Posted on 11/06/2022 4:08:32 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
Billionaire Citadel Investment hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin (pictured above, center) is one of the top purchasers of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for a 2024 presidential bid. In a recent article for Politico, Mr. Griffin openly explains what he expects from his investment in DeSantis:
WASHINGTON DC – […] He has given nearly $60 million to federal Republican candidates and campaigns this election cycle. That puts Griffin behind just liberal billionaire George Soros, who’s given more than $128 million to Democrats, and Richard Uihlein, who aligns himself with far-right candidates and organizations, at about $62 million.
[…] While he’s supporting one of this cycle’s biggest culture warriors in DeSantis, Griffin said most hot-button issues — abortion rights, battles over sex education and LGBTQ rights — don’t define his interests. He wants to improve the diversity of the GOP and blunt the vein of populism that has complicated the party’s relationship with the corporate world — two things he’s consulted with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy about.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconservativetreehouse.com ...
“… Kari Lake might be ready in 2028. We’ll see how she does as Gov.”
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I suspect it won’t take long. She displays HARD CORE DETERMINATION.
I expect her to follow through with her promises starting with DECLARING AN INVASION as soon as she gets in office. From there it will be “off to the races”. It’s gonna be fun to watch and support.
>>That woman is a straight up assassin when it comes to destroying the press.
Great one-liner summary of her media interactions.
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There is a stupid false narrative floating around at Jeb Bush is hosting a fundraiser for Ron DeSantis. That’s untrue.
Dems posing as Republicans are using a story from 2018 and purposefully omitting the date to suppress turnout on Tuesday and to spark party infighting.
Have you noticed that everyone around DeSantis seems competent, sane and advances his agenda for the good of the people of Florida? He moves MAGA forward without holding a federal office. Maybe he could tutor DJT?
Had a friend who was a JAG captain.
He said, “Military justice is to justice as military music is to music.”
He didn’t need to further elucidate!
Wow why don’t you just join the RATS? Apparently there is nothing other than Ron that will do.
WTF is wrong with you? trash Kari Lake as unqualified and bombastic? Are you kidding me? Rand Paul is not viable? People here have even taken to trashing Melania Trump who has done nothing to any of you.
Looks like we are going to return to the GOP of days gone by.
“Conservative Treehouse sounds like Marxists when they post this crap.”
You obviously don’t now what a Marxist sounds like.
DeSantis has picked up the endorsement of Jeb! and the vile little MAGA hating worm David Frum.
He did not repudiate their endorsement.
“He promised to end illegal immigration, and within two years of leaving office, five million illegal immigrants have streamed across the border, because he literally didn’t know what the hell he was doing.”
No use in trying to use rational thought with you, but I will observe that that is the most stupid statement I have ever read anywhere, I do believe.
“Anyone who believes the crackpot owner of CTH has to be crazy.”
Rush Limbaugh use to quote him. Have you accomplished more than Rush Limbaugh?
“Desantis -is a JAG trained officer/lawyer and has the discipline that Trump lacks”
Did DeSantis have the discipline to build a billions of dollars corporation? I mean, he goes after votes. Is that the same thing? And since when do lawyers get kudos for discipline?
Looks like Democrats are spreading propaganda to infiltrate our movement to try to destroy it from within, hoping that some of the most fanatical Trump supporters who know nothing about what DeSantis has accomplished will blindly go along with it. DeSantis is in the running for best governor for our side in the history of the US, and some of the self-destructive insane ones want to try to spread B.S. about him, because they mistakenly think it will help Trump. It won’t. If it is pushed hard enough it will only destroy the party from within and cost Trump massive amounts of support in FL, where he is currently still very popular, and very likely elsewhere.
The Conservative Treehouse is not a news site and never has been. It’s nothing more than an opinion and rumor blog, currently fixated on imploding the conservative/populist wing of the Republican party, seemingly ignorant that Trump and DeSantis will be best of buddies and allies again as soon as Trump no longer sees him as a potential rival for the nomination—and also unaware we will never win or have a future as a movement if we unnecessarily kill off our best warriors.
Desantis -is a JAG trained officer/lawyer and has the discipline that Trump lacks”
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Sounds like Linda Graham’s discipline.
And how bizarre the line of attack is on “abortion rights, battles over sex education and LGBTQ rights,” where DeSantis has been consistently more on our side than Trump on these issues over the years and has more than proven himself on these topics.
God, I wish our side would stop with the suicidal death wish. There isn’t a governor in the nation who has governed more like Trump; yet a bunch of Trump supporters bizarrely think it’s a good idea to try to take him down, when he isn’t even opposing their favorite. To someone who thinks both are great, this just look like self-destructive insanity.
“Is this why DeSantis wasn’t part of the Trump/Rubio Miami Rally.”
No, that is because Trump did not want him there.
Spot on……or your many comments concerning Trump vs. DeSantis click baiting articles posted here weekly.
The DeSantis lovers mirror the Cruz nuts of 2016. They tend to be blindly shallow and lousy armchair quarterbacks. They latch onto any ‘article’ praising DeSantis and trashing Trump without utilizing any nuance. Their hypocrisy almost mirrors democrats to maintain their obstinance. It would be comical if it weren’t so corrosive.
Few here bothered to read the politico article. And if they did, they don’t care that the man backing DeSantis does not support populism or the ‘far right’.
As for DeSantis, he is doing a great job but he does not have the courage Trump has. Courage is continuing to fight when everyone is against you. If DeSantis had that courage he would stop illegals from entering Florida one way or another. Sending 50 to Martha’s Vineyard did not solve the problem. More importantly, it did not help Floridians. It was a stunt.
Both Trump and DeSantis have done great things but only Trump has the courage to take on the world.
Lesson here: think beyond the obvious and remember that the MAJORITY of current republican politicians are democrats and ALWAYS do what their big corporate donors want. Trump will never have that noose around his neck. Trump has done more to help politicians get elected than any other politician including DeSantis. Trump redefined the party. If DeSantis cared about the republican voters, he would state his plans for 2024 to stop the nonsense dividing the party. Only he profits from this reasoning, not the voters. That is self serving if nothing else.
Lastly, pearl clutchers are only good at ‘bending the knee’. Ditch the pearls and focus on the important stuff.
Great post.
Also....follow the money of any candidate.
Many people used to like his ability to connect dots until he went off the rails years ago.
What’s your next point?
AKA The Egregious Frum.
That from Jerry Pournelle, RIP, a great modern Renaissance man and paleo-conservative. He saw the foolishness of Dubya’s Middle East approach post-9/11 from the beginning.
Sorry, Kenny Boy. I will do whatever is in my admittedly puny power to try to make sure he stays governor here until 2026.
Die, corporate scum.
Yep, me too.
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