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Ron DeSantis stumps for Donald Trump’s picks in Arizona
FloridaPolitics.com ^ | August 15, 2022 7min | A.G. Gancarski

Posted on 08/15/2022 9:53:36 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

Gov. Ron DeSantis was two time zones away from the Sunshine State Sunday night. The Florida Governor was in Phoenix rallying for U.S. Senate candidate Blake Masters and Arizona gubernatorial hopeful Kari Lake, under the auspices of a Turning Point USA “Unite to Win” rally tour appearance.

Masters and Lake, acolytes of Donald Trump, have questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 election, a fact that did not escape national observers.

However, there was little focus on stolen elections, with rhetoric tailored toward party unity. And by the end, DeSantis was promising to send National Guard members to stand guard at the Mexican border in cooperation with Lake, if she were elected Governor.

Lake, upon introducing DeSantis, didn’t focus on 2020 so much as extolling DeSantis as being in Trump’s mode and saying being called “DeSantis of the West” was a major compliment.

“He’s got BDE. I call it Big DeSantis Energy. He’s got the same kind of BDE President Trump has,” Lake said, introducing DeSantis as a Governor who brought “Trump strength” to Florida.

DeSantis emerged to the “Real American” theme song of former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan, a new flourish, asserting that Election Day would see Republicans “fight back.”

Florida will “get the election wave” started, with said wave going across the country and electing Lake and Masters, he predicted.

DeSantis urged for Arizonans, post-Primary, to “be united against the Democrats,” and said that the Republican Governors Association and the National Republican Senatorial Committee need to be “all in” for this election.

“Once areas go left, buckle your seat belt. It’s not going to be an easy ride. I don’t want to see that happen in Arizona,” DeSantis said.

DeSantis forecast cooperation with Lake on border policy enforcement.

“If you’re willing to put people at the border,” DeSantis said he told Lake, “I’m willing to send National Guard to help.”

From there, the Governor played the post-pandemic rhetorical greatest hits, from Faucian dystopia to the Free State of Florida and “the woke mind virus.”

The material rocked the crowd in Arizona as DeSantis extolled “the need for strong Governors.”

“What we did in Florida was we really led the nation,” DeSantis said, saying “international media” and “establishment Republicans” chided him for moves like opening beaches during the COVID-19 wave of summer 2020.

DeSantis also mocked President Joe Biden’s bouts with coronavirus: “How many times did he test positive for COVID?”

“Hopefully we don’t have a case of Long Biden,” DeSantis joked.

The zingers weren’t done for the President.

Jimmy Carter was a better President than Biden,” DeSantis said, more seriously.

DeSantis stumping for Trump’s endorsed candidates comes as the former President is central to the news cycle. Trump continues to manage perception of the FBI search and retrieval of materials at Mar-a-Lago Trump purloined and took to Florida.

DeSantis went to bat for Trump over a half hour into the speech, claiming that agencies have been “weaponized” and Hillary Clinton wasn’t subject to such indignities “when she had a rogue server and she was laundering classified information.”

The Governor tweeted a denunciation of the search from his political account, rather than his official handle last week.

“The raid of MAL is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the Regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves,” DeSantis wrote.

Polling has shown DeSantis as popular in Arizona, the first choice for the GOP nomination if Trump does not run in 2024. In the last year and a half, speculation has abounded about DeSantis potentially running against Trump, but here he seemed to be very much in a support role of the larger Trump agenda.

Democrats, meanwhile, denounced DeSantis’ latest political trip ahead of time.

“Between begging billionaires for donations and campaigning for extremist candidates across the country, it’s clear that Ron DeSantis isn’t thinking about Florida right now. His only focus is his own ambition, even if it means leaving Floridians behind,” said Florida Democratic Party spokesperson Travis Reuther.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: bde; desantis; election2022; fl; florida; lake; trump
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1 posted on 08/15/2022 9:53:36 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Taking up the mantle, at least temporarily.


