Posted on 06/04/2023 10:03:42 AM PDT by John Semmens
While President Biden's face plant at the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony garnered the most attention, a pair of unforced errors committed by Donald Trump raised some questions about his electability in the 2024 election.
Determined to damage his closest competitor for the Republican nomination, Trump assailed Gov. Ron DeSantis for his performance during the covid pandemic while simultaneously praising the performance of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The facts do not support Trump's claims. Accounting for age, the death rate from covid in New York was more than 300 per 100,000 inhabitants. In Florida, it was 245 per 100,000 inhabitants. Key contributors to the higher death rate under Cuomo were his rush to put patients on ventilators, which research now shows exacerbated bacterial infections that killed a majority of those put on ventilators, and an executive order requiring nursing homes housing the elderly and most vulnerable to take in persons known to be already infected with the virus.
Health wasn't the only damage done by Cuomo's policies. He also imposed a more severe and lengthy lockdown that sent unemployment up to 17%. In contrast, DeSantis ended Florida's lockdown after one month when unemployment surged by 14%. Since that time Florida's unemployment rate has dropped to 2.6%. New York's is currently at 4%.
A second unforced error was when Trump denounced his former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany for citing a poll showing him leading DeSantis by 25% when a different poll showed him with 34% lead. Despite her loyal service during his presidency, this incident earned her a new Trump epithet of "milktoast" and an accusation of disloyalty, even though as a Fox News host her professional obligation would be to be fair rather than loyal.
After other Republicans suggested that he ought to be focusing on the damage Biden's policies have done to the country, Trump doubled down on his accusations of disloyalty for both DeSantis and McEnany, saying "I lifted them both up from obscurity. Without my endorsement DeSanctimonious would never have won his 2018 election for governor. Before I made Kayleigh my press secretary in 2020 nobody knew who she was and she never would've have gotten her current job at Fox News. They both owe me big time."
These unforced errors caused New Hampshire Republican state representative James Spillane to withdraw his endorsement of Trump, saying "I was hoping to see Trump focus on the issues, but he's got the whole covid thing backwards. Then there's the name-calling, vitriol, and disregard for others that Trump has been exhibiting." Spillane switched his endorsement to DeSantis. He is the fourth New Hampshire state representative to make this switch in the last month.
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Facts are such pesky things, aren’t they?
You bet, that’s what makes that pic great. Precise and to the point. ☺
Don’t matter. Elections are rigged. Commies ain’t leaving the WH.
Trump didn't praise Cuomo. Trump was critical of Cuomo.
Trump did use a stat that doesn't tell the entire story to trash DeSantis (although Trump never claimed that it did).
Kayleigh has a history of trashing Trump when she worked for CNN. When Trump became the nominee, she changed her tune. Trump then hired her and she did an excellent job for Trump. And now, Kayleigh works for the Paul Ryan network, who she praised(Paul Ryan) numerous times, back when she worked for CNN.
How adorable, Kayleigh.
Semmens leaves stuff out.
Semmens "stumbles".
Post #6.
In the past the GOP had the reputation of supporting the nominee who was next in line. That would be Trump. Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment was to refrain from attacking Republicans. I’m disappointed in both Trump and DeSantis for wasting time, energy, and money targeting each other. I’m disappointed in DeSantis for making a hard charge for the nomination. It would be OK, if he just put his hat in the ring as some sort of contingency plan.
Democrats steal elections. Election integrity should be the number one issue. Next, Republicans should attack the Democratic party.
I see no reason to send money to fund inter-party attacks. I see no reason the send the GOP money when they will use it to fund RINOs. Send your money to True the Vote, Omega 4 America, and anyone else who is pushing voter integrity. At least Trump intends to do something about vote harvesting.
I don’t get why Trumpsters are so defensive. After all, all the polls show that he’s up by 150 points.
Because I don’t like posers, frauds or phonies like DeSantis. Of course Trump will steamroll this poser, but that has little to do with it.
No one is a “rat” for questioning the integrity and motives of a candidate, any candidate. To ascribe petty insults to those who do so merely makes you look childish.
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