Team Trump Picks Memorial Day Weekend to Knock DeSantis’s Military Service

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For a Republican presidential campaign, it’s probably never a good time to trash military service. But it should especially be avoided over Memorial Day weekend, which was when Team Trump decided to dismiss Ron DeSantis’s record of service as gloss on an otherwise self-promoting career.

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A quick note before we dive into this week’s edition of The Horse Race: The full text of this newsletter will be available exclusively to NR Plus subscribers beginning Wednesday, June 14. So if you’re not already a subscriber, please consider signing up here for 60 percent off. If you’re among our tens of thousands of subscribers, thank you for your support; it allows us to continue producing the quality journalism you’ve come to know and love.

For a Republican presidential campaign, it’s probably never a good time to trash military service. But it should especially be avoided over Memorial Day weekend, which was when Team Trump decided to dismiss Ron DeSantis’s record of service as gloss on an otherwise self-promoting career.