Posted on 03/16/2023 6:15:11 PM PDT by conservative98
On Thursday, Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) officially endorsed 45th President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination just a day after Jordan’s colleague in the House, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), endorsed Governor Ron DeSantisfor the nomination.
Jordan has been a long supporter of President Trump, telling Donald Trump Jr. earlier this month that he’s “100 percent” in with the leading Republican candidate, as previously reported by the DC Enquirer.
“Well, two things. The way we ultimately get back, not get back, but the way we ultimately remedy it is to make sure President Trump gets elected president in 2024,” Jordan said at the time, adding, “I’ve been for him since day one.”
“When he announced and before he announced I was encouraging him to announce and run again,” the Ohio Republican stated, concluding, “He’s our guy because he’s proven that he can get things done.”
Jordan’s support of Trump comes after an email was sent by Rep. Roy that endorsed Ron DeSantis for the GOP nomination, being the first notable Republican to do so even before DeSantis announced an official run, as previously reported by the DC Enquirer.
“The next President of the United States must be a vibrant and energetic leader with the faith, vision, and courage to chart a new course,” the congressman began. “America needs a leader who will truly defend her and empower the people against the destructive force of unrestrained government and corporate excess, profligate spending, and woke cultural indoctrination.”
“That leader is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,” Roy declared.
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With two leading House Republicans coming out for two separate candidates, the battle lines for the Republican primary are starting to take shape. The upcoming primaries will be incredibly important, not just for the future of the party but for the future of the country.
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“Why is DeSantis running. “
He hasn’t announced that he is.
Jordon has been unwavering and puts the country first, not political ambition, I like that.
I’m hearing that Biden will announce his candidacy in a couple of weeks, on April 1
Chip Roy is small ball, always will be.
I love Jim Jordan but how does he think a Republican is going to win in 2024 unless 2020 gets fixed?
WOOT
More of a support for the invite to the fray.
You and I are on the same page.
Why, may I ask, why don't you want to dance with the one
who brought you? Is he no longer young enough? Has he
personally embarrassed you? No answers expected or required.
Only question the wisdom of your decision.
By paying a little attention and doing the same things the Dems do but doing it better which includes early voting and ballot harvesting. Then you have Trump leading in the polls unlike 2020 and inflation, border crisis, bank failures, corruption and Trump’s chances are going up and up.
Its the Dominion machines. Until they are gone Jesus Christ couldn’t get elected on the Republican ticket. 2020 has to be fixed. It cannot be allowed to stand.
Re: 38 - Actually I do get it. We just see the matter differently.
You make a lot of assumptions, but we all do when we predict.
I don’t believe President Trump’s incumbency does roll forward. He’s going to have to win the nomination. It’s just the way it is.
Looking at the multiple threads being posted about how Deep State types like Jeb Bush, etc, have nice things not say about DeSantis and the resulting comments from people that conclude that that means DeSantis is Deep State, it’s a bit of a stretch to conclude they will gladly vote for him in 2028.
And how big is the MAGA “base”? Please don’t say ~81 million voters as that is not the base. How big is the MAGA base?
You do realize that there’s FReepers that say they will vote for President Trump and no other Republican for President in 2024 - even if that means the Republican nominee loses.
I hope President Trump wins the nomination. But he has to win it.
I’m not one of those that says DeSantis is deep state or even globalist. I like DeSantis.
It is out of respect that I assume he will wait until 2028 - it’s the smart play, and he’s a smart guy.
But more than being smart, it’s really his conservatism that I believe will cause him to wait, and here’s why: He would have to pick a “lane”’other than the MAGA lane President Trump already owns.
The problem is, DeSantis is conservative at heart. He is MAGA. If he picked any other lane then he would be going his own heart. Even though he’s not a globalist or a NeoCon, he would have to court them to oppose Trump.
I think he will choose instead to follow MAGA, and wait his turn.
Another dynamic that makes me pretty confident of my prediction is the “signaling” that both Trump and DeSantis are doing.
For a year, DeSantis has been signaling that he would be interested in running in 2024, but he never said he was running an only sent up trial balloons. Why? This tells me he wanted to see what Trump’s reaction would be. Maybe Trump would decide he’s had enough, and that DeSantis would be a good MAGA prodigy.
Well, that’s not what happened. Trump immediately signaled that he would run and that it would be a fight. How did DeSantis react to that? Did he begin carving out a lane for himself? Did he begin to differentiate himself from Trump, and show how his policies would be better?
Not at all. In fact, he is echoing everything Trump says. This tells me he is not going to challenge in 2024.
But you are right, these are just my opinions.
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