Posted on 08/09/2022 12:37:02 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
If Donald Trump was going to run again, we assumed that the media would once again be the former president's largest pool of support, unwittingly, of course, with the nonstop negative coverage that would have only pushed more voters into his corner. Matt Taibbi noted that they're the "kingmakers of suck," arrogant, and more concerned with expounding on their moral superiority than covering the elections properly. Post-Russian collusion hoax, no one believes them, as evidenced by the appalling trust numbers the American public has given this industry over the past five or so years. That all ended last night.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence looking for—get this—classified materials he might have taken with him after his presidency. Oh, so this search was conducted because the National Archives pressured the FBI to get these supposed documents. The safe on the premises was opened, but nothing was found. Are they kidding with this line? Forget their Russian collusion antics that have ruined the credibility of this agency, their public relations arm has also caught the equivalent of long COVID regarding its talking points. It's abjectly unbelievable.
In 2017, they couldn't say if a left-wing shooter, who openly admitted his hatred of Republicans, had a hit list and staked out the field, which led to the attack on the GOP congressional baseball team, was an act of domestic terrorism. They also said it wasn't politically motivated at the time; they amended the report months later. The bureau also had the nerve to declare that the synagogue hostage crisis in Colleyville, Texas, wasn't influenced by anti-Semitism last winter.
The FBI is the Democratic Party's political hit squad whose origins can be traced back to when Eric Holder became attorney general. It accelerated rapidly under the Obama administration, and the same traitorous snakes remain. That was made clear in the Mar-a-Lago incursion, which ended the 2024 GOP primaries.
I was leaning toward Ron DeSantis. I would have been happy voting for either man, but it was a 51/49 split in favor of Ron until last night. The good news is that the debate about whether this would be a bloody duel between Trump and DeSantis is over. Before last night's events, I wouldn't be shocked if DeSantis had beaten Trump should both men run next year. Both can raise money, are base voter favorites, and have grand narratives around their respective campaigns.
Taibbi even noted how DeSantis knows the media's game regarding the increasing coverage and the rise of his national profile. It's the devil's candy since, as we noted before, the more the media says, "Vote for this guy," the more they're inclined to run in the opposite direction.
The Florida governor had the outsider line going in his favor, along with a booming state economy and owning the libs in Tallahassee and the media, but nothing beats being the victim of DOJ overreach. DeSantis also must win re-election this year, which is his top priority, so when it comes to managing time, the most valuable resource, he's at a disadvantage. Trump could declare days after the midterms and be off to the races.
Kurt Schlichter was on the Triggered podcast recently to talk about, among other things, his new book and, at the time, made good points about what Trump cannot do, namely remain obsessed about the 2020 election. As Kurt noted, you lost. It doesn't matter who betrayed whom; you were at the helm of the GOP and couldn't get it done. I don't want to hear anything else. We can't go back in time. We move forward by pushing the types of voter integrity laws that Georgia recently passed that caused the left to go apoplectic. There was a real chance that Trump would fall into this trap of 2020 election rants instead of telling us how he would fix the economy and undo the wreckage left by the Biden administration. That's all under the rug now. That's not even a top item. He, Trump, is viewed as the Democrats' public enemy number one. And now, the state has gone after him—you just cannot beat that campaign line. It's set to fill the war chests of the Trump machine many times over.
The Democrats' last gamble was to use the FBI, DOJ, and later the IRS to go after Americans to prevent them from running for office. It won't just be the presidency. It's not far-fetched now to think that any conservative running for federal office whom liberal America views as a threat to the gravy train will come under federal investigation. This raid was just the first shot, but a Trump presidency, or any presidency that doesn't have Biden in it—can stop that.
Maybe both Trump and DeSantis can do that.
The author of this piece didn’t mention something else that may put an end to Ron DeSantis’ presidential aspirations for good. After yesterday, I suspect there are a staggering number of Americans who — like me — will never again support a lawyer for President.
And furthermore the 2020 election is not over. It isn’t over until the fraud is uncovered & punished. Trying to sweep it under the carpet just gives the left cover & license to steal future elections.
We’ll see. I seems to me that they can do what ever the hell they want, no one is ever held accountable. Except Trump that is, they would demand a public execution if Trump so much as j-walked. The dems are bad, but the republicans are even worse. Because they hide who they are and backstab you when you actually need them.
The dee[ state believes it is in control. It is not. When the people wake up, smell the stench from DC, and get hard, the deep state will shrivel and die in abject fear. The people will make any sacrifice to keep their country free.
Agree. When freedom is at risk the populace will react.
Regardless, that will not stop me from continuing (since April 2020) to give him access to debit my bank acct for my small monthly financial contribution...
Florida is a “Home is your Castle” state, right.
Why didn’t Trump’s Security just shoot the raiders as they broke into his home?
Author lost me at “can’t go back to 2020, you lost. I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHOM BETRAYED WHOM.
Surprised he didn’t say “concentrate on the future”.
Another coward.
No they won’t. It’s not 1774.
I think a federal warrant "trumps" Florida's castle doctrine. :-) (I know you were being sarcastic.)
The only speculation was among the chattering classes and RINO consultants hoping to make some bucks during a DeSantis primary campaign. Last weekend at CPAC was a good example — all of grassroots types, not making money in the consulting grift were backing Trump.
Any hope they might have had for that is, as this writer notices, over now. The DOJ and FBI have dropped all pretense, and are transparently targeting the populist base of the flyover counties, with Trump as a proxy.
The risk now is that somehow the FBI uses one of their cutouts to Epstein him. I don’t even want to think about the fallout from something like that.
Some people are going to get hurt if this escalates. Certain people will find out that wearing a badge is wearing a target.
Let’s not act like the Republican nomination in 2024 was even in question before. It never was. Nobody else stood the slightest chance. The only other Republican of real national stature is Ron DeSantis and he was not going to run against Trump anyway.
Pretty much all he does aside from talk tough, until he doesn't and instead, talks like a ........
“I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT WHOM BETRAYED WHOM.”
That’s usually what traitors like to say.
Until 2020 gets fixed there is no 2024. Midterms likely will be postponed.
Still spreading absolute fiction for years on end now. Does it ever stop? Nothing you ever say comes true, and you have to know that, yet keep saying it.
Are you still getting your information from the highly praised source that says his mother is an alien and that he had an affair with another alien?
The Check mate to this is make Trump speaker this November, And then run Desantis as POTUS in 2024.
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