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Over 100 former Trump administration officials back DeSantis for president: 'A proven winner'
Fox News ^ | May 22, 2023 | Brandon Gillespie

Posted on 05/22/2023 3:11:16 PM PDT by goron

EXCLUSIVE: Fox News has learned that more than 100 former Trump administration officials have formed a growing coalition backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to be the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nominee.

According to multiple sources within the group, officially known as "The Eight-Year Alliance," DeSantis is "a proven winner," a contender with a depth of policy proven by what he's accomplished at the state level, and a leader who "does what he says."

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Kazan

And, if DeSantis will end up like Ted Cruz and won't ever be viable Presidential candidate.

He's more viable today than he will be in 2028 or any subsequent elections. If Trump wins in 2024 the Rat base will be so enraged the Republican candidate, whoever he is, will get slaughtered in 2028. Much past that and folks will have forgotten who DeSantis is or what he did to stop wokeism and voter fraud in Florida. It's now or never for DeSantis, whereas Trump will always have name recognition.

121 posted on 05/22/2023 4:50:38 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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To: nikos1121
This reminds me of all the Cruz bots, and Jeb Bush bots...on this forum in 2016.

I 100% Agree

122 posted on 05/22/2023 4:50:49 PM PDT by fedupjohn (Waiting for Trump's new Caribbean Resort "Club Gitmo" to open for business! )
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To: Responsibility2nd

‘ Besides the grade school insults being the primary focus of the Trump campaign; we know that Trump had a dismally poor record regarding his aides and associates.’

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Hypocrisy defined:

Trump hires 100 ‘bad employees’ who now support DeSantis

You can’t have it both ways, if they are good MAGA people, why did they undermine Trump? If they support DeSantis, are they still anti-MAGA?

Think past your emotions…..the signs are blatant.


123 posted on 05/22/2023 4:53:05 PM PDT by Moe-Patrick (If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem)
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To: Diogenesis
"FOX ‘news’ lied to throw the election, and America awaits Trials and an electric bench."

Fox 'spews' did the same thing in 2000 by calling Florida for Gore before the polls had closed in the Florida Panhandle. They gave us the "hanging chad" cherry-picked recounts that a Democrat Judge ruled were legal until the Supreme Court put an end to it. A lot of people forget that, and then in the aftermath of the 2020 election, the Supreme Court conveniently ignored their decision in 2000, that the only ones that can make or change election law, is the State Legislatures. They refused to allow any hearings on voter fraud, even though many of the suits were based on government officials changing elections rules over the head of the State Legislatures.

124 posted on 05/22/2023 4:53:31 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: goron

“Over 100 former Trump administration officials back DeSantis for president: ‘A proven winner’”

Do they still think that the Hunter Laptop was “Russian Disinformation”?


125 posted on 05/22/2023 4:54:06 PM PDT by BobL
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To: JonPreston

Meatball has the political hacks, Trump has the voters.

When you have to resort to attacking someone's ethnicity that tells me you can't think of an actual argument against his campaign. It's amusing how you think Trump doesn't need the support of us "Meatballs" (and other white ethnics) to win in the swing states.

126 posted on 05/22/2023 4:54:37 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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To: hercuroc
"goron should change your name to moron."

Maybe he's dyslexic, and spelled it wrong.

127 posted on 05/22/2023 4:55:52 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: goron

FOX has learned....and I stopped reading. That’s like getting a fact from CNN.


128 posted on 05/22/2023 4:56:14 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (When Ashli Babbitt’s video-taped murderer Michael Byrd is indicted, I’ll start paying attention.)
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To: FoundersRWatching
"EXACTLY! Be a cold day in hell when I ever vote for a Rino or anyone they support!"

Ditto here. I wouldn't vote for a Rino ever again, even if he had Jesus as his running mate.

129 posted on 05/22/2023 4:57:47 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: TexasGator

Yep, I’m still shining you on. I do like Mustangs as do most people. BTW that particular Mustang is very nice. Which model and year is it?


