Posted on 08/03/2023 1:19:21 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
DeSantis campaigned in New Hampshire over the weekend, attending campaign events hosted by former Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA).
“We’re going to have all of these Deep State people, you know. We are going to start slitting throats on day one,” DeSantis said during the barbecue event. DeSantis also promised that his administration will ensure the woke agenda “ends up in the dustbin of history.”
New Hampshire Public Radio quoted one New Hampshire Republican voter who was not thrilled by the governor’s choice of words.
“If I was in charge of his PR, I would have said, ‘Don’t use that terminology,’” he remarked. Others on social media expressed similar sentiments.
“He is so bad at this,” one user remarked.
“I guess he’s going for the Charles Manson fan base vote…..” another said.
“Great, another one that hires ‘the best’ people to advise him,” one observed, as others joked that there will not be a “day one” of his presidency anyway:
Ron DeSantis, in New Hampshire, discusses his plans for the federal workforce:
"We are going to start slitting throats on Day One."
(via @joshrogersNHPR) pic.twitter.com/H7pm9gTnda
— alexander nazaryan (@alexnazaryan) August 3, 2023
DeSantis used the same terminology during an interview with Real America’s Voice last month, explaining that he would like his defense secretary to be someone who is ready to “slit some throats.”
“I think the idea that you take a flag (officer) or general officer who recently retired and put them as the Secretary of Defense, I think it is a mistake,” DeSantis said during the interview.
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An ex-president at 41%? Sad.
Romney won the nomination. DeSantis isn’t going to win anything
All Trump supporters, from what I can tell. They apparently are upset by someone who came from a meager family, worked their way up, and volunteered for military service, and served in a war zone. They'd prefer daddy's boys who grew up in NYC with a silver spoon in their mouth, who got draft deferments. Shows what a sad state this country is becoming, and how they want to keep pushing it in that direction. People who worship money and power, which leads to dictatorships.
The more I see of Trump-enthusiasts, the less respect I have for Trump ...
He better.
Be honest now.
Would you rather have Romney as president? Or DeSantis.
Don’t denigrate people’s service unless you served.
Our beloved Donald uses a lot of hyperbole to make a point. Some are too dense to realize that.
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Trump uses brash hyperbole a lot, and while Trump may not have the vocabulary of a Shakespeare or Goethe, I have a very hard time imagining him saying that we are going to “slit throats”. Trump isn’t a pseudo-intellectual like a Romney, but he has a has way more wits about him, street-like realism, and a knack for connecting with people who operate in the real world and not in ivory towers. Trump would probably say that we are going to get in there and start clearing house or turning things upside down... and the liberal weenies would whine
Too late. If he had come in this way, it may of worked, but he has proved himself to soft, and is now trying to make up for it.
We’re going to start slitting throats
Neither.
I’m just talking about their capability as candidates.
For a candidate with major backing and support, DeSantis is maybe the worst Repub Presidential candidate I have ever seen.
And how do you know DeSantis is full of it and is just giving lip service to the problem? Because he doesn’t mention specific abuses, call out the perpetrators, and promise criminal investigations if he becomes President. It’s all about, “I’m going to pass this legislation”, “I’m going to get venues changed”, and of course, “I’m going to fire people”. But it’s time for us to move on and not focus on the past. Prosecutorial misconduct? We’ll fire them!
It’s so easy to sound like you’re doing something when you’re really doing nothing. Fire some people so you can replace them with a new group of Washington insiders, but when it comes to actual consequences for crimes already committed? It’s time to bring the country together.
DeSantis is just pushing the old shell game that the Uniparty has always pushed. You’ll never defeat the deep state unless people know there will be real consequences. Only when bureaucrats, influence peddlers, reporters, and crooked politicians start going to jail for selling their country out, will you start dealing with the problem.
Trumpbart is really sad these days
Disgraceful. The more devoted Trump supporters are, the more incredibly embarrassing things they’re willing to say.
LOL. Start with the GOP throats, Ron. They are “at hand.” Pick one. Linda Graham? McCarthy? What a joke.
Snort!
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