Posted on 07/16/2023 3:26:33 PM PDT by DallasBiff
Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis rattled off a list of what he deemed to be broken 2016 campaign promises by former President Donald Trump, saying he’d rather attack the GOP front-runner on the issues than personality.
"Substantively, we've been very frank about our differences with respect to the former president," the Florida governor said. "I mean, for example, he promised to drain the swamp – it got worse. He did not drain the swamp.
"He promised to have Mexico pay for a border wall. They did like 50 miles of wall. There's massive expanses still there," he continued. "He said he was going to eliminate the national debt. They added almost $8 trillion to the debt in four years.
"And of course, in 2020, he turned the country over to Dr. [Anthony] Fauci, and those lockdowns and the borrowing and printing really set us on a bad course," he added. "I've been very, very frank at that."
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Trump did not drain the swamp.
The swamp drained him.
Trump didn’t complete the wall that Congressman DeSantis never thought to build.
Trump got Mexico to control ITS southern border, and also to cooperate with the “Remain in Mexico” rule. He did fine on that score, if we allow credits for those that we didn’t have to deal with in the first place.
Not so that you would notice. Trump made great inroads and now he has their measure & the gloves are off.
exactly.
It's those exact types of issues that awoke me from my own Trump spell. Other things like creating a warp speed bioweapon and calling a worthless riot on J6 before leaving them to rot in jail, throwing gay parties at his resort, etc, played a part as well. These are the biggest issues we face, and Trump's actual grades on them aren't good.
DiSantis is a repulsive liar.
How is he fighting for us by giving us McConnell, McCarthy and the deep state.
I agree with the sexmcond part,and THAT is what matters.
What I would be interested in hearing from ALL the GOP candidates for President is everything that the Biden-Harris team has done to hurt our country!
>>”I mean, for example, he promised to drain the swamp – it got worse. He did not drain the swamp.
No, Slick. The swamp was there for years hiding beneath the surface. It was hiding behind the “We’re only 1/2 of 1/3 of the government” excuses RINO’s like you gave to explain their inaction. Trump’s MAGA agenda was an existential threat to them and forced them out into the open.
“ Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell made the Wall not happen.”
If Trump is re-elected his GOP enemies will still be in power.
With most of all DC Republicans doing everything possible to subvert and depose MAGA, could anyone be surprised? This is not to be laid at Trump’s feet. The Uniparty (R) outdid its despicable self 2016-20.
When you drain the swamp, the nasties are revealed.
So DeSantis is criticizing Trump for failing to do things that DeSantis never would have attempted to do himself. Does this guy even listen to himself?
This is a good, definitive start to a list.
Trump didn’t get Mexico to pay for a wall that had never even occurred to Ron until Trump made it an issue in his campaign.
Exactly.
Meanwhile, Trump was out slobbering on Zelenskyy today with Maria Bartorimo.
America has outgrown career politicians. She needs a businessman at the helm who knows finances and deal making. Trump is the best we’ve got who’s willing to run.
Sure, Trump made mistakes but that was because he trusted weasel aides and went with their recommended candidates for positions.
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