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Florida Gov. says backing ex-president for 2024 now 'is too much to ask' after Trump attacked him for being 'dull' and having 'no charisma'
Daily Mail ^ | Jan 18 | By NATASHA ANDERSON and MATT MCNULTY

Posted on 01/18/2022 11:23:29 AM PST by RandFan

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a once-loyal member of Donald Trump's court, is refusing to bend a knee to the former president and says backing him in the 2024 election 'is too much to ask' after Trump publicly attacked his character, according to a report.

Trump reportedly said the popular governor has 'no personal charisma' and a 'dull personality' as rumors swirl the ex-president is angry DeSantis hasn't declined to challenge him for the GOP presidential nomination.

DeSantis, however, has told his inner circle that Trump's 'expectation that he bend the knee is asking too much,' the New York Times reported.

The governor blasted back at Trump's criticisms, accusing the ex-president of being 'uncharacteristically out of step with the hard-line elements of his party's base'.

Sources close to the former president who have recently talked to him about the governor said Trump has grown increasingly irked by DeSantis in recent months, with Trump beginning to voice his frustrations to those in his inner circle.

The Florida governor is extremely popular in Republican circles, and is widely seen as a leader who can push policies popularized by Trump, but without the same level of drama or baggage.

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


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To: rhinohunter

FAke news!!


201 posted on 01/19/2022 2:17:59 AM PST by rodguy911 ((FR:home of the free because of the Brave---),ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY: UNTIL IT'S NOT)
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To: JoSixChip

ONe of the few relevant posts here,great job.!


202 posted on 01/19/2022 2:20:04 AM PST by rodguy911 ((FR:home of the free because of the Brave---),ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY: UNTIL IT'S NOT)
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To: JoSixChip
It's amazing how many idiots fall for this kind of stuff every time the msm prints it. Both Trump and DeSantis have stated there is no animosity between them. The msm prints this crap just to create division. I am greatly disappointing at how many FReepers fall for it, every damn time.

Thank you!

Last week it was an Axios article quoting anonymous sources that Trump was talking crap about DeSantis and this week it's a New York Times article quoting anonymous sources that DeSantis was talking crap about Trump.

Meanwhile, the Lincoln Project has made no secret of their plan to split that MAGA vote and clear the road for a GOPe frontrunner.

Fake news people! If it is from an anonymous source, it's fake news until proven otherwise!

203 posted on 01/19/2022 2:37:30 AM PST by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: JoSixChip

They need to do an event or two together. Any pix of them together in a social situation at Mar-A-Lago?

The RATs are desperate to bugger up any upcoming elections — as if they haven’t thrown enough chaos into the works over the last two years.

And to attack a man while his wife is in the battle of her life with breast cancer ... beyond shameful.


204 posted on 01/19/2022 2:50:44 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (When government fears the people, there is liberty.)
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To: RandFan
The original article quoted a person who heard him say this as a comment in private to a colleague.

That person was not named and told this to the newspaper who reported it but no evidence it was verified.

In other words, it might have been a private comment of frustration but not his official opinion.

Or it might be a misquote or just made up to cause trouble.

205 posted on 01/19/2022 3:03:47 AM PST by LadyDoc (liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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To: RandFan

This is the problem. We eat our own.

Desantis 2024


206 posted on 01/19/2022 4:30:04 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I agree! Some things you just keep to yourself. This could backfire on him big time.


207 posted on 01/19/2022 4:51:14 AM PST by NeverTyranny
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To: Ancesthntr

Who say any of this is true?

Leftist lies.


208 posted on 01/19/2022 4:55:09 AM PST by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives)
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To: RandFan

Sowing seeds of discontent, eh? Don’t believe this horse$hit for one second. Trump has praised DeSantis on numerous occasions.


209 posted on 01/19/2022 6:55:12 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: dandiegirl
Thanks for removing all doubt....


210 posted on 01/19/2022 6:58:32 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: RandFan

Don’t need you to back him, just stay out of the way.


