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Trump campaign ad says DeSantis should be ‘grateful’ — and drop out
NY Post ^ | 04/26/2023 | Josh Christenson

Posted on 04/26/2023 12:21:54 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Donald Trump’s campaign has called out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a new TV ad for “attacking” the former Republican president and one-time ally — and suggested the governor should drop out of the race before he even gets in.

“Ron DeSantis was struggling big time in his primary race for governor of Florida,” says the ad’s narrator, referring to the 44-year-old’s first gubernatorial run in 2018.

“Polls revealed DeSantis was failing so bad, he was losing by a staggering 17 points,” the narrator adds. “Then DeSantis was saved by the endorsement of President Trump.

“Trump’s support was so powerful, just two days after the endorsement, DeSantis took a commanding lead and it propelled him to being elected governor.”

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 0001trump2024; campaign; desantis; grateful; rondesantis; ronlosingby37pts; stealthcampaign; trump; trump2024
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To: V_TWIN
I’m getting the impression Trump thinks everyone in the whole country should feel beholden to him.

Do you think otherwise?
21 posted on 04/26/2023 12:48:15 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

That doesn’t make it right.

At the end of the day the only question is, is this behavior gaining him undecided votes or losing undecided votes?

I think anybody that can think objectively knows the answer to that.


22 posted on 04/26/2023 12:48:23 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: JoSixChip

Comparing DeSantis and Jeb is foolish and silly. Unless you just woke up from a four year nap and missed Florida’s conservative governing renaissance.

Jeb was a snoozer. DeSantis has bucked the country club republican approach at every turn.


23 posted on 04/26/2023 12:52:09 PM PDT by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates. )
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To: ilgipper

You are viewing history through your own lens. Jeb was a popular governor in his day, and was grabbing national conservative attention back then. Just like desantis is now. But desantis has already bowed to the gopE and the deep state. My God! just look at the people who support him. And for the record, I live in Florida.


24 posted on 04/26/2023 12:57:21 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: JoSixChip

Yeah.......not to the degree he seems to believe.


25 posted on 04/26/2023 12:58:16 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

It’s the 3 AM vote dump that matters..

And Trump isn’t winning those.
Neither is any R that isn’t a crook.

So, maybe the R team should go back to the Bush,Dole,Bush, McCain, Romney strategy.
But a few ‘wins’ in there don’t look like wins with Trump’s 4 years in comparison..

Any who thinks objectively knows the difference..


26 posted on 04/26/2023 12:59:55 PM PDT by delchiante
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To: nickcarraway

Trump is simply running true to form.

His only real primary opponent, right now, is Desantis. Therefore Trump is trying to define him, and focus on the reasons “Trump good. Desantis bad.”

After the Dem primary has made it’s selection, Trump would do the same regarding the Dem opposition candidate.

Trump is masterful at dominating the news cycle. Currently he has only Desantis to worry about. Hence Desantis is the only target in Trump’s sites.


27 posted on 04/26/2023 1:00:59 PM PDT by steve in DC
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To: V_TWIN

That makes you an ungrateful SOB in my book. No one has done more for this country, or sacrificed more, or been put through more in my lifetime then Trump.


28 posted on 04/26/2023 1:01:13 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: steve in DC
Trump is masterful at dominating the news cycle

Because the media promotes him. I doubt he will ever go after Biden this much. Her let Pelosi run the country for four years. In office, he was a total Jeb.

29 posted on 04/26/2023 1:06:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why? Did you endorse him for the cause of conservatism or for your own personal reasons?


30 posted on 04/26/2023 1:11:19 PM PDT by dangus ( )
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To: JoSixChip

I’m sure in your mind anyone who says anything in the least critical of Trump is an SOB.

Get a grip dude. SMH


31 posted on 04/26/2023 1:14:04 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: JoSixChip

MAGA is becoming a 4 letter word, if it hasn’t already. Trump needs to focus his fire on Biden 24/7.


32 posted on 04/26/2023 1:19:20 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not
MAGA is becoming a 4 letter word, if it hasn’t already.

The GOP needs to start calling Dems what THEY are...MARXISTS.

33 posted on 04/26/2023 1:20:38 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I live in New Hampshire and I have started to receive RDS direct mail.

They are test driving “Never Back Down” with American flag backgrounds as the campaign theme.

Once you’ve seen the man behind the curtain, it’s hard to take any of this seriously.


34 posted on 04/26/2023 1:22:09 PM PDT by Jim Noble (You have sat too long for any good you have been doing )
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To: 1Old Pro

it won’t matter ... most of the sheeple don’t know, or want to know, what a Marxist is ...


35 posted on 04/26/2023 1:24:19 PM PDT by bankwalker (Repeal the 19th ...)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Here’s the problem DeSantis is facing. Trump is free to give DeSantis every punch he chooses. In the supercharged atmosphere we will be in between now and the election, almost every punch DeSantis throws comes off as supporting anti-MAGA forces. Like it or not, this simply isn’t DeSantis’ time. He may well make a good candidate sometime down the road. Unfortunately, GOP anti-Trumpers have nowhere else to go and they are willing to sacrifice DeSantis at his own political peril. He’s wiser to get behind Trump. I’ve participated and observed politics for over half a century. One thing I’ve learned: you won’t beat the trend and believe me, Trump is the trend in the GOP at this point in history and assuming current trends continue his strength will only grow between now and the election.


36 posted on 04/26/2023 1:28:23 PM PDT by Paraclete
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To: V_TWIN
I’m sure in your mind anyone who says anything in the least critical of Trump is an SOB.

That's just not true. But you imply that Trump has done nothing for America, or that we Americans owe Trump nothing for what he has endured and sacrificed for Americans. In my book that makes you an ungrateful SOB.
37 posted on 04/26/2023 1:31:16 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: Night Hides Not
Trump needs to focus his fire on Biden 24/7.

Trump is running against desantis right now, not biden. It that so difficult for you to understand?
38 posted on 04/26/2023 1:34:07 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Trump is too old and just too encumbered with controversy, however De Santis is better off serving FL.


39 posted on 04/26/2023 1:43:04 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The rats will coronate the old fool, saving their money for it’s sketchy get-out-the vote schemes, while the GOP will spend all of its money running RINO also-rans against the strongest candidate they’ve had in decades.

Its really simple - do we believe the policies Trump promoted
and is promoting are the country’s best chance or don’t we? If we do then everyone needs to drop the silly BS and get behind him..


40 posted on 04/26/2023 1:43:38 PM PDT by skeeter
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