Ron DeSantis sets target on Trump while campaigning in Iowa

NOW EVEN MONTHS UNTIL THE CRITICAL IOWA CAUCUSES, THERE IS AN ALL-OUT BRAWL FOR THE NOMINATION. FORMER GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS IS BACK IN IOWA, THIS TIME AS AN OFFICIAL CANDIDATE, NOW OFFERING HIS MOST DIRECT ATTACKS YET AT THE GOP FRONT RUNNER, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. >> I DO THINK, UNFORTUNATELY, HE’S DECIDED TO MOVE LEFT ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES. >> Reporter: DeSANTIS RESPONDING TO NEW CRITICISM FROM MR. TRUMP WHO SUGGESTED ON NEW YORK STATE THAT NEW YORK STATE HANDLED THAT NEW YORK STATE HANDLED FLORIDA BETTER THAN FLORIDA. SPEAKING TO A CROWD OF EVANGELICAL VOTERS IN DES MOINES,

GETTING A STANDING OVATION WHEN HE BROUGHT UP HIS ESCALATING FEUD AGAINST DISNEY. >> WE STAND FOR THE FIGHT FOR OUR CHILDREN. ON THAT POINT, THERE WILL BE NO COMPROMISE. >> Reporter: DISNEY IS SUING FLORIDA OVER WHAT IT SAYS IS RETALIATION FOR THE COMPANY’S OPPOSITION TO THE STATE’S PARENTAL RIGHTS AND EDUCATION ACT, WHICH CRITICS LABELED THE DON’T SAY GAY LAW. JUST LAST WEEK TRUMP SLAMMING DeSANTIS’ FIGHT WITH DISNEY. >> LOOK AT DISNEY AND WHAT A MESS IT IS. COULD HAVE WORKED OUT AN EASY SETTLEMENT, BUT, NO, HE WANTED TO SHOW THE FAKE NEWS HOW TOUGH A

GUY HE IS. >> Reporter: MR. TRUMP NOW INSISTING HE’S NOT SIDING WITH DISNEY, INSTEAD CALLING THE COMPANY A WOKE AND DISGUSTING SHADOW OF ITS FORMER SELF. TRUMP IS

LEADING BY A WIDE MARGIN WITH A RECENT POLL SUGGESTING 63% OF REPUBLICANS THINK TRUMP DEFINITELY OR PROBABLY HAS THE BEST CHANCE AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN. DO YOU THINK THE GOVERNOR SHOULD BE RUNNING AROUND THIS TIME OR NO? >> I THINK HE SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL ’28. >> DeSANTIS IS WELL-SPOKEN. AND SOME PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THAT TRUMP IS SO OUTSPOKEN. >> Reporter: FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS ALSO EXPECTED IN IOWA

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