GOP presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested those who slavishly support former President Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and everything he says on social media are “listless vessels.”
“If all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement,” DeSantis said in a taped interview with the conservative website The Florida Standard that was released Saturday.
The Trump campaign quickly demanded for an apology.
“To Hillary Clinton, Trump supporters are ‘deplorables,’” said Karoline Leavitt, spokeswoman for Make America Great Again Inc. “To Ron DeSantis, they are ‘listless vessels.’ The truth is, Trump supporters are patriots. … DeSantis must immediately apologize for his disgraceful insult.”