He reposted it later with corrected spelling.
Posted on 08/28/2023 1:13:38 PM PDT by Kazan
In a recent post on Truth Social, former President Donald Trump weighed in on the alleged dwindling prospects of Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign.
Trump speculated that DeSantis might withdraw from the presidential race to instead challenge Rick Scott for his Senate seat in Florida.
“Rumors are strong in political circles that Ron DeSanctimonious, whose Presidential run is a shambles, and whose poll numbers have absolutely crashed, putting him 3rd and 4th in some states, will be dropping out of the Presidential race in order to run, in Florida, against Rick Scott for Senate. Now that’s an interesting one, isn’t it?” Trump posted on his Truth Social account.
The post has already ignited a firestorm of discussions across social media, drawing attention to DeSantis’ recent struggles in the polls. While DeSantis began his Presidential campaign with considerable support, recent surveys show a decline, sometimes positioning him 3rd or 4th in key states.
The Gateway Pundit has reached out to DeSantis’ campaign for a request for comment but has not received a response as of the time of this writing.
According to Newsweek, Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign denied former President Trump’s claim that DeSantis was considering withdrawing from the 2024 election.
“Clearly, Donald Trump and his army of consultants are panicked about Ron DeSantis’ winning debate performance and the strong momentum that has followed,” Bryan Griffin, a press secretary for DeSantis’ campaign, said in a statement.
“They know this is a two-man race, and we will carry this on to a win in this presidential primary. Instead of pushing fake news from New Jersey, the Trump campaign should be focused on getting their candidate on the campaign trail in Iowa and on the debate stage before it’s too late,” he added.
On Monday, Gov. Ron DeSantis stated that responding to hurricanes in his state is more important than being on the campaign trail.
“There’s a time and a place to have political season, but then there’s a time and a place to say that this is something that’s life threatening,” DeSantis said.
Critics argued that DeSantis should devote more time to his gubernatorial responsibilities rather than a Presidential campaign they see as uncertain.
One user commented, “No kidding, we’re supposed to be impressed by this? After all he did run for the governor of Florida, damn, right he better get his butt off the campaign trail. He shouldn’t even be there to begin with.”
Another wrote, “Well, we’re sitting in Hernando County Fl and there is no water to be had anywhere. We are 1.5 days away from landfall of a Cat 3. So, he has time to campaign for president but not to do the job we hired him for. I regret being snookered by him. Fool me once…. This is Andrew2.0.”
“What a shame. Ron’s been a very good governor. Running for president was such a HUGE mistake. Like watching someone who’s been a great driver for years suddenly, and intentionally, drive his car off a cliff,” another said.
We will update this report as more information becomes available.
I’d rather see DeSantis as a senator. He’s just not impressive when he speaks, but he’s a darned good leader.
Why? He’s doing a good job as governor of FL. Keep doing that until there is another opportunity. Why force it?
Meatball is mucking it up. Maybe his true calling is on a horse farm.
“Ron DeSanctimonious”........that is SO presidential. SMH
>> He’s doing a good job as governor of FL
Yeah, finish out his OBLIGATION to govern Florida LIKE HE TOOK ON WHEN HE RAN FOR THE JOB.
(IF he hasn’t emasculated himself too badly to serve...)
A “good leader” has no interest in a legislative body like the U.S. Senate. That’s why senators make the worst presidential candidates and the absolute worst presidents.
He's still going on with that schoolyard crap?
Really?
You're supposed to be an adult, Don.
You're acting like a bitchy 13 year old girl.
Do you "identify" as a 13 year old girl?
Trump started calling him that after DeSantis released this ad.
DeSanctimonious is mild. More like David Koresh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9oTBA-MvZk
He reposted it later with corrected spelling.
We don’t need fights against debate seats we already have. This is stupid.
Do you actually care? He did such a fantastic job as president.
Look at the horrible job that those acting “presidential” have done...
Plus, I agree with him and find it very refreshing.
Have to admit, his campaign is struggling, lots of questions and concerns about why he chose 2024 to betray Trump.
Better watch out for them strong roomers.
That more than 2 to 1 Republican majority in the Florida State Legislature had nothing to do with his success. His "leadership" is signing those Bills, and that's more important than the actual people who gave him the opportunity to do that.
Yeah. That silly babyshit talk from Donald Trump is a large part of the reason we have so many brain-fried cretins talking smack all day every day here on this dwindling forum.
On top of that, while it may be red meat for his 'Trump or Die" hard-liners, it actually turns off a lot more potential supporters than he'd like to admit, or even realizes.
Fun's fun, but the stakes are too high to be treating this like some sort of retarded game.
If true, does DeSantis actually believe that the people of Florida would even vote for him for Senator, seeing as he lied to them last November, when he told them he would serve out his full 2nd term? And the only reason DeSantis would run for the Senate would be to have that platform to run from, for President in 2028. Florida Senator Rick Scott is running for re-election in 2024. If DeSantis plans on running against him in 2024, he’ll have to drop out of the Presidential race pretty quick, in order to switch to a run for the Senate. How will he recycle all his DeSantis for President paraphernalia? On the crap he wears himself, he can just use a felt-tip marker and scratch off the “for President” part, and add a new label that says “for Senator.”
that is the exact opposite of a Senator. All they do is speak, and never lead.
Scott with have a tough campaign in Fl albeit it should be a runaway for him. This would just muddy the waters more. Recent election in Jax shows that a know nothing news reader managed to become mayor partly on the abortion issue. That bum McConnell will do what he can do to get him to lose too as he views Scott as a threat.
Meatball demonstrated his lack of integrity when he begged for Trump’s endorsement (without which he would not currently be governor) then stabbed him in the back at his first opportunity.
FURD
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