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DeSantis risks Trump backlash as his star rises
The Hill ^ | 07/07/2021 | MAX GREENWOOD AND TAL AXELROD

Posted on 07/07/2021 7:16:20 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) meteoric rise in Republican politics is putting him on track for a possible clash with former President Trump, who is dangling the prospect of a third White House campaign.

DeSantis’s popularity among the GOP faithful has mushroomed over his handling of the coronavirus, and he’s found himself at the center of several news cycles, including over his signing of a controversial voting restriction bill and the collapse of a south Florida condominium building.

That support and attention, combined with his reelection fight next year, are fueling speculation that DeSantis is gearing up for a 2024 run. But Trump remains wildly popular among Republican voters, and any move seen as trying to oust him from his role as party leader risks a backlash among his followers — and the former president himself.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 2024electionbias; agitprop; backlash; desantis; dezinformatsia; dnctalkingpoints; fl; florida; maxgreenwood; mediabias; star; talaxelrod; thehill; theshill; theswill; trump
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This is demented.
1 posted on 07/07/2021 7:16:20 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Marxist media tryin’ its best to divide us. Ain’t happenin’, scumbuckets.


2 posted on 07/07/2021 7:18:05 AM PDT by LIConFem (Bring a Commie to room temperature for Mommy)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

GOPe stirring the pot.


3 posted on 07/07/2021 7:18:41 AM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump does not like competition for the spotlight. There’s only one person who counts, and it’s not Ron DeSantis


4 posted on 07/07/2021 7:18:58 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Expect alot of stories like this from the MSM.

5 posted on 07/07/2021 7:19:38 AM PDT by McGruff (A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

DeSantis is an able governor. Nothing more. He is not in Trump’s league as a movement founder and leader and he would be wise to remember that.


6 posted on 07/07/2021 7:19:46 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Does it even occur to them that they are on the same team and will work together?


7 posted on 07/07/2021 7:20:36 AM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths. )
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To: babble-on

Looks like you took the bait


8 posted on 07/07/2021 7:20:56 AM PDT by Bell Bouy II
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep...This is “The Hill” trying to start something...


9 posted on 07/07/2021 7:20:57 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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The assault is getting to them

Trump with a frontal attack and De Santis and Abbot attacking their flanks, they are in mortal danger


10 posted on 07/07/2021 7:21:03 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Like BLM, Joe Biden is a Domestic Enemy )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fake news.


11 posted on 07/07/2021 7:21:19 AM PDT by Fido969 ( Sc)
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To: libh8er

Have you ever looked at his BIO??


12 posted on 07/07/2021 7:21:30 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The Hill...sucks. I am in awe of the constant stream of lies coming from these moonbats!


13 posted on 07/07/2021 7:21:47 AM PDT by txlurker
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This POS article could be psychologically phrased as “lets you and him fight”.


14 posted on 07/07/2021 7:21:49 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump said a while back that he’d be too old to run in 2024. And he’s right.
We need age limits for all elected officials.


15 posted on 07/07/2021 7:22:10 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whipping up a fake narrative, and it will get worse.


16 posted on 07/07/2021 7:22:42 AM PDT by devane617 (RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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To: LIConFem

Marxist media tryin’ its best to divide us. Ain’t happenin’, scumbuckets.

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What you said .... plus GOPe in addition to marxist media


17 posted on 07/07/2021 7:23:02 AM PDT by Qiviut (Faith is the antidote to fear. Mindset: be a victor, not a victim.)
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To: babble-on

I think you’re right.

But it doesn’t matter. He will be much too old. If Biden is, then Trump will also be too old to risk.


18 posted on 07/07/2021 7:24:26 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: libh8er

You just proved the statement about “any move seen as trying to oust him from his role as party leader…”


19 posted on 07/07/2021 7:26:22 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Obvious. They want to create a ‘war’ between Trump and DeSantis..Maybe they even believe their own BS. Pathetic, but I don’t really read anything from “the hill’.


20 posted on 07/07/2021 7:26:58 AM PDT by silent majority rising
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