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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Wins Coveted Paul Ryan Endorsement for 2024
The Last Refuge ^
| October 14, 2022
| sundance
Posted on 10/14/2022 1:30:38 PM PDT by Bratch
Folks, I’m not trying to bust on Ron DeSantis, I’m just highlighting the dynamic in the background to include the political players and deep connected GOP club operatives. If the truth makes me a critic, then so be it; but I’m not going to play the pretending game. Quite frankly, I’m tired of it.
Ron DeSantis is backed by the same assembly of political insiders, donors, corporations and financial backers that supported Jeb Bush. The professionally republican class know what they have in DeSantis, and he is brand organized, packaged & managed to deliver on their intents.
Former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is as dialed in to the GOP club system as it gets. Ryan’s brass nameplate is rivetted to one of the select mahogany chairs at the club table.
Speaking Wednesday at the Robin Hood conference before billionaires Steve Cohen and Paul Tudor Jones went on stage, Paul Ryan noted the GOP 2024 nominee will be “someone other than Donald Trump.”
According to a recording of his talk, Ryan named Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott as his three favorites. {source} DeSantis fighting Disney was “really good for him, from a political perspective,” Ryan said.
DeSantis didn’t raise $200+ million, with 94% coming from billionaires and multinational corporations, for a gubernatorial reelection race in Florida. Keep in mind all of the major expenses (television ads, mailers, etc.) are coming from outside PACs and affiliated groups.
DeSantis has raised a massive war chest and he is not spending it. He has willingly accepted the positioning for a 2024 nomination effort. It is intellectually dishonest not to see what the Club is doing.
The DNC Club is doing the same thing with California Governor Gavin Newsom.
The both wings of the UniParty want a Newsom -vs- DeSantis contest.
The professional political approach is as clear now in 2022 as it was in 2014 when the clubs were organizing the Hillary -vs- Jeb contest for 2016.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2022election; 2024; bloggers; bush; desantis; election2022; florida; gope; jeb; jebbush; joeodea; marcorubio; paulryan; rondesantis; ryan; ryno; scumdance; uniparty; wisconsin
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To: Jacquerie
I don’t disagree
FL is the Free State.
The TPP endorsement contradicts that, though
To: Bratch
i dont see any resemblance between yeb and DeSantis
this seems more anti-Trump than pro-DeSantis
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posted on
10/14/2022 1:57:23 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
To: Bratch
I’m no political expert. but..
If I was desantis I’d say thanks but no thats Paul.
To: Bratch
Coveted Paul Ryan Endorsement < spit >
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posted on
10/14/2022 1:59:20 PM PDT
by
tomkat
( SOTU = FUBAR)
To: rockrr
So, is the author intimating that DeSantis is bought and paid for? Seems like quite a stretch.Sundance does nothing else these days than writing hit pieces disguised as "concern" against Ron DeSantis.
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posted on
10/14/2022 1:59:24 PM PDT
by
Drew68
(Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
To: Bratch
Is this a joke?
Who G.A.S. what Paul Ryan thinks/wants?
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posted on
10/14/2022 1:59:45 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Bratch
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:00:28 PM PDT
by
Pollard
(Worm & GMO Free - some call us purebloods)
To: Bratch
I don't know...I'm going to wait to see what Liz Cheney thinks. /S
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:05:21 PM PDT
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
To: Bratch
Most Never-Trumpers I’ve talked to don’t usually care for DeSantis; saying that he was mean to Disney, demanding Cruise ships not mask, etc. DeSantis is on our side, and he takes the slings and arrows on issues he doesn’t even need to at this point.
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:10:41 PM PDT
by
aynrandfreak
(Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
To: Bratch
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:11:03 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(z)
To: joshua c
i dont see any resemblance between yeb and DeSantis. To some, everyone who isn't Trump looks the same.
To: antidemoncrat
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:18:03 PM PDT
by
Rusty0604
(" When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat." -Ronald Reagan)
To: Bratch
DeSantis would be a fool to run, and DeSantis is no fool. Can you imagine how the base (except for a small number) would turn on DeSantis if he did such a thing to Trump? He’s only the greatest governor around because Trump endorsed him. How dirty that would be, to turn around and stick another knife in Trump’s back.
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To: Bratch
If I were DeSantis I’d take a shower and send off a note,
“Go _ yourself!”
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:24:46 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
To: Bratch
Lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas.
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:28:08 PM PDT
by
paulcissa
(Politicians want you unarmed so they can control you.)
To: Bratch
Paul Ryan coulda been a contenda.
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:34:24 PM PDT
by
nicollo
("I said no!")
To: so_real
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:35:14 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Calamity Joe Biden)
To: Bratch
Now I’m suspicious, next he will get Dennis Hastert’s endorsement.
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:37:12 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: so_real
I bet DeSantis doesn’t thank him for the endorsement.
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posted on
10/14/2022 2:38:54 PM PDT
by
CaptainK
("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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