[Sirius Lee]

I don't have a problem with DeSantis running. I don't even mind the douchebag move of trying to undercut the guy who helped him. Politics is a rough business. Hell, I was an early cheerleader for his run. Great Governor for my childhood state. My problem is that he's proven to be a lousy and uninspiring candidate at the national level. He truly sucks at this. No wonder he had to go, tears in his eyes, simpering to Trump (who I also have problems with) to get him over the finish line.

Still maintain that they (the top 4 or 5 anyway) should debate. The idea of a coronation sickens me.

[odawg]

“The idea of a coronation sickens me.”

How many times in American history has the incumbent president been challenged to a second term by members of his own party, or has been challenged successfully? Most of the time, it is in fact a coronation.

Does that sicken you?

When you have a good horse, you ride it.

This idea that Trump has to start out even with the ankle biters as if he never ran, against all odds, one of the most successful administration in history is outlandish.

There is little ingrate DeSantis, with a Republican legislature — a litle fish in a little pond. He has moved out to where the sharks are, an he doesn’t like it.

[DesertRhino]

I don’t care about debates. Biden skipped the last one in 2020 because Trump wouldn’t do it virtually. Biden will not do a single one in 2024 because he will “refuse to recognize Trump as legitimate”, “refuse to dignify an insurrectionist”, etc.

As for republican debates, they are not even debates. They are joint press conferences, set up by the leftist League of Women Voters, and heavily moderated by rabid anti-Trump “journalists” who immediately intervene to help Trump’s opponents, and spread dishonest “fact checking”.

These debates are utterly worthless.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The idea of a coronation sickens me.

But the idea of a stolen election, not so much, evidently.