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‘If I run, he won’t’: Donald Trump downplays Ron DeSantis’ 2024 prospects
Florida Politics ^ | December 7, 2021 | A.G. Gancarski

Posted on 12/07/2021 3:19:36 PM PST by conservative98

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To: rwilson99

I think you’ll be surprised.

It’s 3 more years, and big-mouth narcissist Trump will be way old anyway.


81 posted on 12/07/2021 5:11:35 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Alberta's Child; Drew68

I have no idea what he’d bring to the White House. I’ll support him if he runs and gets the GOP nomination, but I have a deep-seated distrust of people like this who spend their lives getting groomed for public office.


Agree. DeSantis’s resume is quite similar to Buttigieg’s. A ticket punched in all the right places.

I’ve never seen DeSantis address the institutional corruption of the GOP in a Trumpian manner. Ever. That’s a huge red flag for me.

I’ll happily vote for DeSantis (again) but I’m also prepared to be disappointed with him. I doubt he’s a historic figure in the manner of Presidents Trump and Reagan.


82 posted on 12/07/2021 5:15:38 PM PST by lodi90
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To: conservative98

Thank for that 98.


83 posted on 12/07/2021 5:16:17 PM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down pres. Brandon!)
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To: Drew68

LOL love your commentary.

Further Trump is a big-mouth who thinks he’s the greatest thing ever. Every stat under him is the best which is total BS.

Not bad stats, but greatly inflated view of himself. He’s the greatest ever. Just ask him.


84 posted on 12/07/2021 5:17:39 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Drew68

One of the reasons I voted for Trump was that he was adamantly opposed to the Iraq War from the start. In that regard, DeSantis’ military record in Iraq means absolutely nothing to me.


85 posted on 12/07/2021 5:18:18 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: EvilCapitalist

I agree - but some things are best unsaid!!


86 posted on 12/07/2021 5:21:45 PM PST by elpadre ( ying them.)
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To: lodi90
Make no mistake about it — Ron DeSantis is a GOP establishment guy from top to bottom. That doesn’t mean I won’t vote for him, but it does mean I have no illusions about what he brings to the table.

Great comparison to Butt-Fudge, too.

87 posted on 12/07/2021 5:26:00 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: lodi90

I’ve never seen DeSantis address the institutional corruption of the GOP in a Trumpian manner.

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Trump never addressed institutional corruption in a Trumpian manner.


88 posted on 12/07/2021 5:26:42 PM PST by bramps (t's the Islam, stupid!I )
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To: conservative98

I will vote for Trump if he runs, but I hope he doesn’t. (It would be stressful😄) DeSantis is great in Florida and has created a place to be safe from Leftists. Hope he stays put.

Do not know who remains. Not Pence, not Christie, not Noem, because they are traitors, or close to being such

Maybe Marjorie Taylor Greene or that other gutsy woman, cannot recall her name.

Heck, at this exact point in time I would vote for Rand Paul


89 posted on 12/07/2021 5:44:27 PM PST by madison10
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To: conservative98
I love Trump, and will vote for him in a second if he runs again (I think he won't), but he's a head scratcher sometimes with his bombastic boasting. It doesn't bother me, but it turns off the milquetoast people on the fence. If Trump had his old demeanor (example: Trump on Phil Donahue - 1987) he would win in a landslide.
90 posted on 12/07/2021 5:55:41 PM PST by Mozzafiato
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To: randita

I can’t think of any conservatives “who can’t stand Trump”. Plenty of leftist pubbies though, now mostly working for Bulwark & the Lincoln Project


91 posted on 12/07/2021 5:59:36 PM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: conservative98

DeSantis barely won against a radical black self avowed socialist in conservative Florida because of the anti trump vote.

The Rs lost the House despite a booming economy and the Dims gained over 40 new Reps because of the anti Trump vote in the Midterms in 2018. And that is just the short list.

Trump’s Jerk Personality was a liability then and is a liability now. Biden wont run in 2024. If the Dims get a solid candidate they will beat Trump in 24.


92 posted on 12/07/2021 6:00:48 PM PST by Uncle Lonny
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To: conservative98

The more Trump talks about DeSantis and whines about his election loss, the more I like DeSantis.


93 posted on 12/07/2021 6:03:05 PM PST by hawkaw
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To: bramps

Hehheheh

This is a good thread. :D


94 posted on 12/07/2021 6:03:07 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Alberta's Child

As opposed to Trump who, oh, managed never to be in any military service.

If that’s a good thing - and FRers act invariably as it is - then Trump is lacking greatly and FRers are incredibly silent about it.


95 posted on 12/07/2021 6:05:03 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Uncle Lonny

“because of the anti trump vote.”

Oh, but an EverTrumper told us upthread that DeSantis only won BECAUSE of Trump (as did Trump - but he likes to “trump” himself up).

Your feeling about it is correct, though, data or not. There would’ve been no “fraud” possible if Trump was as yugely popular as he and his disciples think.


96 posted on 12/07/2021 6:08:03 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: madison10

Rand Paul. Him and DeSantis if you ask me.

At least RAND is not the total loon that his father is (correct or not). And he’s just as stubborn.


97 posted on 12/07/2021 6:09:53 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: Bratch

[Governor DeSantis needs to stay in Florida and provide an alternative to the creeping socialism that’s infecting so much of the country.]

This! DeSantis can run after his term is limited out. I don’t know much of his Lt Gov, but I doubt she would be as strong of a leader as him, so we need to keep him in FLA as long as possible.


98 posted on 12/07/2021 6:22:54 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Alberta's Child

You obviously didn’t watch Gov DeSantis when he was a House rep... he was in the Freedom caucus with Jordan.


99 posted on 12/07/2021 6:24:12 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: EvilCapitalist

Yep...I’m thinking a double ticket Trump/Desantis for 2024 with Desantis taking the mantle up in 2028


100 posted on 12/07/2021 6:24:43 PM PST by Gaffer
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