Ron DeSantis won’t say if he believes Pence could have overturned Trump’s loss

Florida Governor and rumoured 2024 hopeful Ron DeSantis (R) is keeping quiet — at least on this latest piece of GOP drama.

When asked by a reporter with whom he sides in the ongoing debacle concerning Vice President Mike Pence’s certifcation of the 2020 election and former President Donald Trump (who has alleged Pence could have overturned the results), DeSantis replied, “I’m not. I …,” before cutting himself off, NBC News reports.

When futher pressed, DeSantis changed the subject and commended his “great working relationship” with the Trump administration, and then came after President Biden for blocking his agenda, per NBC News.

DeSantis’ non-answer likely has something to do, if not much to do, with a possible White House bid and the political kiss of death that is crossing Trump (hey, just look at GOP Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney of Illinois and Wyoming, respectively). Notably, early polls rank DeSantis as a distant second to Trump in the 2024 presidential race, or the frontrunner should the former president decline to run, NBC News notes. 

On Friday, Pence spoke out against his ex-boss’ claims and correctly said “Trump is wrong” for suggesting the VP could have changed the outcome of the contest.

Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is currently assesing whether to reform the Electoral Count Act so as to remove any ambiguity from the vice presiden’ts role in the process and “give the courts more say” in the end, notes NBC News.

Florida Governor and rumoured 2024 hopeful Ron DeSantis (R) is keeping quiet — at least on this latest piece of GOP drama. When asked by a reporter with whom he sides in the ongoing debacle concerning Vice President Mike Pence’s certifcation of the 2020 election and former President Donald Trump (who has alleged Pence could have overturned…

Florida Governor and rumoured 2024 hopeful Ron DeSantis (R) is keeping quiet — at least on this latest piece of GOP drama. When asked by a reporter with whom he sides in the ongoing debacle concerning Vice President Mike Pence’s certifcation of the 2020 election and former President Donald Trump (who has alleged Pence could have overturned…