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Governor Ron DeSantis Endorses Senate Candidate Joe O’Dea, Who Vows to Campaign Against Donald Trump
The Conservative Treehouse ^
| October 24, 2022
| Sundance
Posted on 10/24/2022 4:07:07 PM PDT by conservative98
Governor Ron DeSantis Endorses Senate Candidate Joe O’Dea, Who Vows to Campaign Against Donald Trump
A week ago, Colorado senate republican candidate Joe O’Dea said on CNN, “I don’t think Donald Trump should run again.” He quickly added, ” I’m going to actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we have got four or five really great Republicans right now; Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Tim Scott.”
President Trump blasted O’Dea the following day {link}.
Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis picked Joe O’Dea as his only 2022 endorsed senate candidate {link}, recording a robocall for O’Dea that says, “Hello this is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. America needs strong leadership and desperately. That’s why I’m endorsing Joe O’Dea for U.S. Senate. Colorado, please vote for Joe O’Dea.”
Keep in mind, Ron DeSantis is a governor who campaigns on his success as a governor and has been rallying exclusively for governor candidates. However, despite not endorsing the republican candidate in the Colorado state race (Heidi Ganahl), Governor DeSantis went out of his way to support the only explicitly anti-Trump Senate candidate in 2022, Joe O’Dea.
When Paul Ryan endorsed Ron DeSantis, you could argue that DeSantis never asked for it. When Jeb Bush endorsed DeSantis, again you could argue that DeSantis never asked for it. However, the transparency of DeSantis endorsing O’Dea who has stated his intent to actively campaign against any MAGA candidate… well, you can’t say that had nothing to do with DeSantis.
Face it.
This is what is clear.
The DeSantis 2024 organizers are a mixture of allied republican establishment figures, corporate party donors and former Ted Cruz base supporters (Never Trumpers) who have united in common cause to stop the MAGA working-class coalition from taking full control of the republican party. An endorsement for DeSantis from Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger is increasingly likely as soon as the midterm election is over.
Ron DeSantis is increasingly being exposed by his own actions/inactions and the actions of others.
Let us not pretend any longer.
I could smell the establishment GOP in the Florida winds over the spring and summer. When DeSantis went into the bunker on the day of the FBI Mar-a-Lago raid, remained silent for 5 days, and then exited bunker with a new establishment brand image crew and communications team, it was obvious what just happened.
We accept things as they are, not as we would wish them to be. 94% funded by Wall Street hedge fund managers, billionaires and multinational corporations,… to the tune of over $200,000,000….. with a national campaign launch, book launch and national television advertising strategy…. It became brutally obvious.
Ron DeSantis in 2024 is Jeb Bush + Ted Cruz in 2016.
- Five Days in Bunker following Mar-a-Lago Raid 8/9/22
- No expressed support for Donald Trump following Mar-a-Lago raid 8/9/22.
- New brand image consulting team 8/14/22
- New communications team 8/14/22
- National advertising campaign
- 94% billionaire and corporate funding
- Raised $200+ million for state governor race?
- Cancels Lee Zeldin fundraiser after meeting with New York real estate donor who supports Hochul
- Endorsed by Club For Growth (C4G)
- Voted to support TPP trade agreement and Obama Fast Track trade authorization
- Supports all Ukraine funding and U.S. government spending in Ukraine
- Endorsed Florida Red Flag Laws, most firearm confiscation of any state
- Silent over the 100 Florida citizen J6 detainees (largest number in nation)
- Asked legislature to criminalize boycotts of Israeli companies, including pharmaceutical companies
- No support for E-verify system or employment law against illegal alien hires
- Endorsed by Paul Ryan
- Endorsed by Jeb Bush
Sooner or later people have to admit the obvious.
Ron DeSantis is a generally good governor, but he is being dishonest in his national intents.
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: desantis; evertrump; evertrumper; evertrumpers; jebbush; joeodea; nevertrumpers; oldnews; paulryan; scumdance; searchworks; sundanceisaclown; trump
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To: Mr. Lucky
Sad, isn’t it. Its become a cult at this point.
To: conservative98
I like DeSantis very much, but he made a foolish mistake!
With the great Maga King, there's no room for a fancy Texas 2 Step. You get down on your knee and kiss the ring. And whatever the question, the answer is yes.
