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5:52Now PlayingFlorida Governor, Ron DeSantis, responds to Donald Trump's attacks on Truth Social with a fiery stance that he will not sink to Trump's level. John Iadarola and Ben Carollo break it down on The Damage Report.
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DeSantis responds to Trump's latest attack'Don't spend my time trying to smear other Republicans'
"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday responded to former President Donald Trump's latest insult after Trump reshared a social media post insinuating that DeSantis behaved inappropriately around students when he worked as a private school teacher.
The post includes a photo taken from a story reported in 2021 by Hill Reporter, a blog run by a Democratic super PAC. The blog claimed the image shows DeSantis at a party with a group of teenagers in 2002.
The New York Times reported in November that DeSantis sometimes "hung out at parties with seniors" while he was a 23-year-old teaching in Georgia.
MORE: The external campaign grows for a DeSantis 2024 bid
On Truth Social on Tuesday the original poster called the image "pretty gross." Trump shared the original photo and comment and added, "No way?""
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