Posted on 11/09/2022 3:51:36 AM PST by Timber Rattler
Former President Trump in a new interview warned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) against running for president in 2024.
“I don’t know if he is running. I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. I really believe he could hurt himself badly,” Trump told Fox News in an interview late Monday after a rally in Ohio. “I think he would be making a mistake. I think the base would not like it. I don’t think it would be good for the party.”
“Any of that stuff is not good. You have other people that possibly will run, I guess,” Trump added. “I don’t know if he runs. If he runs, he runs.”
The former president also suggested he knew unflattering information about DeSantis that he’d be willing to share if the two were to face off in a primary.
“I would tell you things about him that won’t be very flattering — I know more about him than anybody — other than, perhaps, his wife,” Trump said.
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It's time for Trump to shut up, retire from politics, and quietly spend his remaining years on the golf course at Mar-a-Lago.
BTW, and before any zealots jump on this statement of fact, how much of his $100 million warchest did Trump contribute to those candidates he endorsed?
Answer: NONE.
Trump is done.
Trump’s candidates could not beat the early, mail-in voting because they were all smeared in the first months of the campaign. Their opponents refused to debate. Trump did not sufficiently fund his own endorsed candidates. McConnell funded Trump’s senate candidates with 10x the money Trump spent, despite Trump’s PAC having raised more than McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund. So, do not blame McConnel.
This allowed the Dems to smear our candidates early and cement those early, mail-in votes, ensuring their victory.
DeSantis turned Florida more red than ever by actually governing as a conservative, taking actions to ensure integrity and leading the nation during the pandemic.
Trump needs to retire his ego and enjoy his billions and Melania.
I fear Trump will not. He is the jilted lover who wants revenge. If Trump gets the nomination, he loses in 2024. If Trump loses the nomination, he will undermine our nominee causing us to lose 2024.
Last I saw, there was like 99% reported in Florida and Ron DeSantis won by nearly 20 percentage points. He’s a good anomaly on a Red Ripple night.
Agreed 100%
Had heard he’d spent 14kk of it during this election cycle, but that might just be a rumor.
You know who isn’t good for the GOP?
Trump.
Most of his candidates pooped the bed last night. I voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020. His time is over. And it’s time the Trump supporters realize that as well.
Please STHU. Please. It’s past time.
Desantis looks good to be next Republican nominee. Trump needs to find a way to step aside. I bet Trump announces early and runs. He will fade though, especially if he gets indicted.
The Republican party has been strongly identified with a) Trump, and b) abolition of abortion.
The number of people in favor of both is smaller than the number opposed to one or the other.
The Democratic party is also identified with a number of unpopular policies, such as open borders, cashless bail, LBGTQ indoctrination in schools, etc. But they didn’t harm Democrats chances to the same extent.
Hence, the Red Ripple yesterday.
The party that wins in 2024 will be the one that stops advocating things a majority of people dislike.
That indictment is what the many are praying to clear their path. What comes around goes around..
He does look good. But it’s an uphill slog even without dragging Trump in the sled behind him. We need to accept that early and mail voting is here to stay and make it work.
Trump is petty enough to sabotage DeSantis intentionally or not. He can’t help himself.
Make me.
Never trumpets are having a good time. Mega donor dependent DeSantis does not impress me as anyone who can love this country enough to command 75million votes, get blatantly cheated on,
Then go out and command rallies every two weeks while in exile, bring in a sweep of governors and congress people while skirting framings, impeachments, indictments
He doesn’t have it.
Get behind me Satan. In Christ’s Holy Name.
I’ve been sitting trying to figure out what went wrong and it all leads to Trump. He’s so hated that he negatively affected the congressional elections. I don’t think he could win in 2024 and if he did it would divide the country even further.
I agree. Trump’s time has come and gone. There’s no way in Hell the Washington establishment will let him run, let alone win.
Trump had to go make the election about HIM and what happened? What could have been the best GOP cycle in years was a friggin’ disaster. An absolute disaster. It’s like every single day since he lost the election in 2020, he’s tried to figure out the absolute worst possible thing he could do or say, from handing two Senate seats in Georgia to the demonrats, to a billion half-measures to hold on to the presidency without a single good plan.
I will always believe 2020 was stolen, but you cannot say Dems won in 2022 purely because of cheating. If Republicans could not win in this economy with a Vegetable in the WH, then we must clean house.
The only choice going forward is DeSantis.
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