Even if DeSantis were to win the nomination, he cannot win the general election without Donald Trump’s hardcore supporters. What DeSantis could have done months ago is endorse Trump enthusiastically and support his candidacy vigorously. Then, if Trump were to blow up and withdraw for one reason or another, DeSantis could have been perfectly positioned to jump into the race with full MAGA support. Instead, DeSantis has remained mostly silent as to all issues centered on Trump, such as the 2020 stolen election, and cozied up to the Bush Crime Family and Karl Rove wing of the Republican party. As a result, even if DeSantis were to win the nomination, enough Trump supporters would refuse to vote for him in the general election that it would ensure a Democrat victory. And it was all so unnecessary, because DeSantis could have positioned himself perfectly as a replacement nominee in 2024 or as the overwhelming party favorite in 2028. That’s how I see it.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BEST STRATEGY.
But his sugar daddies would not approve that.
The rich donor class wants no more tariffs on China. That cuts into their profits too much to tolerate.
Why would you think hard core Trump lovers wouldn’t vote for the nominee....just because it’s not Trump. Or are Republicans now that stupid.
I think you are correct on this one.
However, and this is not coming from me but from political pundits, Democrats will go vote for their nominee no matter who it is. Republicans will simply not vote at all if their guy doesn’t get the nomination.
If either DeSantis or Trump supporters decide to pick up their ball and go home then it’s over for Republicans on both sides. America will end up a one party state like California (where there are more Republicans than in any other state).
I would vote for either of them.
Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley are probably out for consolation prizes as Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State, respectively.
Tell that to Governor Brian Kemp, safely re-elected even after Trump endorsed Stacey Abrams.
Kemp brought the MAGA crowd home, on top of many moderate and independent Georgians who voted for Trump in 2016 only to abandon him in 2020.
DeSantis will do the same.
Trump can’t win the general election without his base and he is losing his base with his out-of-control ego and his stupid pettiness.
DeSantis has a record of MAGA achievements, strong leadership, and personal likability, which would easily win him the general election.
Any of "Donald Trump's hardcore supporters" who would refuse to support and vote for Ron DeSantis, should he win the nomination, are stupid and evil.
“ Even if DeSantis were to win the nomination, he cannot win the general election without Donald Trump’s hardcore supporters. “
Hey, I’ve a great idea regarding this —— have Ronald pick Donald as his VP.
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“And it was all so unnecessary, because DeSantis could have positioned himself perfectly as a replacement nominee in 2024 or as the overwhelming party favorite in 2028. That’s how I see it.”
BINGO. The more I read the anti-Trump, pro-DeSantis comments on these threads, the more I am turning against DeSantis, as I feel exactly as you do, that DeSantis is the one who is dividing the Pub Party by his blatant disloyalty to the guy who “brung him to the dance”, a phrase used by Ronald Reagan.
There would be no Gov DeSantis were it not for Trump’s crucial backing when DeSantis was on the verge of losing to a socialist, deranged opponent (think Doc Oz vs. loser Fetterman, and now that depressed nutcase is now in office).
When the race between DeSantis and his opponent hung in the balance, Trump pulled DeSantis over the finish line. Unfortunately with Fetterman the anti-Trump forces against Oz (and that means so many of you anti-Trumpers on this thread) succeeded in derailing Oz and now PA and the country is stuck with Fetterman, and now you are still anti-Trump to the point of disrupting the upcoming primary. Trump could be kissing DeSantis’ derriere now and you still would be anti-Trump because you just don’t like his “style”, regardless of his great policies with few missteps.
Luckily you didn’t succeed in derailing DeSantis vs. the socialist, but here you are trying again to derail Trump this time by supporting the very man whose election to Gov of FL Trump saved. I am disgusted; and you myopic Trump trashers, along with an ungrateful and ambitious DeSantis who is backed by Deep State, RINO, Establishment, Globalist financiers and Jeb Bush, and George Soros as subterfuge, and you can’t deny that, will ruin our Party’s chances to get rid of Biden, the very man that stole the presidential election from Trump.
Trump’s MAGA supporters are never going to choose DeSantis over Trump, the core of the Party is with him, DeSantis will never win the primary, and he is diminishing his chances for 2028 by his run against Trump this time around.
Fie on all of you Trump trashers; you are a bunch of ungrateful wretches in my book, going after one of the best Presidents we have ever had, and supporting a man whose ambitions just couldn’t wait as he is sticking the stiletto in Trump’s back. DeSantis is entranced by the siren song of Rupert Murdoch/Fox News backing of him to run against Trump because they want Trump gone now as they are foreign globalists, as well as with the Deep State military establishment types who prefer Biden’s war policy re Ukraine/China rather than that of Trump. Et tu Brut? I guess it must be the Italian in DeSantis coming out to allow for such disloyalty.
I live in FL, I liked DeSantis up until now, he has been a good Governor, but he is now ruining my desire to support him in 2028 much less 2024 because he can’t contain his ambition and if he wins, he will be beholden to those financiers who do not have America’s best interests in mind by a long shot.
DeSantis also will not, were he to end up President, seek investigation of the stolen 2020 election, nor the corrupt impeachment efforts against Trump by Biden and the Dems, the countless use of prosecutors in blue states bringing up phony charges against Trump to derail his run for a second term as President, the raid on Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s home, the weaponization of the Justice Dept, FBI, CIA and other key departments of Gov’t, and the alleged Jan 6th “insurrection”. While blaming all the chaos in our country that they created on Trump. And you all fall for it. Trump creates too much chaos, DeSantis won’t, you say. Fools all, and an inability to see what the true corrupt enemy ginned up to cause that chaos. And mark my words, in due time, after they eliminate Trump if they can, they will go after DeSantis just as viciously, with tooth and tong.
Pursuing justice for Trump will not happen, will be swept under the rug, and the criminals who pursued Trump never brought to justice, because DeSantis has no skin in that game and will not pursue it. I want revenge, I want Trump to be vindicated and I want him to be my retribution.