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TRUMP TAKES SHOT AT DESANTIS OVER COVID LOCKDOWNS, TOUTS SUPERIORITY IN POLLS: ‘DJT LEADING BIG!!!’
RSBN ^ | 01/30/2023 | Summer Lane

Posted on 01/31/2023 8:34:10 AM PST by SoConPubbie

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To: JerseyDvl

“It is always about him... all the time.”

The only presidential candidate I am aware of who praised his opponent was McCain praising Obama during a campaign rally. He was booed and lost the election.


61 posted on 01/31/2023 9:06:55 AM PST by odawg
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To: stanne

New York Times 22 April 2020:

“Trump Criticizes Georgia Governor for Decision to Reopen State

“I think it’s too soon,” said the president, who joined several mayors in questioning Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, who had said some businesses could resume on Friday.


“U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he “totally disagrees” with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s phase 1 plans to reopen tattoo parlors, bars, hair salons and other nonessential businesses this week.

Trump said Kemp’s decision violates the phase 1 guidelines the White House announced last week that recommends states wait to ease social distancing restrictions until there’s widespread testing and a low level of community transmission. Trump said he respects Kemp’s right as a governor to make his own decision.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/22/trump-says-he-totally-disagrees-with-georgia-gov-kemps-decision-to-reopen-businesses-in-the-middle-of-coronavirus-pandemic.html


62 posted on 01/31/2023 9:07:01 AM PST by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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To: Alberta's Child
DeSantis’ biggest mistake here is that he won’t just own up to his decisions from 2020.

DeSantis clearly only eventually followed Trump's lockdown guidelines for the entire nation, yet thankfully DeSantis did not do it immediately or even go as far as what Trump was requesting.

If anyone is guilty of not owning up to their decisions, on this and every other major mistake they have made, it's Trump.

63 posted on 01/31/2023 9:09:44 AM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: stanne
DeSantis never had a career outside government. And all the posers gravitate straight to DeSantis.☺

Trump? He built a planet wide empire before ever running for any government office.

64 posted on 01/31/2023 9:12:21 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: thescourged1

why don’t you trust desantis?...


65 posted on 01/31/2023 9:13:30 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal

DeSantis is running. Trump sees it and isn’t letting him control the timing. DeSantis, unlike Trump, isn’t a straight shooter he’s happy to let others do his dirty work so he can look above it all. This is how all political pukes did it before Trump.


66 posted on 01/31/2023 9:14:34 AM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: SoConPubbie
Trump stated, “He would have not been governor if it wasn’t for me – and that’s okay. Number one, he wouldn’t have gotten the nomination, and number two, he wouldn’t have beaten his Democrat opponent. So, then, when I hear he might run, you know, I consider that very disloyal."

I don't. I hope Trump supported DeSantis based on conservative principals - if he was looking for a boot-licker or somebody to owe him a favor, he may have chosen the wrong guy.


67 posted on 01/31/2023 9:15:42 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: SoConPubbie

Dear Trump, STHU, seriously, just STOP IT.


68 posted on 01/31/2023 9:18:10 AM PST by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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To: Right Brother

Trump will never be able to be a good President again. Who is going to work for him.

His picks the first time around were a disaster. It won’t be any better next time


69 posted on 01/31/2023 9:18:24 AM PST by RummyChick
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To: wiseprince

desantis never announced he’s running for president in 2024...

you’re prematurely ejaculating...


70 posted on 01/31/2023 9:18:28 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: heavy metal

Until a person actually serves in a Presidential of Federal government role, and people can see what a person stands for on issues foreign and domestic, and who is backing them, it is difficult for people to trust a presumed candidate.

Keep in mind, Florida is one state. Many are not all that familiar with De Santis.


71 posted on 01/31/2023 9:20:09 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: SoConPubbie

Absolutely disgusting, Trump. You were Fauci’s boss. You were Brix’s boss. You helplessly flailed your arms while your underlings stripped America of any pretense of a free nation.

Easter was April 17. DeSantis opened the beaches the very next day. Trump didn’t open ANY national parks until June 2. Trump NEVER withheld funding from schools that stayed closed for until the day he left open. Trump NEVER protected America’s right to worship. Trump NEVER protected anyone’s right to conduct business. Trump NEVER saw fit to do anything to protect Americans’ rights to not receive the vaccine, apparently blindly trusting in his successors to do the right thing.


72 posted on 01/31/2023 9:20:48 AM PST by dangus
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To: Mr Rogers

Trump didn’t oppose anyone. He said, I think it’s a little early, a little bit but everyone has to make their own choice. He didn’t say that about Florida he said it about Georgia. The admin Birx at the time, was ecstatic about how well Florida was documenting everything. For the record, I don’t agree with how Trump dealt with COVID but I also understand the context. It was as much an attack on him as anything. The war wasn’t against the Govenors, it was against Trump and they used Govenors as a way to help take him down when they saw fit. You’ll recognize the girl in South Dakota didn’t shut down anything. She managed it the way I think it should have been handled but at the same time South Dakota was not New York in March of 2020 and is also a lot less of a city dominated state from what I can tell.


73 posted on 01/31/2023 9:20:58 AM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: stanne
I find it sanctimonious

His failed attacks against DeSantis, such as on the lockdowns, and being sanctimonious, are what DEMOCRATS do, trying to accuse others of what THEY are actually guilty of.

Because when it comes to sanctimony, Trump is the KING.


74 posted on 01/31/2023 9:21:36 AM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who believes it.)
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To: heavy metal

If Trump waits until he announces before defining him then Trump is ceding ground to him and allows him to control and dictate the narrative. Trump isn’t blind on this. DeSantis and his crew, the Jeb and Cruz folks are doing all the prep work and Trump sees it. Read his Truth Social posts. He’s making it quite clear.


75 posted on 01/31/2023 9:23:24 AM PST by wiseprince (Me,)
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To: heavy metal

Too much conflicting information out there. Especially about who is funding/backing him.


76 posted on 01/31/2023 9:24:17 AM PST by thescourged1
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To: Mr Rogers

That seems at odds with his argument.

Why is he arguing lockdown. Spitballing? Distraction?


77 posted on 01/31/2023 9:24:34 AM PST by stanne
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To: dragnet2

“ DeSantis never had a career outside government. And all the posers gravitate straight to DeSantis.☺
Trump? He built a planet wide empire before ever running for any government office. ”

Seems crazy. People love to hate Trump.


78 posted on 01/31/2023 9:25:40 AM PST by stanne
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To: RummyChick

May be true, but I think the very same treatment Trump got will be what anyone will get unless that person is in line with the deep state.

I don’t see an independent from deep state candidate so far other than Trump. Looking at who backs a candidate, particularly financially, tells us more than anything else possibly could.


79 posted on 01/31/2023 9:26:00 AM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: stanne
Here....

Trump Criticizes Georgia Governor for Decision to Reopen State
80 posted on 01/31/2023 9:30:34 AM PST by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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