Watch 2024: The week Ron DeSantis started hitting back

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Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has seen his image as a fighter grow and his standing rise among conservatives across the country, thanks to his aggressive culture wars he has waged in recent years targeting the media, corporations and teacher unions, and his stubborn resistance to the restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic

However, over the past six months, and especially over the past few weeks, there has been a largely one-sided fistfight between DeSantis and former President Trump as the race for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination heats up.

DeSantis remains on the sidelines of 2024, but is widely expected to enter the race, and in an interview that ran Thursday on Fox Nation, Florida’s governor said to “stay tuned” when asked about his political future. Trump, who launched his third White House campaign in November, considers DeSantis his main rival and has repeatedly and increasingly criticized the Florida governor in recent months.

Until last week, DeSantis had largely brushed off or ignored Trump’s barrage, dismissing repeated questions about a Republican White House run as well. However, with the former president’s legal troubles amid looming indictments — which would make an already rocky 2024 race even more turbulent — and with Trump’s attacks on Florida’s governor accelerating, DeSantis clapped back.

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After Trump repeatedly criticized DeSantis for keeping his mouth shut following the former president’s warning last weekend that he may face charges and possible arrest in connection with threatened criminal charges from a New York City prosecutor, the governor on Monday.

DeSantis tore up Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over the likely indictment, claiming that the Manhattan DA was “pursuing a political agenda and arming the office.”

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