Posted on 05/01/2023 12:58:22 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis met with prominent business leaders in London as a part of a four-stop international tour but leaders told Politico that his speech was less than exciting.
Multiple figures at the Friday event described the DeSantis as "low-wattage" and "horrendous."
One business person, who remained unnamed, told Politico that DeSantis's message wasn't "presidential" and said he stared at his feet in the face of UK industry titans.
Another said "nobody in the room was left thinking, 'this man's going places.'"
"There wasn't any stardust," the second anonymous attendee told Politico.
DeSantis is expected to announce his 2024 campaign for president next month, once a bill that would allow him to run while still holding office makes its way to his desk.
The observation that the high-profile Florida politician may not be charismatic, especially compared to other GOP politicians, is something that former President Donald Trump pointed out as early as January of last year, Axios reported.
Trump, who announced his third presidential campaign in November of last year, trashed DeSantis in private as someone with a "dull personality," according to sources close to the former president who spoke to Axios.
It seems Trump is sticking with that point, according to a report from Politico. Sources told the outlet in March that Trump's election team will be focusing on using DeSantis' "personality factor" in a political brawl between the two.
It's not just Trump either: GOP strategists have spoken to outlets decrying DeSantis' supposedly unlikable personality. Multiple people who spoke to Vanity Fair in September told the outlet his temperament would hinder his political chances on a national stage.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
"The biggest complaint you hear about DeSantis is that he never says thank you," a veteran GOP strategist told Vanity Fair. "People host events where donors give him enormous sums of money, and he never says thank you."
I sure wish the right attacked the left like they do DeSantis.
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Boy, the mediavomits played him like a fiddle. He fell for the trap, and now he is cornered. We must unite and support this man give him his opportunity. He is not presidential material yet, but I would love to see him as VP to Trump. This, my dear friends is not the way to deal with this situation created by the mediavomits to divide this party. Don’t fall for the freaking sink hole again. I support Trump, DeSantis, and anybody else that’s willing to go out and run and make their case. But I have to tell you, DeSantis does not hold a candle to trump. He might as well just give in and apply for the VP spot , his time has not come yet. But I still support him and I still say he’s a good governor. The mediaPUKES want to say otherwise. He is falling for the RINO’S POS he hired to run his campaign. He needs to run away from those idiots as far and as fast as he can before they totally destroy him. But I like him not for president, but for VP …. I support him as governor and VP.
He is a terrible campaigner but great executive.
Too bad Trump didn’t team up with him.
Axios, Politico, Vanity Fair ...
We know where your heart lies.
I agree. It appears that we are Way Beyond Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment. I personally like that commandment. Let’s take issue with Democrats and liberals.
Whoever the Republican nominee is going to be in 2024 needs all of our support, regardless of who we might support in the primaries. I hope we all realize that.
That is if you hope to see the Republicans win the 2024 presidential election.
I’m leaning Trump. But Business Insider a leftist rag masquerading as investing news. When the left says please oh please don’t pick DeSantis in the primary it should be taken as a resume enhancer for DeSantis.
Wrong. This is exactly what we need. We got burned bad by people like G W MORON because they weren’t properly vetted. The time is now to put DeSantis to the test and see what he’s made of. So far it’s not looking good.
Oh please - He DoEsNt SaY tHaNk YoU.
I don’t get how he can be so hit and miss on campaigning.
He’s seemingly got a good ideological foundation and certainly a decent campaign staff but campaign-wise his messaging and stances are all over the place. But then this is true of all the GOP candidates anymore - Ted Cruz, Jeb Jeb, W, McCain, etc all had this weird, floundering style.
Another Low Energy Jeb Bush?
I’ll pass on Meatball.
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I always had major reservations about him, but with each passing day his act gets more strange. The guy is an Ivy League lawyer who has never worked outside government. Like everyone else who fits that description, he’s little more than a managed, manicured phony.
He’s a great Governor and he should go to the Senate. I think if he went to the Senate instead of seeking the Presidency, he’d get a lot more support. He’s a proven political asset, but I don’t think he’s Presidential.
At best, I view him as VP material, because of him being a pitbull.
Nobody with an ounce of ambition would sign up for a VP spot. If the guy wants to run in 2028 he should go home to Florida and just do his damn job as governor.
“The time is now to put DeSantis to the test and see what he’s made of. So far it’s not looking good.”
Three term congressman
Two term governor
Proven leader
Proven conservative
Faithful family man
Looking great
What lousy reporting. All of these "sources" could have been completely invented by the author.
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