Posted on 04/09/2023 1:13:46 AM PDT by RandFan
Massie has stayed in frequent touch with DeSantis since the Florida Republican left Congress....
He isn’t under any delusions that the upcoming primary will be a strictly academic exercise. Massie once believed that libertarians like Sen. Rand Paul had a shot at the presidency because of policy.
“But after some soul-searching,” he previously said, “I realized when they voted for Rand and Ron and me in these primaries, they weren’t voting for libertarian ideas – they were voting for the craziest son of a bitch in the race. And Trump won best-in-class, as we had up until he came along.”
How does that rubric apply to the coming primary?
“I know DeSantis can win,” Massie said, skirting the question somewhat, “because I’ve seen him up in the polls just four months ago over Trump in Kentucky, which is Trump Central. He’s got a great chance. People want somebody who can drain the swamp.”
He chalked up Trump’s recent surge in the polls to his legal troubles, what Massie called “unfair persecution.” But he added that DeSantis has strong support and “is not even in the race.” After Trump-backed candidates faltered in the midterms, he noted that DeSantis’ win in Florida “was the bright spot” in an otherwise “post-election malaise.”
Why DeSantis over Trump though? While Massie had his differences with the former president, he often voted in support of his agenda. “Trump had a tough job – it’s a deep swamp,” he replied. “But he did make some mistakes, like hiring the wrong people and keeping the wrong people around too long,” Massie continued, pointing to Fauci in particular.
“And these are things that Ron DeSantis will get right.”
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Massie is another Biden; always on the wrong side of the equation.
I was listening to Dan Bongino and he has the strange idea that Trump and DeSantis are supposed to engage in the primaries as co-equals, implying that the fact that Trump has been tried and tested as president has no significance whatsoever.
Even Mark Levin doesn’t buy that.
Sure hope they don’t split the vote in the primaries and we get a deep state operative.
“There are many misconceptions about the rules of a president choosing their running mate. There’s no law or regulation against a president and vice president of the United States being from the same state.
The reason why some people mistakenly believe such a prohibition exists comes down to a particular aspect of the Electoral College system laid out in Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
Article II states: “The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.”
Under the original system, electors did not distinguish between candidates for the nation’s top two offices; the candidate with the most votes became president, while the runner-up became vice president. The 12th Amendment, adopted in 1804 after two chaotic elections, mandated that electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president. However, the rule preventing an elector from voting for two people from his home state remained in effect under the new system.”
That original would put Trump & DeSantis on am ticket :)
Many thanx for the clarity. DM
Why would our country want another pro-China globalist running our country?
IF Trump could win…. That really is the big question.
Another 4 years of Slo Joe would be devastating. And 4 years of one of the other Dem prospects would be even more devastating. At that point, the 2028 election might be a moot issue.
A win flr De Santis??
Hardly! No Republican or Conservative will EVER win the WH again until/unless DNC cheating and voter fraud is resolved.
Got it yet??
FWIW here in GA about half a dozen major counties just saw leadership of the GOP swapped out for MAGA / election integrity slates. Now comes the hard work of getting the elected officials to pay attention.
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