Biden campaign uses DeSantis debate remarks against Trump: ‘Set the stage’ for inflation

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign used Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) criticism of former President Donald Trump at the second Republican debate against him in a new ad.

During the debate Wednesday, DeSantis attacked Trump by name, something he’s been less inclined to do throughout the campaign.

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“Donald Trump is missing in action, he should be on this stage tonight,” he told viewers. “He owes it to you to defend his record where they added $7.8 trillion to the debt. That set the stage for the inflation that we have.”

After the Florida governor’s remark, Biden posted on social media Wednesday, “Couldn’t agree more.”

By Thursday morning, Biden’s campaign team had formatted the video of DeSantis’s pointed Trump criticism into an ad for the president.

“New ad just dropped,” Biden’s rapid response team shared on social media.

The campaign said the ad isn’t currently being included in any paid media campaign but could be in the future.

However, DeSantis’s campaign didn’t let Biden get away with using his words to solely attack Trump over the national debt and inflation.

In a subsequent video, DeSantis’s “war room” account painted the current economy as a product of failures from both Trump and Biden. “Trump may have started the fire on inflation, but Biden dumped gasoline on it. Ron DeSantis will stop DC politicians of both parties from spending our country into oblivion,” it wrote.

The clip highlighted Trump’s spending and addition to the national debt but also included Biden’s contributions and spending.

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When it comes to the national debt, which has reached $33 trillion, it’s true that nearly $8 trillion was added to it during Trump’s administration. Additionally, since 2021, when Biden entered office, the debt has increased by over $5 trillion.

The economy has consistently polled as the most important issue to voters going into the 2024 elections, with nearly one-third saying so in a recent Quinnipiac University national poll.