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'Tallahassee Mussolini': Steve Schmidt says 'unfit' Ron DeSantis has even worse morals than Trump
Raw Story via MSN ^ | 31 May 23 | Matthew Chapman

Posted on 06/01/2023 12:32:39 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi

Former GOP strategist turned Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt ripped into Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in a new episode of his political podcast, "The Warning."

"There he is," said Schmidt, showing an image of DeSantis during his interview with Fox News in which he claimed he would "smash" leftism in the United States as president. "Governor Ron DeSantis. The Mussolini of Tallahassee, using a U.S. Navy war vessel as a visual prop just days after his disastrous launch, which spawned the fantastic hashtag, "#DeSaster."

"Who is it that he wants to smash?" said Schmidt. "Is he going to arrest Bernie Sanders? Is he going to send AOC to a rehabilitation and re-education camp?"

This moment, for Schmidt, encapsulated how DeSantis is unfit for office — and how his presidential campaign, hyped by numerous GOP donors looking for an alternative to Trump, will crash and burn.

"Ron DeSantis' campaign is going to be epic," said Schmidt. "As in, an epic debacle for the ages. He will raise more money against lower vote results than any presidential candidate in American history. He's going to make Texas Senator Phil Gramm look like Bill Clinton, when it comes to politics, by the time this is done."

"Let me just say this about Ron DeSantis, and his wanting to smash and break and hurt," he continued. "The job of the American president is to temporarily lead the American people, and to make the Union more perfect. Ron DeSantis doesn't understand that. He's as unfit at a moral level, at a character level, as any person has ever been, including Donald Trump, running for this office."

"He will fail," said Schmidt.

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


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: desantis; enoughtds; evidencehesayslol; florida; giveitarest; mussolini; rawstory; schmidt; whineonandon
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To: Erik Latranyi

You must be over the target, Erik, from all the flak you’re getting from Trump followers. Keep pointing out that DeSantis is the conservative in the race.


41 posted on 06/01/2023 5:43:50 AM PDT by elenvee ("...against all enemies, foreign and domestic..")
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To: Erik Latranyi

“The Mussolini of Tallahassee, using a U.S. Navy war vessel as a visual prop just days after his disastrous launch, which spawned the fantastic hashtag, “#DeSaster.”
Note that MSN actually offered this as a “news” writeup.


42 posted on 06/01/2023 5:44:13 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: vespa300
ahahahaha....get outta here.

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It seems you go around calling posters Trump cultist and telling them to get out of here all the time.

So what happened here?

Well, if FR is no longer your cup of tea...

43 posted on 06/01/2023 6:48:03 AM PDT by backpacker_c ( )
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To: Erik Latranyi

No facts from the Lincoln Pederast Brigade, just more name calling.

They know DeSantis can make the case better than Trump. They are afraid of him.


44 posted on 06/01/2023 9:12:44 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (The trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: backpacker_c

>>>It seems you go around calling posters Trump cultist and telling them to get out of here all the time.

So what happened here?>>>>

More cult stuff? Everyone has to agree or leave? Creepy.


45 posted on 06/01/2023 11:31:10 AM PDT by vespa300
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To: backpacker_c

By the way, you sure did a lot research to go after me. Checking histories and everything. Must have struck a nerve.


46 posted on 06/01/2023 11:40:07 AM PDT by vespa300
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