Posted on 08/20/2023 11:05:17 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Feeling empowered after his boost from Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp, a man of notoriously intemperate disposition, presidential candidate Ron DeSantis begins the process to align himself with the neocon establishment and labeling Donald Trump supporters as “listless vessels” devoid of principle, who simply “follow whatever comes down the pike from Truth Social every morning.”
Appearing with a young millennial wearing a beaver tail on his head, namely Will Witt from the Florida Standard, Ron DeSantis outlines his opinion that the MAGA movement is only driven by the support of President Donald Trump, a person who has exhausted his usefulness in awakening the electorate. As a result, the high-minded superior intellects of the Republican Party now need to step in, reestablish the core values of the conservative movement, and put the squirming MAGA children in their play pens.
You can watch the entire interview below; I’m just prompting it to the part that best highlights the sanctimonious arrogance of a dim-witted candidate who really doesn’t carry his own policies, only those of the managers and branding consultants that create his talking points. WATCH:
What the insufferable DeSantis and his branding/image consultants pretend not to know, is that President Trump’s America First policies are the driving force behind the MAGA movement. Those policies consist of three main attributes that are non-existent in any other candidate:
Immigration. The construct of a southern border wall, denial of illegal entry and a return to immigration border controls that block illegal aliens.
Economics. The implementation of MAGAnomics that puts incentives behind Made In America. Baseline tariffs on all imports. The removal of the 70-year-old one-way Marshal plan for tariffs on USA products into the EU. Reciprocal tariffs against all nations who participate in bilateral Free Trade Agreements, and a return to America first manufacturing independence.
Foreign Policy. The withdrawal of USA interventionist foreign policy. The respect of national borders and national policies that are the outcome of the independent will of people within sovereign nations. The primary responsibility of NATO funding, support and activity, to the member states of the European Union. The use of USA economic strength as a national security weapon.
Those three pillars form the baseline of the America First policy that President Trump represents. No other candidate comes even close to the policies therein. President Trump represents the vessel we are using to force the professional political class to accept these policy priorities. MAGA is a set of policies uniquely attributed to President Trump, because only Trump willingly represents those policies.
The GOPe know this; so too does Ron DeSantis and his handlers. Every candidate in the Republican field understands this set of policies, and they have been paid by the multinational donors to pretend they do not know. Their collective GOPe mission is to destroy the policy platform; therefore, they must attack the core of the Trump supporters by pretending not to know.
I’m not even on Truth Social...
let’s see, a sundunce prediction vs a James Cramer prediction? The answer is, a fool and his money are soon parted if you bet on either fool.
It really is idiotic for DeSantis to speak ill of Trump voters. He needs them to win and he knows it.
It just makes me believe that he’s simply in this to derail Trump at all cost. He knows he can’t win.
His allegiance is to the GOP.
“I would not attach too much importance to that.”
Rush used him as one of his sources, so he had confidence in his reporting. Now, should I place more importance on what Rush had confidence in or you?
Turns out "listless vessels" is a phrase DeSantis has used several times before, as has his wife, to slam people (Biden, for instance, and public high school students, among others) as directionless. I don't have the links handy but Jack Posobiec has been collecting the citations on X.
They are the spoiled brat, Trans Republicans wanting their golden bull party back.
Instead of bashing Trump, these folks should offer some real solutions that don’t involve surrendering to the democrats in the name of bipartisan.
It just makes sense to point out some things that Trump did, but explain how you might do it better.
There are a lot of people that like most of Trump’s pilicies, but not his personality. I’d be using an angle like that.
When people start to slam his base, it tells me they have already conceded to Trump, but will be happier to see Biden reelected than support Trump.
For someone who is pinging around in single digits, he broke all of the rules.
You log in here every day and repeatedly prove his point.
Will Witt sucks up to latino vote.
He’s putting all his eggs in one basket, betting that Trump will be disqualified from running in 2024.
Trump Rally ......Butler Pa....... 4/23
False.
Folks should watch the video.
I will still be voting for President Trump.
What a Hillaryish comment by RDS.
It’s worth noting how DeSantis has an immediate, elaborate response to every question. He’s not responding naturally to the questions. There’s no getting around it. DeSantis is inauthentic, from his rehearsed answers to his rehearsed, over the top body language and hand gestures.
Well I thought that he was a great person and governor but with comments like that I am not so sure any longer.
This is not what he actually said. it’s Magadonian propaganda.
Reminds me so much of Cruz’s 2016 campaign. A bunch of talk about taking the high road and staying out of the fray. Both candidates tried to ignore the front runner [Trump] and not go negative, but ultimately, when that strategy wasn’t effective enough, they both went increasingly negative.
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