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The Establishment Is Trying to Divide and Conquer MAGA
American Thinker ^ | J.B. Shurk

Posted on 11/09/2022 7:43:40 PM PST by TigerClaws

There are videos making the rounds showing President Trump standing on stage in Miami's pouring rain while imploring Americans to get out and vote. The metaphor is striking. ***

MAGA, in other words, is a direct threat to the international coalition that insists on extinguishing American independence and freedom. For at least six years, the Establishment Class has worked to demolish not so much Donald Trump, but rather the assembly of MAGA Americans that have found each other and are now working together. The Uniparty has used all its tricks and sticks. It has tried shaming Christians. It has called Trump's supporters "Russian sympathizers." It has used the criminal (in)justice system to bully, harass, and imprison Trump allies. It has slandered MAGA voters as "terrorists," "insurrectionists," "fascists," and "racists." It has done everything it can to wear the MAGA coalition down, to abuse Trump-supporters so completely that they renounce him, and to intimidate the MAGA faithful so mercilessly that they relinquish their political sway. The Establishment Class has done this because MAGA represents an existential threat to its paradigm of global wealth and power. *** There's an awful lot I like about Ron DeSantis, but when he is backed by Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, the Lincoln Project, and big-money anti-MAGA donors like Ken Griffin, I see only two possibilities: (1) either they think that Governor DeSantis will eventually play ball with the Über-Globalists or (2) they are committed to dividing the MAGA coalition between DeSantis and Trump, conquering MAGA once and for all, and forcing voters back to the Establishment-approved, corporate Republicanism embraced by the likes of Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Asa Hutchinson, Larry Hogan, Tim Scott, and Nikki Haley.

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Seeing this tactic - divide and conquer - at work on FR all day today.
1 posted on 11/09/2022 7:43:40 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

Just take sides on Ukraine or Q( in the past) and it doesn’t take long.
Meanwhile, Rome is burning.


2 posted on 11/09/2022 7:45:15 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: TigerClaws
Trump didn't help himself when he said DeSantis could have been more gracious for his support.

Also called DeSantis De-Sanctimonious.

Trump was the absolute best president of my lifetime. But he needs to park his ego.

If he ends up being the 2024 Presidential nominee he has my vote. But I have doubts that he's the guy anymore.

Flame Suit on, Fire Away....

3 posted on 11/09/2022 7:55:38 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: TigerClaws

To all those “Republicans” crowing about how it has to be DeSantis, and not President Trump in 2024, just know this:

- Joe Scarborough

- Ben Shapiro

- Chris Christie

- Jonah Goldberg

and every Bushie agrees.

I wonder why ..


4 posted on 11/09/2022 7:56:20 PM PST by Beowulf9
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To: TigerClaws

Exactly!


5 posted on 11/09/2022 7:56:33 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: TigerClaws
There's an awful lot I like about Ron DeSantis, but when he is backed by Paul Ryan, Jeb Bush, the Lincoln Project, and big-money anti-MAGA donors like Ken Griffin,

Is this true?

6 posted on 11/09/2022 7:57:03 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Newbomb Turk

Trump endorsed De Santis and openly voted for him.

Man, some folks just can’t be happy.


7 posted on 11/09/2022 7:57:39 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: TigerClaws

And some Freekers here.


8 posted on 11/09/2022 8:01:59 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: TigerClaws

The best way to deal with them is to ghost them.


9 posted on 11/09/2022 8:03:12 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: Newbomb Turk
Trump didn't help himself when he said DeSantis could have been more gracious for his support.

And by that token, DeSantis could have been more gracious and thanked Trump for helping get elected in 2020.

10 posted on 11/09/2022 8:03:37 PM PST by CAluvdubya (<---Need to change my name to CAluvNV since I now live in NV. )
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To: TigerClaws

Of course they are. Duh... Were I in their camp, I’d be doing the same thing.

Here’s the big question: WHY AREN’T WE DOING THE SAME THING?


11 posted on 11/09/2022 8:04:52 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: TigerClaws
No kidding! First it’s, “Trump didn’t do enough and say enough to help the candidates he endorsed”. Then, it was “Trump needs to just shut up and stay out of things”.

The never liked him and they never will.

12 posted on 11/09/2022 8:05:42 PM PST by CAluvdubya (<---Need to change my name to CAluvNV since I now live in NV. )
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To: Newbomb Turk

Trump is still Trump. His business acumen and approach to governance are what made him such an effective President. His “attitude” and “pugnacity” are entirely irrelevant.


13 posted on 11/09/2022 8:06:32 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: TigerClaws

Has anyone asked themselves why the election riggers allowed DeSantis to have a victorious night?

The answer is found by asking two questions. 1. How can Trump and his following be stopped? And 2. Which candidate can be propped up in order to divide the democrats opposition?

DeSantis has been allowed to be victorious by the election riggers in order to cause division and infighting within the gop.

What was it that alinsky stated in ‘rules for radicals’?

Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don’t try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

According to Alinsky, the main job of the organizer is to bait an opponent into reacting. “The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.”


14 posted on 11/09/2022 8:07:48 PM PST by patriot torch
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To: Dead Corpse
I agree. Trump gets things done. I'm not offput at all by his ego or his tweets. I love how he tweeks people.

But some people unfortunately will not vote for that.

15 posted on 11/09/2022 8:10:12 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Paul Ryan's top three picks for 2024, and DeSantis is #1:

https://twitter.com/frankluntz/status/1580936466552725504

16 posted on 11/09/2022 8:10:22 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: patriot torch
Has anyone asked themselves why the election riggers allowed DeSantis to have a victorious night?

That was my first thought, because I know that they rig Florida.

17 posted on 11/09/2022 8:11:18 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: Newbomb Turk

Then they are stupid. Part of the “emotion over facts/logic” crowd.

These people are not be trusted. Even if they are in the same Party.


18 posted on 11/09/2022 8:12:57 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

https://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-bush-says-ron-desantis-a-formidable-2024-presidential-candidate-2022-10


19 posted on 11/09/2022 8:13:14 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: DoughtyOne

I’ll support DJT for POTUS in 2024, with Ron DeSantis as his VPOTUS for four years so he can “learn the WDC ropes” and help DJT drain the swamp.

Then, Ron Desantis will be “briefed in” as POTUS and will keep MAGA alive for 8 more years!

DJT needs four years to get even with ALL THE BASTARDS who plotted against him for (when he becomes 47!) 10 years!


20 posted on 11/09/2022 8:15:46 PM PST by Taxman (SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2022, 2023 AND 2024!)
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