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Ron and Casey DeSantis were plotting a political dynasty in Florida. Then came a scandal
CNN ^ | April 27, 2025 | Steve Contorno

Posted on 04/28/2025 8:47:17 AM PDT by Racketeer

A year after his presidential ambitions collapsed, Gov. Ron DeSantis and his wife Casey can no longer lay claim to the future of the Republican Party. And in Florida, even their present is in jeopardy.

Once firmly in his corner, many Sunshine State Republicans have lately turned on DeSantis, stymying his agenda and frustrating him to no end. At the same time, Casey DeSantis, long regarded as a political force in her own right, is encountering quiet but firm resistance as she lays the groundwork for a potential run to succeed her husband — a campaign that would pit her against President Donald Trump’s handpicked choice to lead the state, Rep. Byron Donalds.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: clinton; corruption; mostrustednameinnews; prison; trump
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To: Teacher317; CatHerd; Pelham

And in addition to the usual folks posting lib media articles here where folks react to the negativity

Why I don’t know do we give oxygen to a dying institution

We also have anti trumpers still clinging to what I don’t know

Maybe some log cabin somewhere ?

None of yall know what actually is at stake in America and the west

It’s wierd how some don’t get it or don’t care in this fourth quarter we live in where wokism and its master The Blob as Mike Benz calls it runs circles around us

And you’ve been here a long time I know


41 posted on 04/28/2025 2:44:21 PM PDT by wardaddy (The Blob must be bled dry)
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To: JonPreston

Exactly...big mistake. Should’ve waited to 2028...could’ve been a contender.


42 posted on 04/28/2025 2:51:36 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: jeffersondem

RINO legislators in Florida can't wait for DeSantis to term-out so they can get back on the Disney gravy train. This is true.

43 posted on 04/28/2025 2:53:22 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: Racketeer

A “political force in her own right”? Who said that? She’s just the governor’s wife. She’s done nothing but be somebody’s not there.


44 posted on 04/28/2025 6:29:24 PM PDT by tinamina (Remember when Biden said “we have developed the most sophisticated voting fraud system ever”)
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To: Mlheureux
Communist News Network - a real trusted news outlet?

When they say stuff people here want to believe, they are.

45 posted on 04/28/2025 6:40:59 PM PDT by Drew68 (I haven’t seen the Democrats this mad since yesterday. Save some tears for tomorrow.)
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To: JonPreston

“DeSantis had it all in front of him and then he and his wife decided to run against Trump.”

I suspect what happened here is that Neocons/Democrats were so scared of Trump that they had to use DeSantis to try to draw some blood from Trump during the 2024 Primaries, when they likely preferred to use DeSantis in 2028.

So they consumed their best weapon for 2028 in 2024. That’s how important stopping Trump was to them.


46 posted on 04/30/2025 6:25:57 AM PDT by BobL
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To: Racketeer

Casey DeSantis shouldn’t be elected the anything of anywhere.


47 posted on 04/30/2025 6:26:59 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Didn’t care for the Adamses...?


48 posted on 04/30/2025 6:30:49 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Leaning Right

Don’t forget Benjamin Harrison and his ill-fated grand-dad, William Henry.


49 posted on 04/30/2025 7:38:23 AM PDT by mbrfl
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