- Donald Trump appeared to react angrily on his Truth Social app to Ron DeSantis endorsing Colorado Republican Senate candidate Joe O’Dea
- It’s the first public shot taken between the two men in recent months
- The former allies are now both speculated to run for president in 2024
- O’Dea previously held DeSantis up as a potential 2024 contender while pledging to ‘actively campaign’ against a re-election effort by Trump
Governor DeSantis is a fighter — a true leader — who has brought progress and prosperity to Florida. I’m honored to have his support.
Joe Biden is moving America in the wrong direction.
America is hungry for change. I’ll fight for change. pic.twitter.com/MvVMdUZtXd
— Joe O'Dea (@ODeaForColorado) October 23, 2022
Last Monday in a statement to CNN, O’Dea, the CEO of a Colorado construction company, didn’t walk away from the criticism he’s been leveling at Trump, including on Sunday when he told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that he would “actively” campaign against Trump and for other GOP candidates if the former President runs again. O’Dea also told Bash that Trump should have done more to prevent the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
“I’m a construction guy, not a politician,” O’Dea said in his statement to CNN. “President Trump is entitled to his opinion but I’m my own man and I’ll call it like I see it. Another Biden, Trump election will tear this country apart. DeSantis, Scott, Pompeo or Haley would be better choices. These elections should be focused on Joe Biden’s failures – supercharged inflation, a broken border, rampant crime, a war on American energy – not a rehash of 2020. America needs to move forward.”
The whole storyline of DeSantis endorsing O’Dea: pic.twitter.com/awop5prPxu
— Dr. Leskov Brandonovic (@fjb4587) October 23, 2022
