we provide you the information so you will dig safely. even the most pro-trump republicans in the state of florida are distancing themselves to the president's astonishing denial in the death of nearly 3,000 americans in puerto rico in an effort not to completely alienate florida's sizable puerto rican population. ron desantis wants to succeed scott as governor, repudiating trump's vile claim that democrats inflated the death toll from puerto rico. scott raised $20 million for trump's presidential campaign and desantis ran a campaign ad featuring his young children building a wall. scott and desantis had political reasons to push back against trump's comments. many republicans are following trump down the rabbit hole.