(WTXL) - In a Saturday morning tweet, President Donald Trump praised gubernatorial hopeful Ron DeSantis and bashed Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, calling Tallahassee "one of the worst & most corrupt cities in the USA."
President Trump posted the message on Twitter at 10:56 a.m.:
Ron @RonDeSantisFL DeSantis is working hard. A great Congressman and top student at Harvard & Yale, Ron will be a record setting governor for Florida. Rick Scott gave him tremendous foundations to further build on. His opponent runs one of the worst & most corrupt cities in USA!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2018
He then tweeted that Rick Scott is "easily one of the best governors in the USA." Calling Gillum incompetent, he again praised DeSantis, saying he will build on Scott's success.
Rick Scott is known as easily one of the best Governors in the USA. Florida is setting records in almost every category of success. Amazing achievement-the envy of the World. Ron DeSantis will build on this success. His incompetent opponent will destroy Florida - next Venezuela!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2018
Andrew Gillum didn't waste any time responding to Trump's comments:
When you lie about me from the most powerful office in the world and still don’t have the courage to @ me... https://t.co/ESxXG5j6eH
— Andrew Gillum (@AndrewGillum) October 20, 2018
Trump's comments come the day before DeSantis and Gillum's first scheduled debate.
