6/1/2023

RON DESANTIS: “On Wednesday evening [May 31, 2023], as DeSantis was taking the stage for his fourth event in Iowa, Trump took aim at him on social media over the governor’s different pronunciations of his name.

‘Have you heard that ‘Rob’ DeSanctimonious wants to change his name, again. He is demanding that people call him DeeeSantis, rather than DaSantis. Actually, I like ‘Da’ better, a nicer flow, so I am happy he is changing it. He gets very upset when people, including reporters, don’t pronounce it correctly. Therefore, he shouldn’t mind, DeSanctimonious?’ Trump said…

DeSantis, in New Hampshire on Thursday morning, was asked during an appearance on the news-talk radio program ‘Good Morning New Hampshire with Jack Heath’ about the jabs from Trump.

‘I think it’s so petty. I think it’s so juvenile. I don’t think that’s what voters want. And honestly I think that his conduct, which he’s been doing for years now, I think that’s one of the reasons he’s not in the White House now. Because I think he alienated too many voters for things that really don’t matter. So I don’t get in the gutter for any of that,’ DeSantis said.”

-Paul Steinhauser, “DeSantis fed up with Trump’s bizarre nickname, fuss over last name pronunciation: ‘Juvenile’,” foxnews.com, June 1, 2023