You definitely don't endore someone who talks trash about the King.
To: Candor7
He has always said his not running for President. Only Floridians have been listening to him!
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posted on
10/24/2022 4:47:14 PM PDT
by
JoJo354
(I am in mourning for the United States of America.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
To: conservative98
Is this O’Dea the Republican? Is he running against another Republican or a Democrat? Think about that.
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posted on
10/24/2022 4:49:58 PM PDT
by
JoJo354
(I am in mourning for the United States of America.)
To: JoJo354
Is he running against another Republican or a Democrat? Think about that. Well, I took your little suggestion and did some research. It turns out you might have been
onto something:
The back story: DeSantis' endorsement comes days after former President Trump snubbed O'Dea and urged supporters not to back him in the contest against Democratic incumbent Michael Bennet. That said, what's your point? It doesn't sound like O'Dea kissed the ring the right way. And we can't have that.
To: conservative98
to be fair to DeSantis, he endorsed multiple GOP Senate candidates at the same time, and all the rest are staunch MAGA, Trump-endorsed candidates ...
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posted on
10/24/2022 4:57:24 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
This doesn’t sound true, “Cancels Lee Zeldin fundraiser after meeting with New York real estate donor who supports Hochul.” Maybe Zeldin didn’t want his endorsement.
To: UnwashedPeasant
Agreed. Sundance is so rabidly pro-Trump that he’s actively anti-every-other-Republican. Not cool. We need LESS divisiveness, not more.
And I say this as someone who is pro-Trump.
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posted on
10/24/2022 4:59:19 PM PDT
by
Theo
(FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
To: TakebackGOP
Oh they want nothing more than a DeSantis and Trump fallout. Don’t take the bait.
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posted on
10/24/2022 5:02:55 PM PDT
by
lilypad
To: Jim W N
“Well if that’s true, DeSantis looks like he’s part of the problem.”
YOU DON’T KNOW CRAP!
To: bigdaddy45
The “mind-numbing political genius” has already lashed out at DeSantis for this endorsement. Seven years now and people still don't get Trump. LOL
Everything he does has a reason to get a calculated outcome.
Now the media and Dems can't say that DeSantis is a Trump or MAGA stooge. This is about making DeSantis into his own man.
BTW, in a purple state that's rapidly becoming CA, it wouldn't be prudent to run worrying about Trump or the 2020 election.
O'Dea has a good ground game and is talking about the issues. He's got to in order to defeat an entrenched incumbent like Bennet.
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
“Trump is a brilliant, mind-numbing political genius.”
DeSantis would have never made the mistakes Trump made.
DeSantis is a brilliant, mind-numbing political genius.
To: TexasGator
There's no mistake to even discuss.
All of this is pure political optics for the media to slobber over.
There is no feud between Trump and DeSantis.
To: Observator
“With the great Maga King, there’s no room for a fancy Texas 2 Step. You get down on your knee and kiss the ring. And whatever the question, the answer is yes.”
ROTFLMAO!
To: TexasGator
Maybe not, but DeSantis is sounding more and more like a politician all the time unless these are lying reports coming out about him.
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posted on
10/24/2022 5:12:52 PM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Observator
I’m saying that DeSantis is not wrong with this. I am a big Trump supporter but we are free to support the Republican if it is the ONLY Republican. We’d rather have the R than the D.
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posted on
10/24/2022 5:13:43 PM PDT
by
JoJo354
(I am in mourning for the United States of America.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
..orrrrrr... Trump is so insecure and narcissistic that he can’t stand it when anyone goes off the reservation. Especially Desantis, who is slowly stealing his spotlight.
There. Fixed it for you!
To: rod5591
Probably a Republican endorsement, not specifically about O’Dea other than he happens to be the Republican running.
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posted on
10/24/2022 5:31:13 PM PDT
by
Codeflier
(Screw Ukraine. America is burning, and we need to concentrate on our own collapse taking place.)
To: bigdaddy45
“Trump is so insecure and narcissistic...”
And you know that how?
It must be so easy for someone, such as yourself, who is obviously not insecure, to build a billions of dollars empire and become president of the United States.
So, how many billions of dollars have you accrued and when will you be president?
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posted on
10/24/2022 5:38:47 PM PDT
by
odawg
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