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DeSantis says Trump not only didn’t fulfill major promise, it got worse
Fox News ^ | 7/16/23 | Jessica Chasmar

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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TOPICS: Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
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To: Reno89519

Were you better off under Obama than you were Trump? Were you better off under Trump than Obama? Are you better off under Biden than you were under Trump?


81 posted on 07/16/2023 4:15:58 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: JayGalt

Have you been on the Mexican border? I have. There are sections with simply Barbwire, sections with practically nothing, sections with some form of a fence or wall. Trump came in promising to build a wall, to get Mexico to pay for it he had opportunities to negotiate a deal with Congress, which we wouldn’t have liked, but he could’ve gotten the wall built. The end of his term saw less than 500 miles built most of it just fixing existing wall. Sorry that doesn’t work is 1500 miles that are in need of securing. The fact that he didn’t finish what he promised, made it easy for Biden to open the border which Trump left open. And the idea that Trump would do different in a second term with regards to the border is ludicrous. Whether DeSantis or someone else can accomplish something, we can only hope.


82 posted on 07/16/2023 4:16:07 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: Golden Eagle

Again with the false statements. Specifically Trump said that Hillary is now out of the game and he doesn’t like to use the same name for two people. It’s beautiful that she’s gone & Biden is vastly more crooked than Hillary ever was. The above was clearly said at the three most recent Trump appearances.


83 posted on 07/16/2023 4:16:56 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: aligncare

Anyway, to ‘drain the swamp’ and actually drain it not just talk about it takes legislation.


84 posted on 07/16/2023 4:17:07 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: mass55th

I went bankrupt and got divorced under Trump. I am struggling under Biden. Let’s not go there.


85 posted on 07/16/2023 4:17:17 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: MrRelevant

BANNON KNEW!


86 posted on 07/16/2023 4:17:19 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: DallasBiff

No one I. Politics would even be talking about illegals at all wi th I it Trump…

This guys just a joke anymore


87 posted on 07/16/2023 4:18:37 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: JayGalt

If DC is bombed?😏. Don’t throw me into that priar batch.


88 posted on 07/16/2023 4:18:51 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: Reno89519

Was your wife a President Trump hater?


89 posted on 07/16/2023 4:20:34 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Golden Eagle

OMG. If I were you I’d worry about the ground opening under my feet.
Were these accomplishments not the result of fights won?

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/


90 posted on 07/16/2023 4:21:11 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: cowboyusa

LOL. I’d like us to move out the parts of Government we are keeping first...Alabama...Idaho etc. Then the briar patch it is.


91 posted on 07/16/2023 4:22:23 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: Just mythoughts

No!


92 posted on 07/16/2023 4:22:44 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: JayGalt

The former head of the Capitol Police claimed, under oath, that six times they requested National Guard troops ahead of January 6th, and all six times he was refused by security officials at The Capitol Building.


94 posted on 07/16/2023 4:23:27 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: JayGalt
When you gaslight you lose all credibility.

over 300 miles of wall have been built, though just 5 miles are new

95 posted on 07/16/2023 4:23:31 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: qwerty1234
I was and continue to be a Trump supporter but the biggest mistake Trump ever made was forcing out Gen. Michael Flynn in February of 2017.

Attorney General Sally Yates bamboozled Pence, who then bamboozled Trump into believing Flynn had been compromised by the Russians and lied about it. It was all a set up and Trump's inability to see that allowed the Obama/Biden cabal to make Trump jump for the next 2 1/2 years as they set the Russia Russia Russia hoax in place.

If Trump had told Gates to stuff it, what a different world it would be.

96 posted on 07/16/2023 4:24:08 PM PDT by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: DallasBiff

Hey Ronnie....when are you going to say “we have a felon occupying the White House?”


97 posted on 07/16/2023 4:24:12 PM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Just mythoughts; Reno89519

Was your wife a President Trump hater?


A better question is: Does your wife know you’re gay?


98 posted on 07/16/2023 4:25:51 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Drew68

He kept more promises than the last 3 presidents combined.


99 posted on 07/16/2023 4:26:17 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)
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To: DallasBiff

Next the Trump haters that are bankrolling Ronnie will send him to Harlem and have him sind Mammy in Black face.
Ronnie is their bitch and they own him.


100 posted on 07/16/2023 4:27:58 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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