Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed state Senator Blaise Ingoglia as the state’s new chief financial officer, bypassing Trump-endorsed candidate Joe Gruters. This decision has created the first direct conflict between the former presidential rivals since Trump’s victory in the Iowa Caucuses.
According to Politico, the appointment comes just two weeks after Trump declared DeSantis would “always be my friend” and that they had “blood that seems to match pretty well.” The decision has worried state GOP lobbyists and operatives, who are concerned about another potentially divisive Trump-DeSantis clash in Florida, particularly given Trump’s history of calling DeSantis a ‘RINO GLOBALIST’ who ‘closed quickly down Florida and even its beaches’.
