Posted on 03/25/2023 2:47:23 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s donors and supporters are beginning to question if the potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate should run in the next election cycle — a bid that would put him against former President Donald Trump — or wait until 2028, according to reports.
According to a report from NBC News, donors and supporters of DeSantis are having second thoughts on the prospect of the governor’s potential presidential bid. Per the report, one main issue seems to be the governor’s ability to take Trump — who has been criticizing the governor for months — head on.
Per the report:
At a Sunday luncheon following the annual Red Cross ball in Palm Beach, Florida, a group of 16 prominent Republicans, described by one attendee as a mix of DeSantis backers and Trump “skeptics,” discussed misgivings about the governor’s standing for the future if he tussles with the former president.
One attendee told the outlet that these individuals believe that DeSantis’s future is better secured without facing Trump directly this election cycle.
“He will get scarred up” by the former president, according to the attendee.
The report also highlighted the newfound hesitancy among some of DeSantis’s backers, including what NBC News described as “conservative billionaire shipping goods magnate Richard Uihlein” and his wife, who gave roughly half a million in contributions to DeSantis’s reelection campaign. NBC News, citing someone “familiar with the strategy” around their spending, said, “The brakes are pumped,” in part, due to DeSantis’s waning status in recent surveys. And, indeed, Trump has continued to grow in survey after survey, even garnering 50 percent or more as DeSantis appears to lose momentum, particularly following the news of Trump’s forthcoming indictment and what some conservatives view as the governor’s insufficient response.
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It’s too bad that he can’t see himself as VP for one term and then a two-term President.
Trump, Haley and Ramaswamy have declared.
If you happen to figure a way out, ping me. I don't drink but I'll bring plenty of beer.
In other words, no way you would vote for Trump....
Well, you’re half-way there.
It’s an improvement.
Your three statements reflect misunderstanding of what the CIA is actually doing to subvert the Constitution in the real world. How they circumvent US law to subvert our system and the rights of American citizens. How they are running many "former" agents to capture congress. And so much more.
I doubt if you ever met one!
Trump should get two more terms by all rights and if there were justice.
Every expert said that in 2016.
You are 100% correct. However DeSantis has not declared yet!
He still can rescue his chances in 2028.
The American voters have the BIGGEST BUYERS REMORSE by voting for Biden. They will all go back to Trump in 2024. Mark my words. I personally know a few of them.
You DeSantis folks are as bad, if not worse, than the EV crowd. And in many cases are one in the same.
He hasn’t announced. No he hasn’t. Taking trips to all the right places. Lining up money for a campaign. Has all the backers. Starting to give interviews about what should be done.
Clowns.
His packed rallies and great support nationwide might indicate that you are wrong.
In case you haven't noticed, our country is in the midst of an undeclared civil war. We don't need a president, we need someone to lead us in this war. Other than Trump, we might have DeSantis...but there is no one else.
You are welcome to believe whatever you prefer.
Every time you type something on this forum, you prove to the world that you’re a leftist/RINO/UNIPARTY Troll.
If you lined up 50 eligible voters, I’m betting that about 10 might be able to pick Pompeo out of a lineup.
If he announces, he’ll be gone faster than a fart in a fan factory.
Amen. Well put!
a position in which he excelled.
Forgot to add.....’a position in which he excelled...laughable.
He followed orders. Nothing more.
He realized that Pres Trump was doing things and he decided to jump on that train.
Hell, it was Kushner that brokered the Abraham Accords not the Sec of State.
Stop making sense. Team RDS will go into seizures reading your comment
Your tagline is funny. Mitt and Trump both signed gun bans into law. Obama never did.
Keep pretending that Trump is a conservative.
To be honest, De Santis can’t win either. He is not well known and he doesn’t appear ready yet. Four more years as a good Governor would make a difference. He has to stop listening to those people he has around him.
The RATS aren’t going to start playing fair in 2024. That is the biggest problem we face.
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