DeSantis Says Trump’s Election Fraud Theories ‘Did Not Prove to Be True’

Florida governor and 2024 presidential hopeful levied his most harsh attack to date against GOP frontrunner and former President Donald Trump, saying the allegations that the 2020 election was stolen are “unsubstantiated.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit held at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Fla., on July 22, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

During a campaign stop in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the many theories alleging fraud in the 2020 election “did not prove to be true.”

As reported on Aug. 4 by The New York Times, the Florida governor and 2024 presidential hopeful levied his most harsh attack to date against GOP frontrunner and former President Donald Trump, saying the allegations that the 2020 election was stolen were “unsubstantiated.”