Posted on 03/22/2023 8:02:46 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has finally broken his silence on his much anticipated potential 2024 presidential run, giving an interview from the governor's mansion in which he said that he has what it takes to be president and "I can beat Biden."
DeSantis sat down with Piers Morgan in a wide-ranging interview, saying "stay tuned" when asked about the potential 2024 bid for the GOP nomination. Former President Donald Trump is currently the front-runner for that spot, as he endeavors to earn his second term.
"It was clear that the governor has had enough of Trump’s constant baiting and felt ready to take him on in what could end up being a ferocious battle for the White House," Morgan said, writing about the interview for the New York Post.
"DeSantis slammed Trump over his character failings," Morgan continued, "chaotic leadership style, and for his handling of the COVID pandemic — especially in keeping controversial health chief Dr. Anthony Fauci in his post helping to run the White House Coronavirus Taskforce."
Morgan asked DeSantis how the two most popular Republicans in the country are different, and DeSantis said "Well I think there’s a few things. The approach to COVID was different. I would have fired somebody like Fauci. I think he got way too big for his britches, and I think he did a lot of damage."
DeSantis shut down Florida early on in the pandemic before opening up and giving the state the label "the free state of Florida."
"I also think just in terms of my approach to leadership," DeSantis said, slamming the former president and the man to whom he owes much of his political start, "I get personnel in the Government who have the agenda of the people and share our agenda. You bring your own agenda in you’re gone. We’re just not gonna have that. So, the way we run the Government I think is no daily drama, focus on the big picture and put points on the board and I think that’s something that’s very important."
Morgan asked about the mudslinging that has already started as rumors of a DeSantis run swirl. "I don’t know how to spell the sanctimonious one. I don’t really know what it means, but I kinda like it, it’s long, it's got a lot of vowels. We’ll go with that, that’s fine. I mean you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner because that’s what we’ve been able to do in Florida, is put a lot of points on the board and really take this State to the next level," he said.
Trump endorsed DeSantis when he first ran for governor, helping him beat out Andrew Gillum. "Ron DeSantis is a brilliant young leader. Yale and then Harvard who would make a great Governor of Florida. He loves our country. He’s a true fighter," Trump had said at the time.
"Things have changed a little bit, I guess. It is what it is," DeSantis said.
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Or bush, or cheney, or any globalist, or Rove sycophant.
Yes. In 2028 if he does not run in 2024.
That Nazi is ‘Science’..
And an impeachable offense to fire him or toss him across the Potomac..
See how your DC Swamp works?
There are lot of people who will vote for DeSantis who would not vote for Trump. Whether there are enough these folks to make up for the diehard MAGA who might stay home, is the question.
Bush Dole Bush McCain Romney
That’s your team ‘quality’ for President...
Your team deserves Ls too..
All of those Rs, except maybe Dole, were Anti MAGA, anti Trump,Anti America First.
That party has to end..
” “I can beat Biden.””
THIS is what his crack campaign team came up with?
1. Biden WILL NOT BE their nominee. (The Democrats will NEVER let that happen.) Advice to Joe, stay away from Fort Marcy Park and the corner of Flagler Place NW and West St. NW.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRcE9cHuTCs
2. ANYBODY can beat Biden (but he is NOT running)
3. Ron DeSanctimonious is shooting his political career in the foot.
4. WHY in the world would he think that THIS is the right election to run for president?
5. He CAN’T beat Trump.
6. Trump can only serve one more term, DeSanctimonious would only have to wait one more term. He’s young.
7. He is hurting/killing his chances to be Trump’s VP. How STUPID! The BEST way for him to get to be president would have been to be Trump’s vice president. DUH!
8. Ron DeSanctimonious is showing us just how STUPID he really is. I don’t want another Dummy for our president.
Easy to say now, but had Trump done so, heâÂÂd have been impeached in the House and likely convicted in the Senate so their man Pence could be the nominee.
IâÂÂm very interested to see how DeSantis performs on the national stage. ItâÂÂs easy talking big as a governor in a solidly partisan state.
He would have lost to that freak Gillum in 2018 without TrumpâÂÂs endorsement.
Correct. If he had, they wouldn’t be doing this to Trump.
At this stage of the game...neither candidate has a pathway to 270.
A true leader must heal the party or Kamala will mop the deck with these jokers.....
Enjoy the results of electing Democrats.
“IT IS STOOPID TO NOT VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE.”
It’s stoopider for the party to push candidates they know can’t win.
Hahahaha
You haven’t learned yet?
The establishment thanks you for bending over for them.
Desantis is clearly the establishment’s selected guy.
From the crew that gave us Bush 3, john “mavrick” mcstain, and super mormon mitt. And not energy Jeb!
Mitt would have been worse then obama. McStain would have been as bad as obama. Hillery would have won again jeb!
Desantis is a fool for taking their support. The little devil whisper was to tempting to him, which is why those freaks picked him.
Desantis will never be President. If he had waited till 2028, maybe. He has shown off a true establishment slime team and morals recently. He, like mcstain and mittens before him, take the base for granted.
Ed Rollins AND George Will both involved in the Lincoln Project PAC are doing television commercials stating America NEEDS Ron DeSantis for POTUS!!!
They may be using him now to get to Trump, but they will stab him in the back, when it’s time.
“ He can’t. Millions of MAGA will stay home.”
And this statement and others like it are why MAGA is no longer about America, but has devolved into a cult of personality about Trump. People who claim to care about America are prepared to make sure the Dems win if the candidate is not Trump.
Uniparty exists because voters continue to hold their nose because democrats are evil. Decades of this changed nothing, it only got worse and the republican party got worse.
When voters stop voting for uniparty politicians, republican politicians will be forced to change.
Uniparty is alive and well. Unless and until they vocally and actively support America first then they are UNIPARTY. They gave lip service to the tea party and killed it in the crib (they had no leader to rally the public). Only the public can change DC - and it starts by refusing to vote for the Uniparty. And never donate one dollar.
The fact that DeSantis would primary the leader of America First is self serving. The damage outweighs the reward. The real fight is to change the Republican party. Bureaucrats run government, not the President or Congress. Congress supports bureaucrats. The president is merely a figure head salesman. Proof - Congress gave no help to Trump concerning America first policies thus stopping any progress to make America better.
Only voters can force the change needed and it won’t ever happen if we keep holding our nose and settling for ‘at least their not a democrat’. There’s no difference.
As for DeSantis, he knows he would be the nominee 2028 and would have the support of most republican voters…..most importantly, avoiding a Cruz/Trump fiasco. Instead he wants it now……why? Because his interests are more important than the bigger issue - our movement. And for that reason, I will not vote for him or any other candidate except Trump. Why? Because every agency, politician and country tried to destroy Trump because of what he stood for and the voters that supported him. And Trump never changed. Trump has more supporters than any politician alive and he motivates them to be active. Without that skillset America first will die. DeSantis does not have that skillset. If elected, the public will go back to complacency……America first will die like the tea party and the Uniparty will continue.
No problem.
Btw, ya think turning on Trump and pissing off 75 million Trump supporters will be his ticket to the White House?
That’s dream world stuff. Not going to happen.
Put you won’t be able to win the Primaries against Trump. So there’s that.
SSDD. Same old tired crap from Gelded Old Party.
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