to the icy roads of Iowa to meet with supporters still trying to dig out a snowstorm amid biting cold and sub-zero temperatures the freezing point.

‘We’re not stopping. I do have my winter coat. We have other layers. I know it’s going to get colder,” DeSantis told supporters after speaking to a crowd of supporters in Council Bluffs.

“We’re in, we’re showing up. Donald Trump called. He’ll be at Mar-a-Lago. It’s probably 75 degrees there,” he jabbed. “We will talk in negative temperatures and bring this to the attention of Iowa voters Monday night,” he said.

It was a cold frontal attack on the front-runner who DeSantis has been accused of taking it easy during a campaign that has seen him trail the former president by more than 30 points in pre-caucus polls.

He also accused Trump of focusing on “his problems” and says his focus will be on 2020, not the future. ‘If he is nominated, the focus will be on the legal issues. The convictions of the criminals on January 6 all play into the hands of the Democrats,” he said.

DeSantis was back on the road despite warnings of dangerous conditions after a snowstorm hit the state. Are top financiers looked to the heavens for metaphors to inflame his supporters.

“It’s 40 degrees below, are you ready to go?” Florida first lady Casey DeSantis told a crowd of DeSantis supporters in Council Bluffs.

‘You have some challenges. It’s getting quite cold. But we are tough and resilient Iowans, we care about this country,” Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, who is supporting DeSantis, told a crowd that came to see the Florida governor.

‘We have to be safe. Low up. And if you show up, he’ll be the winner on Monday night,” she said.

DeSantis pointed to his roots in the Sunshine State but said the harsh weather could present an opportunity for his campaign, where polls show him trailing far behind Donald Trump.

“Look, it won’t be easy. Wind chill minus 20, minus 30. I mean, I’ve never been in these temperatures before – even for people who grew up in the Midwest, this is significant,” he said.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was back on the campaign trail on Saturday after holding two events on Friday.

‘But you have the opportunity to brave those elements. Go to the caucus and you’ll never get the chance to make your vote count that much,” he told a crowd of about 50 supporters at the Grass Wagon, the events center in Council Bluffs.

“You’re going to pack so much punch,” he told them.

‘We don’t know how many people will come. “It will be a relatively small number as the future of our country is at stake,” he added.

DeSantis, who drove in from Des Moines Saturday morning, sought and received props for campaigning.

“I’m a Florida boy. Born and bread. And yet here I am in negative temperatures. “I’m not going to cancel, if people are willing to come out and hear from me, I’ll show up,” he said.

Former President Donald Trump is canceling planned events in Iowa on Saturday and part of Sunday amid a snowstorm and frigid forecast. He said “maybe that’s a good thing because our people are more involved than anyone else” during Monday’s Iowa Caucuses.

‘You’ll see me everywhere. You have to earn the vote,” he said.

He started on a Friday court where he put together an event at the last minute, even after rival Nikki Haley scrubbed hers and put it online.

“We can handle the snow even though we are a Florida-based campaign,” DeSantis said during a meeting with his supporters in Des Moines.

On Friday evening, the Trump campaign announced he was scrubbing his Saturday events.

“I’m going to get there one way or another,” Trump told supporters in a video message to Iowans from West Palm Beach, where his hometown was experiencing mild temperatures. “You’re having the worst weather, I think, in history,” Trump added.

Trump then shifted the political implications, amid much media speculation about who would benefit. “But maybe that’s a good thing, because our people are more involved than anyone else, so maybe it’s actually a good thing for us,” he said.

He had plans to fly to Des Moines on Saturday evening. ‘It’s going to be a short journey. No one knows exactly how we’re going to get there,” he said.

While addressing his supporters, DeSantis took a few shots at Trump for his comments about COVID in a Fox News town hall on Wednesday.

“Donald Trump used to brag that he had shut down the world’s largest economy. He said he shut it down and kept all these lies. … now he’s saying the opposite,” DeSantis said.

“He basically said, oh, I’m a federalist, I had nothing to do with Fauci,” DeSantis said. “And then he blamed Fauci on me,” he said, criticizing the NIH infectious disease expert.

“I was literally the one selling Dump Fauci t-shirts for this thing.” He said Trump was “just trying to trick people.”

‘He thinks you’re stupid. He doesn’t think you can realize that what he’s saying is completely untrue,” he said angrily.