211 posted on 01/19/2022 6:59:15 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: RandFan

Democrat propagandists attempt to instigate a squabble between Trump and DeSantis

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4030768/posts


212 posted on 01/19/2022 7:26:34 AM PST by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: TexasM1A

I wonder the same thing. Sure, Trump CAN BE an absolute blowhard, but even this would be a bit much for him.

I’m a DeSantis fan.
Voted for Trump in both elections, but I would definitely vote DeSantis over Trump if given a choice.


213 posted on 01/19/2022 9:39:13 AM PST by a real Sheila (at least there are no more MEAN TWEETS! </s>)
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To: RandFan

Where is a video of him saying this? Do NOT fall for it. There is no “feud”. Everything is from RINO or Democrat “sources” who say they heard this and that. Rumor and gossop designed to split the anti-establishment vote.


214 posted on 01/19/2022 9:41:19 AM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Ancesthntr

Note that the article uses the word “reportedly” and phrase “sources say” .

NYT is spreading bool-sheeeit again.


215 posted on 01/19/2022 9:57:48 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.) )
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To: cranked

this is a sourceless article. why do yall fall for this crap?


216 posted on 01/19/2022 10:53:00 AM PST by DrewsMum
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To: RandFan

Mistake on DeSantis’s part. He is/was the most obvious candidate for VP.


217 posted on 01/19/2022 10:58:55 AM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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To: RandFan
Kiss the ring, DuhSandwich (2 pieces of stale bread with "Duh" in the middle). OR stuff your head in your own brown ring and kiss your chances at higher office goodbye.

You are being auditioned for the VP slot and failing miserably.

"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Thursday that he disagreed with then-President Trump’s decision to shut down the economy at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

DeSantis appeared on conservative podcast Ruthless, where he claimed that one of his biggest regrets in office is not speaking out “much louder” against the initial COVID-19 shutdown in March 2020."

That is just flat-out cowardly. 'Well, I meant to say it back then, but...' But what?

That Rush was saying it and so you sat on your tongue?? You somehow feared adding your voice to a resident of your state?!!

DuhSandwich won by just 32,463 votes out of 8,220,494 cast.

If that's not enough perspective, DuhSandwich barely beat a down-low, no-good, hopped-up jive meth addict by 0.4%. Think about that a loooong time.

DuhSandwich lost nearly ALL the Florida metros, from Rush's mansion all the way down to Key Largo, and got beat down in Orlando.

Gonna regret talking shit about President Trump. We just saw Cruz shoot himself in the foot just 2 weeks ago, and now DuhSandwich keeps saying, "Hold muh beer. Watch this."

Keep it up, Florida Man, you and your followers will be as radioactive on FR as the Tedlims.


218 posted on 01/19/2022 12:52:43 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least 1 of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J, Merck and GSK)
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To: BiglyCommentary

I think it was loyalty, but I get what you mean :)


219 posted on 01/19/2022 12:53:03 PM PST by bootless (Is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it!)
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To: Ancesthntr
"I have no doubt that he can defeat DeSantis in the primaries, assuming that DeSantis runs. But what purpose is served by this kind of mutual grenade throwing? WTF happened to Reagan’s 11th Commandment (”Thou shalt not attack fellow Republicans”)?"

Tell that to DuhSandwich's comms shitshow run by a raw amateur, Taryn "Butterface" Fenske, who was fourth choice in DuhSandwich's comms sideshow after Helen Aguirre Ferré left, then Fred Piccolo left, and then Meredith Beatrice replaced Piccolo.

Oh you've never heard of these people? That's because THEY S^CK AT WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING, which is makes DuhSandwich suddenly look like a rabid craphound.

If Butterface had any damn sense at all, she would be buying dinner for Stephen Miller and hashing out a VP run for DuhSandwich.

Instead she is running a lame defensive strategery (don't ever hire a woman as your speechwriter or campaign manager) that hilariously mimics Romney's futile early maneuverings for 2008, simply sniping at McCrisis. Both stone-cold LOSERS.

This man Trump is the PRESIDENT, bitch! Don't BRING YOUR WEAK SHIT at THE KING!

220 posted on 01/19/2022 1:19:59 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Each of you have at least 1 of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, J&J, Merck and GSK)
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