Posted on 05/02/2021 9:50:17 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
No matter how you slice it, only one candidate can survive the potential “Steel Cage” political death-match brewing in Florida between three Republicans: Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott. It’s a highly anticipated WWE-like event of epic proportions that assumes current Florida resident Donald Trump will not run for president in 2024.
Of course, one never truly knows when it comes to Trump. There was the bizarre recent news report by Business Insider in which a Trump “adviser” declared that the former president “has lost 15 pounds since he left the White House.” One “veteran Republican strategist” told the publication: “I think there’s an extra 10 percent to 15 percent chance he runs if he lost 20 pounds.”
Did you hear that, 81 million Americans who voted against Trump? You’re his losing five more pounds away from your worst nightmare. If you truly love your country, you might want to think about getting together to crowdfund a donut shop near the entrance to the grounds of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Leaving that “Mirror, mirror on the wall” scenario aside, I am in the camp that believes Trump will not run for president again, choosing instead to try to influence various elections — including the 2024 presidential election — either from behind the walls of his palatial estate, on the campaign trail, or from some yet-to-be-created conservative social media platform.
If that’s the case, it leaves the state of Florida wide open for DeSantis, Rubio and Scott to duke it out.
The smart money is on DeSantis because of the way he performed as governor during the COVID-19 pandemic, a response recently praised by even left-leaning Bill Maher on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher”; and because that response significantly raised DeSantis’s national profile in a positive way.
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Only Heavy D has a chance at the White House. Hot Tub Mario and Alien Head Rick have no shot.
It must be DeSantis.
Senators make horrible Presidential candidates.
Rubio is done. He will not win another election or primary.
Pretending that the U.S. elections are fair. How cute!
Rubio and Scott are lightweights compared to DeSantis.
The possibility that Trump has lost 15 pounds is called
‘a bizarre report’? Sometimes, a diet is just a diet.
Anyone short of someone with Trump in their name, doesn’t matter...
This would be a slap fight the likes of which we have not seen since Larry, Curly, and Moe
He may have lost some weight and looks good but I bet you most of that is removing his Bulletproof vest underneath
I don’t know about that, don’t know FL politics well enough.. but no shot at the White House.
Nope...stupid article.
Trump endorsed him. He will win again.
Probably not. Next?
In terms of a legit shot at winning, not really. Biden, Obama.
I don’t think the average voter cares about whether someone was a governor or senator.
rubio and scott ain’t the ones. Obviously to some.
No!
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