Posted on 06/13/2023 6:46:20 AM PDT by conservative98
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claimed his early push for the White House was a burgeoning success in a fundraising call with donors Monday, telling backers that his conservative message is drawing “converts” from across the country.
The Republican contender urged supporters to sustain their financial support as he barnstorms through crucial early-voting states, drawing bigger crowds than anticipated in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
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I don’t understand why so many on Free Republic, have such strong dislike for DeSantis.
Some even say, he’s a fine governor, he’s done a great job, but he isn’t ready for prime time, he’s a RINO in spite of some strong conservative credentials, etc.
If someone prefers Trump to DeSantis, that’s fine. I prefer Trump to DeSantis. Someone will be the Republican nominee in 2024. You can prefer one candidate or another, without having such disdain for other candidates.
DeSantis is inauthentic, bought & packaged. That is a sure losing bet.
I guess the data doesn’t matter to you, only cheerleading. Florida is not ranked #1 it’s at best #10
For education its #42
For Healthcare #39
And So On
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/us-news-releases-best-states-rankings
https://scholaroo.com/report/state-education-rankings/
https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/health/analysis/2022-top-states-health-care/
I just hate republican primary battles here on FR
The stupid comes out of hiding.
I thought the ultimate goal was to keep democrat out of the White House. Not destroy each other
“That last excuse don’t fly”
I don’t care if it doesn’t fly, the truth is the truth and in Florida we get things done whereas some other “ Republican super majorities” have trouble getting out of bed. Just like the Republican House where we just had 149 alleged Republicans vote with the Democrats to give away 4 trillion dollars.
So you can plainly see that having a Republican majority doesn’t mean a thing if they are divided, kind of like Texas.
Because they're members of the Trump cult, as simple as that.
And I think Trump did a good job as a President. He was able to overturn Roe vs Wade, which I thought was impossible. That said, this is no longer 2016. Now it's 2024. Trump had his shot. Time to give somebody else a chance. If we want to win.
Post all the data you want
It doesn’t change my comment
DeSantis is inauthentic, bought & packaged. That is a sure losing bet.
Precisely.
IOW ... CommieState owned.
Better than losing with dull boy Ron. Face it, he has gained very little and that rodeo stunt in Oklahoma was pathetic. You can tell his spokesperson Pushaw is on his team because the lies are like what comes out of Ukraine. LOL
FWIW, I like both Trump and DeSantis.
We need them both
Good post and all very true.
The goal should be to evict the Democrats from the White House.
I certainly will support the GOP nominee for president.
We can have all these side debates about the issues and candidates views and all that, but, on Nov. 5, 2024, I will vote for the Republican ticket.
You are a member of the DeSantis cult. Any goofball can accuse others who disagree as being a “cult”.
Some of you are so obvious as to why.
I’m just saying, one can’t just dismiss DeSantis ‘ accomplishments by saying they really don’t matter, really
Ditto
Always have. Always will.
I know. Your mind is made up, and you don’t want to be confused with facts.
Time is a little suspect (leftist) for my taste but the issues they highlight about DeSantis distracting from his failures in Florida by a few high profile moves is very relevant.
In Florida, the state’s tax revenues come largely through sales and excise taxes, which fall hardest on the poor and middle class. A 2018 study by the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that Florida had the third least-equitable tax system of the 50 states. In the state’s “upside-down” tax structure, the poorest 20% of Florida families paid 12.7% of their income in taxes, while the families whose income was in the top 4% paid 4.5%, and the top 1% paid 2.3%, according to the study.
Florida taxpayers get less for their money than residents of many other states. The Commonwealth Fund, a private foundation that studies health-care systems globally, found in its 2022 “scorecard” that Florida had the 16th worst health care among the 50 states. It’s no wonder that Florida ranks below the northern blue states in life expectancy and rates of cancer death, diabetes, fatal overdoses, teen birth rates, and infant mortality.
Largely because of DeSantis’s obstinacy, Florida is one of 10 states that have refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, an act of political spite that has cost those states billions in federal health care dollars and cost thousands of people their lives. More than 12% of Floridians are without medical insurance, a worse record than all but four other states. Despite having the country’s highest percentage of retirees, Florida has the worst long-term care among the 50 states, according to the American Association of Retired Persons.
Public schools fare no better than health care in DeSantis’s Florida. Not only did Florida rank 49th in the country for average teacher pay in 2020, but the Education Law Center, a non-profit advocacy group based in New Jersey, found in a 2021 report that the state had the seventh-lowest per-pupil funding in the country. Education Week, which ranks states public school annually, looking beyond mere test scores, placed Florida 23rd in its 2021 report, a lackluster showing for a large and wealthy state.
https://time.com/6266618/ron-desantis-florida-governance-essay/
Never said that Ron’s accomplishments didn’t matter, of course they matter, getting Concealed Carry was fantastic among other things.
The point of my post was that IMHO, DeSantis will remain around 20-30 % throughout the race. I just wish that he had kept his powder dry and waited for either 2028 or if something drastic (God Forbid!) happens to Trump now.
I just don’t believe in destroying the second place guy if so happens to the top runner
They’ve proven that there’s nothing they won’t do to keep Trump out.
If something happens to him, who are we left with?
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