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DeSantis defended Trump - then took a dig at 'porn star hush money'. What's his strategy?
BBC ^ | March 21 | By Anthony Zurcher

Posted on 03/21/2023 1:03:56 AM PDT by RandFan

... The Florida governor seemed to go out of his way to emphasise the tawdry origins of the potential crimes being investigated, even while denouncing the investigation itself.

That could be a sign of how Mr Trump's presidential rivals handle a possible arrest and criminal trial for falsifying business records and state campaign finance law violations.

But even oblique attacks risk attracting Mr Trump's attention - and ire. And it wasn't long before the former president fired back at Mr DeSantis.

"Ron will probably find out about this sometime in the future when he's unfairly and illegally attacked by a woman (or possibly a man!) with false accusations," he posted on his social media site, Truth Social. Mr Trump later deleted the post and replaced it with a lengthier response. His campaign team also sent out a press release criticising what they painted as a tepid response from the governor.

Mr DeSantis had been under pressure from Trump supporters to defend the former president and denounce the prosecution ever since Mr Trump speculated on Truth Social that he would be arrested on Tuesday.

"Pay attention to which Republicans spoke out against this corrupt BS immediately and who sat on their hands and waited to see which way the wind was blowing," Mr Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr, tweeted on Sunday.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: 1rdsloser; crudebackstabber; desanctimonious; dontsleeparound; hahaha; howdoestrumplikeit; marriedlife; melaniawasathome; truthbombs
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To: JudyinCanada

You can see more clearly all the way in Canada ….
……than a whole lot of misguided OR intentionally guided folks on this forum!

Thank you Judy in Canada!


41 posted on 03/21/2023 5:05:53 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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To: Alberta's Child
He’s a lawyer who has made a career in politics … which means he’s a managed, manicured phony.

That is exactly right!

42 posted on 03/21/2023 5:11:41 AM PDT by zzeeman ("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." )
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To: stanne
Strategy? Whatever his senseless anti trump donors tell him to do.

Yep.

43 posted on 03/21/2023 5:16:17 AM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: srmanuel; All

> “Was it okay when Trump accused DeSantis of fooling around with underage girls and his supporters filed an ethics complaint against DeSantis”

Would it be OK in a possible general should Newsom brings up skeletons of DeSantis?

You don’t understand the con artist who goes by the name of Karl Rove.

You don’t know how Miami-Dade Democrats were squelched in Nov 22. Educate yourself to RUNBECK, MARIANNE W GAIGE, MARK EARLEY.

The Uniparty is not a conspiracy theory, it is real, dangerous, deceptive.

Eating the Apple will make you like G_d.
Eating the Body of Christ will save you.
One of these is true.
Choose.


44 posted on 03/21/2023 5:17:09 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: somerville

I wanted to vomit when Trump made those grotesque comments to Carly Fiorina during the debate both for the invective and the then immediate realization that it would forever be a stain from which a large percentage of women would recoil in horror and forever hold Trump in contempt.


45 posted on 03/21/2023 5:20:44 AM PDT by HockeyPop
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To: somerville

“... he is over the top, out of control ,undisciplined and cannot win again.”

True, but DT might win the nomination with savvy Dems’ help.


46 posted on 03/21/2023 5:20:48 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: RandFan

I love how the anti-DeSantis crowd can’t see the hypocrisy here. Trump has spent months calling DeSantis childish names and talking trash about him, and then they scream when DeSantis doesn’t come running to his aid.


47 posted on 03/21/2023 5:22:09 AM PDT by rivercat
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To: srmanuel
save the personal insults for Biden’s cognitive decline

You may recall a few years ago, Trump was accused by the media of mocking a disabled reporter. Whether that was his intention or not, the media made it into a big deal. Hopefully, Trump learned from that.

Yes, Trump should continue to call out Biden and his administration for their policies, actions, and corruption. Personal choices and involvements of opponents (both R and D) are fair game.

Biden's decline is an obvious fact, but it's something beyond his control. It is a real and important issue, but it should be used with care to avoid a damaging backfire.

48 posted on 03/21/2023 5:31:11 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Trump: "I am Batman!")
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To: RandFan

“porn star hush money...”
Well, that’s actually what it was, so....


49 posted on 03/21/2023 5:36:46 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: HockeyPop

Losers lose.

Be offended. It’s a liberal’s trademark.


50 posted on 03/21/2023 5:46:02 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: Alberta's Child

—> That’s the problem with DeSantis in a nutshell. He’s a lawyer who has made a career in politics … which means he’s a managed, manicured phony.

Has he ever had a non-Gov’t job?


51 posted on 03/21/2023 5:50:17 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: rivercat

“ I love how the anti-DeSantis crowd can’t see the hypocrisy here. Trump has spent months calling DeSantis childish names and talking trash about him, and then they scream when DeSantis doesn’t come running to his aid”
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Jeez, hypocrisy exists here? /sarc


52 posted on 03/21/2023 5:50:45 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: srmanuel

Yes that is the question. Is it true to involve campaign, or “just” a payoff?


53 posted on 03/21/2023 5:53:12 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV.)
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To: Fresh Wind

A lot of families have experience including my own with Dementia or Alzheimer’s, but no one in my family is POTUS. A President’s health is fair game especially since we are facing a potential World War and a imploding economy.


54 posted on 03/21/2023 5:55:49 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: the OlLine Rebel

Trump can take it, the issue was about an out of control corrupt DA attacking Republicans. Instead of dealing with an issue affecting ‘ALL’ Republicans, Desantis used it to take a cheap shot.


55 posted on 03/21/2023 5:56:36 AM PDT by oneandfinished
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To: RandFan

Someone who straddles the fence will most likely end up with splinters in his butt!


56 posted on 03/21/2023 5:57:05 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (“Who is John Galt?”)
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To: Fresh Wind

Horsesh!t. The C-in-C must be a sane rational person BIDEN IS NOT - HE IS A DEMENTED FOOL.


57 posted on 03/21/2023 5:58:40 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: oneandfinished

https://twitter.com/i/status/1638009141842128897


58 posted on 03/21/2023 6:01:25 AM PDT by oneandfinished
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To: Rockingham

“Yup. DeSantis is not quite ready to play in the big league.”

And it looks like Trump is well past his prime. Back in the day, Trump would have dealt with adversity Headon and not resort to begging for help. And his supporters know it too because of their demands that DeSantis and others come to Trump’s rescue.


59 posted on 03/21/2023 6:03:49 AM PDT by Armscor38
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To: Hostage

Let me allow you in on a little secret. Offend a large portion of the electorate out of sheer stupidity and lose the election.


60 posted on 03/21/2023 6:16:30 AM PDT by HockeyPop
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