Posted on 11/05/2022 9:36:58 PM PDT by thegagline
Former president Donald Trump boasted on Saturday that he’s polling way above “Ron DeSanctimonious” for the GOP 2024 presidential nomination, in an early taste of the rivalry that’s widely expected to develop after next week’s midterms.
Trump at 71, Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent, Mike Pence at 7 percent . . . Oh, Mike’s doing better than I thought,” Trump told a crowd of supporters at a rally in Latrobe, Pa., for Republican Senate and gubernatorial candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and Doug Mastriano.
The fact that Trump assigned the governor of Florida a derogatory nickname is a telltale sign that he considers him a legitimate competitor for 2024, and that he is indeed gearing up to run. Governor Ron DeSantis has long been regarded a GOP rising star and strong contender for president, one who could potentially have the conservative-populist credibility to take on Trump in a primary.
While presiding over the Sunshine State, DeSantis has demonstrated a willingness to apply government power to achieve conservative policy goals — incorporating some of Trump’s confrontational approach. For example, he enacted a mask-mandate ban for K-12 public schools and a prohibition on teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to elementary-aged children. Both laws received widespread support among residents. The hope of some Republicans who favor DeSantis over Trump is that he can pursue a similar agenda without the political baggage of the former president.
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“Ego-maniac traitor
You never did understand
You fell in love with your ego
It did not fit into plan”
Low Life
Public Image Ltd
This is not a good look, Mr President. It merely gives ammunition to the Never-TRUMPER denizens of National Review and similar sources.
Shit just isn’t going to work this time with a popular Red Governer, Trump. Keep the name calling to the Rinos and Dems.
Trump has trouble keeping allies for some reason, but is still the owner of MAGA movement.
Rich Baris “The People’s Pundit”
@Peoples_Pundit
I’ll tell everyone what it was right now, though it’s not the smartest fight for REPs to have before a midterm.
When Ron DeSantis is chatting with @kevinomccarthy and Team Paul Ryan behind the back of the man who made him the governor of Florida, it was bound to happen.
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It’s called a shot across the bow and it’s in response to what Trump has been hearing is going on behind his back, which more than a half of dozen donors and scores of sitting congressman have told me is true.
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They’ve targeted Ron DeSantis as the stool they believe is their best chance to foil another Trump Presidency and after enough hammering away at him and blowing up his head, there are indications that it is working.
But make no mistake, it is a DC establishment plan and is true.
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I’ve received at least a half dozen calls from GOP donors who have told me the contents of their conversations AND sitting members of Congress have confirmed it.
@GOPLeader Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan have hatched a plan to defeat MAGA in 2024 and Ron DeSantis is the stool.
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Sorry if that hurts some of your feelings, but it’s true and those of you most likely to bitch about me saying it don’t know what the Hell you’re talking about.
If DeSantis doesn’t bite, though he has been more lately, their next target is @GlennYoungkin
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Point being, for those of us who know, it was not at all surprising to hear that. Sure, it plays into their hands, but that’s Trump folks. That’s his way to say, “I know what you’re doing, I’ve heard all about it.”
“Andrew Gillum would be governor of Florida if not for me.”
The reactions to this thread are exactly why Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell are in love with this idea.
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Folks, I don’t really care for whom you vote. But don’t delude yourselves into pretending it isn’t #NeverTrump behind the push for Ron DeSantis to fracture the party in a primary if and when Trump obviously runs.
It most definitely is them to include McCarthy and McConnell.
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And both things can be true. It absolutely could’ve waited for Wednesday.
But come on, everyone should know by now, that’s Trump.
https://twitter.com/Peoples_Pundit/status/1589074388133240834?s=20&t=A5SuNQ6RBKSWDRF_UbFisw
In a few days we will laugh about it.
I’ll bet mr sanctimonious turned dow man the Trump team for the rally in Miami tomorrow.
DeSantis should declare being Trump’s 2024 rival instead of letting the media do it for him like a wimp.
Trump has to remind us that he is often times a douche bag
Trump First, Last and Always He is My President But Not My God.
Just vote for him, OK? Good, I knew you would. Where are you going to go?
All I gotta say is this; “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”
In much the way the Dems have to try to tell us that crime is not a problem,
Trump has to try to tell us that DeSantis is a RINO.
But what our eyes see and what our eyes hear, are two different things.
If what I posted in #6 is true, then I don’t think it’s Trump who’s the douche bag. McCarthy and McConnell and the rest of the Washington establishment snakes need to slither away. Shame on DeSantis for colluding with them, even if temporarily to test the waters. Laura Loomer is right - he’s a political opportunist and it matters not to him that Trump put him into the Gov role to begin with. Having said that, he’s a great Gov and I hope he wins. This little adventure into swamp territory, however, will bring him down in the eyes of many.
Desantis is playing a dangerous game. The second Trump announces his run Desantis needs to “unannounce” ( If that is even a word ).
Old decrepit TDS Geezers on Free Republic need to do the same.
DeSantis should cruise to a win. Still, not a good look to be attacking another Republican four days before he’s up for election.
But then, it’s always about Trump.
It’s never Trump’s rival’s fault. People her jump on Trump as soon as they get the OK whistle
Think people
DeSantis has the Florida gov seat in the bag that race is over
This has not bearing on that
The election is over except a few races. They’re deciding the senate and a few hit governors races
DeSantis has been Nm ever Trump by wimp beta male default for two years
Of course Trump has to pounce. But he’s not the one who’s wrong just because DeSantis is being passive aggressive about this.
He could just declare being rival for 2024 WH run instead of passively letting the media do it. That he doesn’t keeps him safe from Trumps slings and arrows
But all the Pearl clutching here hasn’t convinced me there are not two people running for GOP 2024 Nov 9th and one is a man and one is a passive aggressive wimp running to the crowd for cover.
Trump is gonna Trump.
I’ve learned to at least try to ignore those times, where he seems to be walking around, looking for somebody to have a scuffle with. I just wait him out, till he refocuses on the issues. It may take a few weeks. Most times, his compulsion to confront and battle is a feature, not a bug.
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