Former President Donald Trump's campaign falsely claimed Tuesday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a former member of the House, "voted for" Trump-nominated Christopher Wray to become the next FBI director in 2017.
"DeSanctimonious is now making a show of promising to fire FBI Director Christopher Wray, but DeSantis voted FOR Wray’s confirmation in 2017, praising him as ‘talented, capable & highly respected,'" the campaign wrote in a tweet, less than a week after DeSantis vowed to replace Wray if he's elected president.
The remarks quoted a 2017 tweet from DeSantis that read: "Christopher Wray is talented, capable & highly respected. POTUS has made an inspired choice & I look forward to working with Director Wray." DeSantis' remarks at the time came in response to a tweet from Trump, who announced that he would be nominating Wray to lead the FBI. In the 2017 announcement, Trump described Wray as "a man of impeccable credentials."
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DeSantis – who announced a challenge to Trump last week for the Republican nomination for president next year – served in the House from 2013 to 2018. But he did not vote in favor of Wray's confirmation because that's a role fulfilled by Senate members, as outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
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