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Behind the Trump-DeSantis influencer Twitter bloodbath

7 June 2023

5:48 AM

7 June 2023

5:48 AM

Forget the campaign trail: the real Trump-DeSantis fight is spilling out on Twitter. Conservative influencers who support the respective campaigns are duking it out on Elon Musk’s app — and it’s getting personal.

The Twitter beef ostensibly started with Trump supporters growing antsy over the prospect of a “disloyal” DeSantis running against the president who swung his governor’s race, then devolved into policy fights over DeSantis and Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and Trump’s ability to win the general.

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