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Taking Aim at DeSantis, Spooked Trump Considers Launching 2024 Bid in Florida
Rolling Stone ^ | Asawin Suebsaeng

Posted on 06/13/2022 9:55:35 AM PDT by Oak007

Donald Trump in recent months has been telling confidants that he may launch his 2024 presidential campaign early — and that he’s considering launching it in Florida to stick it to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Trump has kicked around staging a large, flashy launch rally (with fireworks, of course) that would announce his White House bid before the 2022 midterm elections, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

People who’ve spoken to Trump say that one reason he’s eying the Sunshine State is to assert his dominance over an ascendant DeSantis, who — if they both run in 2024 — would likely be the former president’s most formidable competitor in a primary fight for the GOP nomination. One of the sources said Trump’s motivation is to show the governor “who the boss is” in the modern-day GOP.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollingstone.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 2024primary; asawinsuebsaeng; desantis; fakefakenews; fakenews; garbage; ibtz; nevertrumpers; noob; oak007; rollingstone; shameontheop; tds; trump; zot; zotthenoob; zotthisboor
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To: Oak007

Fake News.


61 posted on 06/13/2022 10:31:16 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Oak007

Well Trump has much turmoil at home, wife not interested in moving back to Washington, kids divided for and against him..


62 posted on 06/13/2022 10:32:11 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Leep

It has to be Trump. He’s the only one strong enough to grab this country out of the hands of the commies and return it to what it should be. DeSantis will make a great president in 2028 and 2032. We need that kind of time to make sure the bad guys stay out of DC.

If I had my way Trump would ask for resignation letters from everybody in an appointed position.


63 posted on 06/13/2022 10:33:08 AM PDT by McGavin999 (To shut down the border tell the administration the cartel is smuggling Ivermectin )
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To: Oak007

So far, Desantis seems to have a similar philosophy and style as Trump. If he has better judgment picking people, that would be a big plus.


64 posted on 06/13/2022 10:34:42 AM PDT by robel
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To: Oak007

I don’t believe Rolling Stone.


65 posted on 06/13/2022 10:35:13 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("It's one thing if it's a minor incursion" - Joe Biden)
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To: McGavin999

That is what I hope happens.
DeSantis can keep doing what he’s been doing for Florida until 2028.

I wish other reddish purple states would follow Desantis leadership style.
But I guess you either have it or you don’t?


66 posted on 06/13/2022 10:37:25 AM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: dangus

Trump has strong poll numbers among Republicans because Trump has never been attacked from the right. Lincoln Club and Nevertrumpers
attack him from the left, with Democrat talking points, so they make no headway with GOP voters. In contrast, if Desantis runs and attacks him from the right, you’ll see Trumps numbers go down fast. If Desantis plasters the airwaves with ads about Trump’s liberal hires (Fauci, Wray, Esper, Mattis, on and on), the polls will look real different real fast.


67 posted on 06/13/2022 10:37:28 AM PDT by rintintin (Desantis has a duty to run for president in 2024. We need a competent leader to fight the left)
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To: Oak007

Sounds like somebody is trying to force these two into a fight. Little $hits do that.


68 posted on 06/13/2022 10:38:49 AM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: bert

Like many others, Trump leaves Florida during the oppressive summer months. If and when he declares his candidacy, Mar-a-lago will most likely be campaign HQ. He spends most of the year in Florida.


69 posted on 06/13/2022 10:38:51 AM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt )
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To: thefactor

I mean seriously- who would trust a rag like Rolling Stone??

Among other things this is a same rag that posted a completely BS article on the fraternity gang rape at Univ of Virginia, which was completely false.

And then there was the article last summer about hospitals in Oklahoma being overwhelmed by patients who OD’d on Ivermectin. Remember that one? They posted a picture of people in Oklahoma supposedly lining up in the summer waiting to get Ivermectin?? (of course they were all wearing overcoats, snow jackets, winte4r gloves and wool hats- proper attire for an Oklahoma summer!!!)


70 posted on 06/13/2022 10:39:13 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: rintintin; dangus

I meant to write Lincoln Project, not Lincoln Club


71 posted on 06/13/2022 10:40:11 AM PDT by rintintin (Desantis has a duty to run for president in 2024. We need a competent leader to fight the left)
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Can’t get faker fake news than this garbage.


72 posted on 06/13/2022 10:40:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Yashcheritsiy

They both live in Florida. Is trump going to go to a third state in as many years?


73 posted on 06/13/2022 10:41:56 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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To: D Rider
Sounds like somebody is trying to force these two into a fight. Little $hits do that.

And just the opposite is the reality. Trump and DeSantis will be closely aligned now and into the future as it is a tremendous help to both, they're not so stupid to do the opposite which would be bad for both. The media must think they each live in a vacuum, they do not.

74 posted on 06/13/2022 10:42:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: McGavin999

GRDS should step aside, sooner rather than later.


75 posted on 06/13/2022 10:45:06 AM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Oak007
One of the sources said Trump’s motivation is to show the governor “who the boss is”

Rolling Stone? Sources say?

You'd have to be a real moron to believe this. My sources say this is bull s**t.

76 posted on 06/13/2022 10:45:21 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy
This liberal source is trying to set a fight between Trump and DeSantus. I don’t think these two great men will let that happen.

I don't get that. I mean, what would be the point? If DeSantis is intending to run against Trump, the the story is accurate. If he's not, then it is highly likely that he's communicated that to Trump already, and it will become apparent to everyone else within a year or so anyway. So what exactly does the left gain by writing about a fight that won't even happen?

77 posted on 06/13/2022 10:45:27 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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To: enumerated
I wish the FR trolls would quit trying to instigate this fake rivalry between Trump and DeSantis. They are not rivals.

Old mooselimb saying, "Wish in one hand, shit in the other, see which one fills up first".

The trolls are here because they think that FReepers are as stupid as rinos {only a few are} and mostly because FR depends on our donations {and they never donate} to exist.

Most trolls are so apparent that I rarely respond to them, other than an occasional response of 'ESAD'.

Trolls are only here to cause division, not to change minds.

78 posted on 06/13/2022 10:46:28 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: Oak007

79 posted on 06/13/2022 10:48:19 AM PDT by csvset (tolerance becomes a crime when attached to evil)
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To: Oak007

You just signed up on this site?

LOL!


80 posted on 06/13/2022 10:48:23 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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