The Florida governor on Friday discussed a new proposed tax on money sent by migrants back to Mexico, which he said would fund a border wall.
, whose reelection effort has regularly drawn nearly 50 percent support from likely voters.
Throughout his campaign, DeSantis has been criticized for a seeming unwillingness to criticize Trump despite him being the most prominent candidate. Observers have suggested that the governor, and others in the field, are avoiding direct attacks against the former president out of fear of losing the potential support of his MAGA base.
On Friday, however, DeSantis went on the offensive against Trump in an interview with conservative commentator, pledging to construct a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and to effectively get Mexico to pay for it. This same plan was a key 2016 campaign promise for Trump, which he largely failed to enact.
A portion of the U.S.-Mexico border wall completed during the Trump administration. DeSantis on Friday discussed his new proposal for effectively having Mexico pay for the border wall."We have put this proposal out for going after the remittances," DeSantis said."Basically, people will come to our country illegally, they'll work, and they will send the money back to family members in Mexico with no tax, no anything.
The presidential hopeful continued:"It will be effectively having Mexico pay for the wall. It will also, though, be a disincentive for illegal immigration, because it's not going to be as lucrative for them to come here and work and send the money back if Uncle Sam's going to take a chunk out of it.", Coulter hailed the strategy as a way for DeSantis to attack Trump without alienating his supporters..
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