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.
Like he made it up that DeSantis was planning on running for President before anyone else knew? That kind of made-up story?
Trump could be a great speller if he wanted to be. The best! Better than the Ramaswamy types who always win the spelling bees.
Why? Because he calls a spade a spade?
Lol. Turn off the lights for the last one out…
Trump is still obsessed with DeSantis. Apparently he doesn’t believe the polls that show him ahead.
LOL!! I'm picky about the toilet seats I pick my candidates from.
And not a word about the what democrats are doing to Trump
How is he calling a spade a spade here?
He completely pulled this "roomer" out of his ass. It has no basis in anything.
Better than anything Pudding Brain has uttered
I'd never let anyone off that stabbed me in the back. That's why I'm no longer registered in any political party. I barely survived the January 6th back stabbing from Republicans. They'll never get another chance to do it again.
JFK was pretty good
And do you identify as a Never Trumper
“Rumors are strong...”
What a pantload. Trump is no better than the Lame Stream Media and their...
“Sources say....” “Unconfirmed reports say...”
Trumpers don't believe it either. Notice they're only calling for DeSantis to drop out, not Christie or Ramaswamy despite moving ahead of DeSantis according to the polls they love to cite.
The polls are BS. Trump knows it. His supporters know it.
It’s easy to spot a Never Trumper
You personally know Trump's ass, and what he pulls out of it?
You fail to give Trump credit for coming out early attacking DeSantis. You were probably one of those "DeSantis hasn't even announced he's running for President, so why is Trump attacking him" people. And you can't admit that Trump knew back then that DeSantis was going to run against him, and that Trump was right all along. Obviously you haven't learned anything about Trump these past 8 years, that the majority of the claims he's made have actually turned out to be true. You have no idea where Trump gets his political intel from.
Anyone who identifies me as such is bearing false witness against his neighbor.
Don’t bear false witness against your neighbor, Nifster.
It’s generally a bad idea ...
Just a bit of friendly advice. Not accusing you of anything.
I would rather Trump doesn’t mention this guy any other drifter from the FoxNews debate. None are worth the extra attention it gives them.
I would rather Trump doesn’t mention this guy any other drifter from the FoxNews debate. None are worth the extra attention it gives them.
I'm not calling for any of them to drop out. I'm enjoying all of them making bigger fools of themselves, and wasting the money of their GOPe backers in the meantime.
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