130 posted on 05/22/2023 4:57:50 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: for-q-clinton
" What we need is Trump as a campaigner but DeSantis as the reformer to get it done."

DeSantis is literally an unknown when it comes to how he'd behave if President. As Governor, he's never had to deal with a divided State Legislature. He's had more than a 2-1 ratio of Republicans against Democrats in both Houses. He's untested when he comes to negotiating Bills with a Democrat-controlled Legislature, so how would he act if it was a 2-1 ratio of Democrats running both Houses of Congress. It's happened before, usually during the midterm elections. Republican Presidents, after midterms, usually end up with a Democrat-controlled Congress. The rare time that Republicans lost just the House was during Donald Trump's administration during the 2018 midterms. Republicans kept the Senate, and then of course lost it.

131 posted on 05/22/2023 5:06:55 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: Conservat1
"What if... in a few months, DeSantis takes Tim Scott as VP candidate...abolishing Demo. race card..."

This is what you get:

Whoopi Goldberg’s Latest Stupidity: Racist Attack On Tim Scott

132 posted on 05/22/2023 5:08:38 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: fightin kentuckian

“BTW that particular Mustang is very nice. Which model and year is it?”

Thank you! 2019 Roush RS3 w/Phase 2 upgrade

Follows my 2000 GT, 2008 Bullitt and 2016 GT.

https://www.roushperformance.com/vehicles/archive/mustang-2019-stage3.html


133 posted on 05/22/2023 5:08:49 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: mass55th

“DeSantis is literally an unknown when it comes to how he’d behave if President. As Governor, he’s never had to deal with a divided State Legislature. “

When Trump was elected he had both houses and lost them both.


134 posted on 05/22/2023 5:10:46 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Biblebelter
"How many on the board were celebrating in 2016 when Trump chose Jeff Sessions, a guy who may have had the most solid “conservative” credentials in anyone in congress?"

You're not alone there. I celebrated his choice, and then was extremely disappointed when he recused himself because as a Senator, he had met with Russia's Ambassador, which as a Senator is one of his jobs. But the thing that really pissed me off about Sessions, was that he never even discussed his recusal with the President before he announced it. He totally ignored the man who had honored him with the nomination in the first place.

135 posted on 05/22/2023 5:11:37 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

“He’s untested when he comes to negotiating Bills with a Democrat-controlled Legislature, “

We know how Trump faired with a Democrat legislature!


136 posted on 05/22/2023 5:12:03 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: goron

Whoop de doo! I suspect then that most of these administration officials were those working against Trump during his years as President. At least he should know who not to hire for his next administration. If elected he should hire no one that has spent years in D.C. and been a part of the machine, and then turned on him. Instead, he should bring true patriots on board as he begins cutting the bureaucratic fat. He can start by firing everyone in the DOJ and FBI and putting General Flynn in charge of the hiring for those agencies.


137 posted on 05/22/2023 5:17:04 PM PDT by CFW (old and retired)
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To: mass55th

Oh boy. These are also who made a “white supremacist” out of Larry Elder...


138 posted on 05/22/2023 5:17:17 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: napscoordinator
"So sick of Trump excuse. Some leader who didn’t have a clue about anything obviously."

Can't wait to hear your excuses for DeSantis's failures when they happen...and they will happen, because nobody's perfect, despite how much you'd like them to be. At least I know where I stand with Trump. I can't say that about DeSantis, Crist, Scott, or any of the other dopes who allow their arrogance to get the best of them, and actually think any true Conservative, or Trump supporter would vote for them.

139 posted on 05/22/2023 5:26:33 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: mass55th

He was able to increase his margin at the state legislature. And replace RINOS with people who will pass his agenda.

I expect he’d do the same nationally. Get rid of RINOs and put in people who will support a conservative agenda.


140 posted on 05/22/2023 5:28:27 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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