Posted on 04/04/2023 6:07:58 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
Democrats on Monday released 500 pages of opposition research as a preemptive strike on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign.
Why it matters: The extensively researched effort is the latest sign that Democrats view DeSantis as a candidate worth taking down before his anticipated campaign takes off.
Details: American Bridge 21st Century, one of the largest tracking and research groups in progressive politics, compiled the trove — released as a website — after spending the last year gathering data on DeSantis to brand him as a "MAGA extremist."
American Bridge launched the Trump Research Book in 2020 — a similarly comprehensive account of former President Trump's record and controversies.
Zoom in: Democrats are hoping to convince voters that DeSantis is “caught up in culture wars, unfit for office and utterly unprepared for the public pressure that comes with a contentious Republican presidential primary," Pat Dennis, the group's president, said in a statement.
The website is broken down into sections that highlight DeSantis' record on various issues, like abortion, election denialism, crime, Ukraine and the economy. The backdrop: Trump has continued to attack DeSantis as he's maintained a second-place position in the 2024 polling thus far.
DeSantis has insisted that his focus will be on running against President Biden — not Trump. But he has started criticizing the former president over his alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels, which is related to his being indicted by a grand jury in New York, and his leadership style. "At the end of the day as a leader, you really want to look to people like our Founding Fathers," DeSantis told Piers Morgan in an interview last month.
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LOL...Axios.
Operation Cover.
For those who support DeSantis (I would vote for him if he was the nominee) because he doesn’t have the baggage that Trump has, rest assured that by the time the dems get through, he will be “worst that Trump!”.
They created the Russia/Trump collusion (among other things) on Trump. For DeSantis, it will be something just as bad, or worse.
They already have. They accuse DeSantis of ordering the torture of inmates in Guantanamo.
Never read anything about GOP doing opp research, sigh
They do, but the MSM ignores much of it.
Remember the power to ignore is one of the most potent powers the media has.
If its not reported; did it happen?
Backed by DisneyCorp no doubt
Two possibilities...
Deep State is either bailing on DeSantis...
Or is trying to make him look good.
I don’t care.
DeSantis hasn’t secured Florida’s elections.
Florida’s budget is a mess.
The man doesn’t walk the walk.
That’s all I care about.
Is there a call to Russia in there?
Dumb move. They should have waited for him to become the front runner.
You mean in the summer of '27?
In their mind Trump will be taken out of the race, not only by the indictment in NYC, but I also fully expect other indictments, the case in Atlanta with the Lunatic who was the Grand Jury Foreperson and the classified files case when the Feds raided Mar-a-Lago, are two cases I think will result in indictments.
Once Trump is gone, their entire focus will be on DeSantis.
I don’t think it will work, but IMO that’s the plan
In their mind Trump will be taken out of the race, not only by the indictment in NYC, but I also fully expect other indictments, the case in Atlanta with the Lunatic who was the Grand Jury Foreperson and the classified files case when the Feds raided Mar-a-Lago, are two cases I think will result in indictments.
Once Trump is gone, their entire focus will be on DeSantis.
I don’t think it will work, but IMO that’s the plan
Nobody needs a book on this kind of thing. The RATs manufacture whatever they need to smear any opponent with the help of the DOJ and the media.
You can probably be safe at assuming that call to Russia will be inserted in there at any time.
This is democrat opposition research, I understand but we do ourselves a serious disservice as well.
I have no hope of halting this fight-on-the-Right but it’s like a fight with hand grenades in a closet. The left will simply watch as the good candidates destroy and weaken each other and then take on the wounded victor.
I can find things I don’t like with any candidate but even Asa Hutchinson is way better than Joe Stupid.
You can bet the Democrat party sent it to their friends in the Palm Beach, Miami and Orlando local media.
Local reporters will begin to use the Democrat party talking points as fact. Florida media HATES Ron DeSantis.
Fiction: Florida’s budget is a mess.
—————Fact-——————
DeSantis unveils a $115 billion budget proposal for Florida
Fiction: ‘I don’t care.”
Fact: You are scared to death that DeSantis will run
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