2 posted on 08/15/2022 9:55:17 AM PDT by madison10
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To: SoConPubbie
It's nice to see the MAGA movement expanding nationwide.

This political movement could well be Trump's biggest accomplishment long-term.

3 posted on 08/15/2022 9:55:33 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,805,215 users on Truth Social)
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To: SoConPubbie

This is a sign that if they take out Trump, they’re going to have a bigger problem on their hands.


4 posted on 08/15/2022 9:56:12 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: madison10

Yep. Both can contribute a lot.
Thx Ron for stepping up.


5 posted on 08/15/2022 9:56:22 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: SoConPubbie

and just like that, the huge myth that they are competing against each other dies.

They tried everything against trump, all they had left was the fake divide and conquer narrative with desantis vs trump


6 posted on 08/15/2022 9:56:34 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: SamAdams76

Not MAGA . America first and its citizens as well.


7 posted on 08/15/2022 9:57:37 AM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: Destroyer Sailor

That’s basically the MAGA platform right there.


8 posted on 08/15/2022 9:58:58 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (3,805,215 users on Truth Social)
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To: SoConPubbie
Gov. Ron DeSantis was two time zones away from the Sunshine State Sunday night.

You could argue three time zones. We don't do "Daylight Savings Time" so we are THREE hours behind Florida.
9 posted on 08/15/2022 9:59:22 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: SamAdams76
It's nice to see the MAGA movement expanding nationwide.

DeSantis was one of Trump's early picks - he's been the best Governor Florida's had... Nice choice Trump. Icing on the cake? DeSantis has become a 'soldier for good' in the MAGA movement.

10 posted on 08/15/2022 10:00:44 AM PDT by GOPJ (The FBI has been getting more brazen about its political thuggery this last year - Mark Steyn )
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To: Mount Athos

“and just like that, the huge myth that they are competing against each other dies”

Yep. I never believed that bullshit to begin with.

Just more divide and conquer crap.


11 posted on 08/15/2022 10:02:25 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: SoConPubbie

Wait. Wasnt there an article last Friday about how Desantis was betraying Trump? Some clickbait blogger I think. Lol.

Eff the aholes and their wild speculations.


12 posted on 08/15/2022 10:02:41 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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MAGA continues, as it has for decades. Good to see Ron advancing, without drama or sideshows that help no one.


13 posted on 08/15/2022 10:04:37 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Thanks Ron, once again earning high marks.


14 posted on 08/15/2022 10:06:09 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SoConPubbie

You can’t lose with Florida Man campaigning for you!!!


15 posted on 08/15/2022 10:08:02 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The House is supposed to represent the people, not the friggin' Federal government. )
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To: Mount Athos

...:all they had left was the fake divide and conquer narrative with desantis vs trump”

...I worry about that the most. “Drastic times...”


16 posted on 08/15/2022 10:09:55 AM PDT by albie
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To: Mount Athos; rintintin

Anybody seen rintintin?


17 posted on 08/15/2022 10:20:49 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SoConPubbie

The RINO’s are not going to like this. Hahahaha


18 posted on 08/15/2022 10:28:02 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Seruzawa

There is a concerted effort among the GOP establishment and their apologists to cast the DeSantis and Trump relationship as competitive. The contrary rumor is that the two have already agreed in principle to a Prez/Veep ticket for 2024.

DeSantis in Arizona stumping for Trump endorsed candidates lends credence to the latter narrative.


19 posted on 08/15/2022 10:37:53 AM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01

“The contrary rumor is that the two have already agreed in principle to a Prez/Veep ticket for 2024.”

After hearing DeSantis speak last night, I would not be opposed to a DeSantis/Trump ticket. Either Trump/DeSantis or DeSantis/Trump would work for me.


20 posted on 08/15/2022 10:39:56 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Sometimes when you get to where you're supposed to be, it's too soon.)
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