Posted on 09/26/2022 4:45:42 AM PDT by devane617
Former President Donald Trump has asked several of his donors to refrain from boosting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has emerged as one of the former president's most formidable potential rivals in a GOP presidential primary matchup — according to The Washington Post.
Trump was instrumental in shaping DeSantis' political rise in the Sunshine State, endorsing the little-known congressman in the 2018 gubernatorial primary over a more established rival, then-Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
With the MAGA movement behind DeSantis, he became unstoppable in the GOP primary that year, romping to an easy win over Putnam and narrowly winning the general election over Andrew Gillum, the onetime Democratic star.
But the former president, who established Florida as the center of his political operations after leaving the White House last year, now finds himself having to coexist with a longtime political ally who has the potential to eclipse him in the minds of many Republicans who may not be keen on a third Trump presidential campaign.
DeSantis is currently in the midst of a reelection campaign against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Charlie Crist, while also stumping for Republican candidates across the country — a sign of his growing influence within the party.
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If this is true, Trump needs to back off... we need all hands on deck here.
Is this the left trying to stir up a lie that Trump hand DeSantis are fighting?
yahoo? gee does it have any interest in stirring up dissent among R’s, i wonder \sarc
baloney, lying article, as though these guys called yahoo and said this to them
An entirely reliable source.
It’s from the Washington Post, via Yahoo. Therefore, it is fake news.
DeSantis knows where he is and why and how long he needs to stay there before he can pass the mantle.
Trump and DeSantis have had this conversation a couple (or more) years ago and I'm certain they two have and follow a plan.
The enemy is looking for, and using, every avenue to infiltrate American minds that are NOT in the public school system.
Explain to me why a seemingly fit drunken sot is gallivanting around the planet ?
“It’s from the Washington Post, via Yahoo. Therefore, it is fake news”
👆👆👆👆👆👆
DING DING DING WE HAVE A WINNER!
“according to the Washington Post”
the qualifier that is disqualifying
I don’t believe it...
there are a multitude of suckers on this great forum that’ll immediately eat this crap right up ... face first ...
I believe that is correct.
Both Trump and DeSantis are principled med. I do not believe that either men would be an obstacle to the other if one or the other gets he nomination.
Have two rallies, anywhere.
Pres Trump on one side of town. DeSantis on the other.
Lets see what site fills up first.
Maybe this is true. But the WP has been such an openly partisan advocate that they have no credibility when it comes to anything relating to Trump.
Since the source of this is yahoo ‘news’, I simply do
not believe a single word of this ‘news’ story.
It’s from Yahoo, the media wing of the democrats party.
fake news
Of course. This is from yahoo.
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