[GulliverSwift]

DeSantis pretends he won't criticize Trump while at the same time paying off people to do it for him.

He's a coward hiding behind the skirts of Rupert Murdoch and RINO Twitter posters

[McGruff]

If only DeSantis had waited until 2028 he would have been president.

[skr]

Don’t all politicians have PR people? If not, wouldn’t that be stupid? Are they secret because we don’t have a list of their names? Are all of Trump’s PR people listed somewhere?

I have 77 emails from Trump and his sons and team since 2/11. I know I’ve thrown some out along the way. Thus far, DeSantis sent one rally alert back in August, and I have yet to receive anything from anyone that is even remotely negative about Trump.

[CFW]

I’m confused. I’m seeing stories of bots promoting Trump, and then of bots supporting DeSantis.

https://nypost.com/2023/03/06/network-of-pro-trump-bots-attacking-haley-desantis-report/

Are there no bots supporting the left at all? See, even the bots are tired of the democrats!

[HamiltonJay]

Influence away, but it won’t change anything...

Trump, short of some major black swan event is the nominee. I know all sorts of establishment/nevertrumper’s are whispering in Desantis’s ear to run... but I think honestly he’s quite foolish to run this round.

The breadth and depth of Trump’s support is bigger than anything I’ve seen in decades.. the Establishment continues to miscalculate. Odds of Desantis harming his long term prospects are far greater than the odds of victory IMHO.

Desantis won’t even show his face at CPAC, but he’s going to somehow unite the party and win?

Sounds like the same nonsense the same bunch of fools were feeding regarding OZ last cycle.

At this point Desantis is viewed positively by most, he takes on Trump and it gets ugly, that viewpoint will turn in a heartbeat... go ask Cruz about that. He was generally viewed well by the GOP voters, until his horrible misteps in the 16 cycle.

I see possible long term damage to Desantis way more than the likelihood of short term gain.

We’ll see how this plays out, but I fully expect the Primary to go much like the last CPAC Straw Poll... Trump will dominiate... may be a stray state here or there where someone can win like OHIO last time, but it won’t be enough to stop the juggernaut.

Folks will have been waiting nearly 4 years to ensure their voices are heard after the flagrant theft of 2020, establishments thinks these folks are going to abandon Trump, or stay home, they are smoking some really really good stuff.

[Mr.Unique]

[Vaduz]

Hillary act II

[DMD13]

He will let the Karl Rove types slander Trump while he smiles to the media like Bush, McCain and Romney. I see right through it plus John Carillo is one of the coup plotters against James O’Keefe.

I was leaning DeSantis like three months ago but the Ukraine war and the fact that Trump is against it and DeSantis is kind of wishy washy on this made me lean back to Trump.

Another red flag is the fact that the Paul Ryan types are lining up behind DeSantis, that makes me uneasy.

[clearcarbon]

"Jack Murphy, a podcast host and self-described “alpha-male giga chad” involved in a quasi-professional cuckolding porn scandal. John Cardillo, a former Newsmax TV host and unregistered arms dealer who allegedly stiffed the Ukrainian government for $200,000 worth of body armor plates. Christian Walker, Herschel Walker’s right-wing influencer son who helped tank his father’s Senate campaign. David Reaboi, a Hungary-loving and Qatar-hating bodybuilder with longstanding ties to John Bolton. And Caleb Hull, an ex-Trump digital strategist who has said some very, very racist things."

At a glance, such flowery writing seems a bit overdone.

[Seaplaner]

Over a year to go until the primaries.

We are on the same team.

Don't let the Beast's unsourced bs get us infighting.