CAMP HILL, Pa. — Donald Trump has accused Ron DeSantis of being a shapeshifting political fraud, argued he’s bought and paid for by wealthy donors and even baselessly suggested — without evidence — his political rival engaged in inappropriate romantic relationships.
And yet Florida’s Republican governor, visiting this battleground state to build national support before a likely presidential campaign, still rushed to the former president’s defense Saturday against an indictment brought by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
“You have this Manhattan district attorney, who, his whole platform when he got elected, was that he was going to downgrade as many felonies as possible to misdemeanors,” said DeSantis, speaking as part of his nationwide book tour at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, a gathering of conservative leaders in Pennsylvania.
