Posted on 05/15/2023 6:06:21 AM PDT by conservative98
Former President Trump is pushing back on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) remarks calling on the GOP to reject a “culture of losing” to win in 2024, saying “Ron is not a winner.”
In an interview with The Messenger – a news outlet that launched Monday – Trump rejected the notion that DeSantis is trying to portray Trump as “too caught up in the past” as the governor mulls a potential bid for the White House.
“First of all, I’m not at all caught up in the past. And second of all, I’m doing much better against [President] Biden than he is in the polls, and I’m doing much better against him,” Trump said. “I mean, I’m beating [DeSantis] by 40 points in some polls, so he can talk about what he wants. And third of all, I did very well in the midterms.”
“Ron’s not a winner because Ron without me wouldn’t have won,” Trump added. “If I would have left it alone, he would have lost by 30 points or more.”
DeSantis said at an event over the weekend that Republicans would win if they provide a “positive alternative” to President Biden.
“But there’s no substitute for victory,” he said. “We must reject the culture of losing that has infected our party in recent years.”
Trump has repeatedly taken credit for DeSantis’s win in the 2018 Florida gubernatorial race. He said in the new interview that DeSantis was a “dead as a doornail” in race before he endorsed him.
“He was dead, dead as a doornail. And I revived him. … I’m a loyal person,” he said. “If that happened to me, I would never run against the guy that did that. He’s got plenty of years left. And I think if he runs, he’s gonna lose MAGA votes forever. That’s my opinion. And the MAGA votes are almost everything in the Republican Party, far bigger than you think.”
When asked if he would ever endorse DeSantis, who was overwhelmingly reelected in 2022, Trump said, “It’s too early to say. So far, I’m not a fan of the way that he’s running.”
He also said that DeSantis is not doing well in the polls because he has “no personality” and does not have “a lot of political skill.”
FIRST...America needs free & fair elections....then everything else falls into place.
Currently, that scenario is not possible with the communists controlling the election & judicial systems.
“Why is Biden the President and Trump is not”
Return your head back up your ass.
A coup is not an option. The quote is not applicable to our established nation.
Florida is rated 11th out of 50 states for business and according to WalletHub its #2 best place to retire. That's pretty good.
There’s a reason why people call Trump a three time loser.
The established nation to which you refer no longer exists.
Failure to recognize that historical fact is contributing to the total demise
Same. Most people who love Trump also know he is dead wrong on this and just wish he’d stop. Trump saying DeSantis is not a winner is no different from the MSM saying Trump is a racist.
Hey DJT: Shut up! Just shut up! And sticking your foot in it is not the way to do that!
This isn’t a Constitutional Republic with stolen elections.
This established nation is a Banana Republic with stolen elections..
Exactly what I (via Ben Shapiro said) posted yesterday.
Biden is the worst ever, a corrupt, senile, feeble minded leftist. Yet Trump will make it all about him and smear his repub opponents harder than the Dems.
The result will be all of the Dems and most of the low info moderates will still vote for Biden and Trump will lose by a razor’s thin edge Biden has done such an awful job Trump will gain a few million votes.
Which is why I will vote for Desantis in the Primaries.
Why the vicious and personal attacks? Especially from the Trump faithful?
I voted for Trump 2x and will if he get the nomination but he HAS NOT yet done that. So we should be free to discuss other possible candidates.
Or does the “FREE” in FREEREPUBLIC not mean anything?
I accept your retraction.
Because they like to spin the truth into a lie.
Continued dwelling on the election of 2020, the fraud and malfeasance is the only way America will reclaim election integrity. Pretending we need to move on is a gutless position and an acceptance that America is over.
Stolen elections have consequences.
Trump would be in office today and DeSantis could be on his way to a contested nomination with someone other than the guy who got robbed..
Stolen elections have a way of messing up plans of those who think it’s their turn,.
Trump and MAGA voters believe Trump’s turn was stolen.
So much so that Trump has incumbent status in MAGA voter’s minds..
So an RFK Jr trying to unseat Biden seems unseemly to them if they were Dems and like the job Biden’s doing.
Which they aren’t.
They’re MAGA.
DeSantis is playing the sheepish will he/won’t he part of RFK Jr for team Bush,Dole,Bush,McCain,Romney..
Well within his right.
MAGA voters have their candidate since 2016.
“Because they like to spin the truth into a lie.”
Could be refuted if people would provide evidence that Trump is a 3 time winner.
The one with the comprehension problem is you. If a thief has my property at his house is he the rightful owner? Your argument is fallacious and following that line of reasoning no Republican will win any office the left want to control unless he is a RINO and they have bought him.
People who ignore evidence will always say “show me the evidence”.
I am sure that no businesses in America are playing politics with their decisions. Nor is CNBC.
Excuse me? If you have data to prove Florida is first on a variety of metrics rather than on gut feeling please feel free to post that evidence.
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