Watching that clip of him being questioned was so telling. Not good at all. I hate it when it is so obvious that they are trying to change the subject by immediately bringing up something else they are prepared to talk about.
DeSantis literally DOES NOT have a position on Ukraine, likely because it doesn’t interest him. Otherwise he’d state his position and be able to defend it.
Instead he first gave an answer stating that he was against World War 3, and that TOTALLY PISSED OFF his handlers.
So he flipped to the Neocon position...and at that moment, his COLLAPSE in the polls started.
So now he confused - does he continue to parrot what his handlers demand, and lose - or does he take the anti-WW3 side and become competitive again?
He’s literally LOST on the most important issue facing this country and the rest of the world.
The moment Ron capitulated to the GOPe and waffled on Ukraine was when the slide really began. The timing was crucial and it was a kill shot. It changed the way the base looked at him completely. We instinctively know what Ukraine has become and seeing DeSantis cozy up to the neocons was the worst thing he could have done at the time that he did it.
Would be nice to know honestly what he thinks as opposed to what his handlers want.
I've been concerned that this will sink in with people that "this guy cannot be trusted".
He has been fairly good for Florida, but sooner or later he needs to give a definitive response. And unlike GHW Bush, he doesn't have coat tails to coast on.
Isn’t his odd looking Chief of Staff a Ukrainian lobbyist?
Ukraine is our enemy as much as Russia. Just a different kind of enemy.
The catastrophic mistake was jumping into the race at all.
He should have sat it out and cheered like crazy for Trump. Then he would be setup for the future. As it is he followed the advice of GOPe consultants and is well on his way to destroying or crippling his political career.
DeSantis is going to be the new Christie.
DeSantis is the great woke warrior.
A woke warrior that is filling up his wallet with campaign cash.
It’ll take more than that to be the 2024 Republican Nominee.
Anyone who does not want to end militarily arming Nazi Ukraine is disqualified. So far, only Trump and RFK, Jr. appear to have that position.
bttt
There are, apparently, lots of smart people on this thread. All I see is the deep state media trying to take out both Trump and Desantis.
They are hoping that some DeSantis supporters will feel so alienated that they refuse to vote for Trump in the general election. DeSantis job is to separate Trump from some of his voters and make it easier for The Biden crime family to stay in power.
Um, so, not clear what the author’s actual prescription for Ukraine would be? Endless war funded by the West? Endless casualties? Permanently unstable geographic region? What? Because, frankly, labeling DeSantis a “neocon” because he wants an end to the war is ... frankly ... bizarre. Neocons want nothing more than to keep this thing going.