Posted on 10/21/2023 12:16:05 PM PDT by conservative98
The G.O.P. contender’s campaign tried to take on Donald Trump’s online army. Now it just wants to end the meme wars.
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In early May, as Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida prepared to run for president, about a dozen right-wing social media influencers gathered at his pollster’s home for cocktails and a poolside buffet.
The guests all had large followings or successful podcasts and were already fans of the governor. But Mr. DeSantis’s team wanted to turn them into a battalion of on-message surrogates who could tangle with Donald J. Trump and his supporters online.
For some, however, the gathering had the opposite effect, according to three attendees who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to damage their relationships with the governor or other Republican leaders.
Mr. DeSantis’s advisers were defensive when asked about campaign strategy, they said, and struggled to come up with talking points beyond the vague notion of “freedom.” Some of the guests at the meeting, which has not previously been reported, left doubtful that the DeSantis camp knew what it was in for.
Four months later, those worries seem more than justified. Mr. DeSantis’s hyper-online strategy, once viewed as a potential strength, quickly became a glaring weakness on the presidential trail, with a series of gaffes, unforced errors and blown opportunities, according to former staff members, influencers with ties to the campaign and right-wing commentators.
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“When you can’t attack the message, attack the messenger!”
That argument again?
DeSantis’ online team was the biggest waste of money in campaign history.
Deal with it.
Looks like I'm not the one suffering from man crushes...
Stop making things up.
What do you mean by that last part?
Donald Trump is real
Donald Trump works at his own Hotel Donald Trump spending a day in the shoes of his employees at Trump Tower Chicago.
Walks Dog Walking Dogs ++
President Trump Works as a Waiter at his own Hotel - A Day in the Shoes of his Employees
https://youtu.be/PJaZBgvMQk0?si=8-lZXtfw1jQBpN_K
Well. We find common ground. :)
Lol. Yeah. What a mystery!
Trump/ Putin 2024?
and despite the fact the video was reposted during or after his Presidency, the video was made years before he even gave it a thought to run for President in 2016. He was not even a politician so this was not a political stunt.
Goodbye Team DeSanctus. It’s been a blast destroying your hundreds of million dollar campaign pic.twitter.com/K43oGQyMcY— MAGS (@TAftermath2020) October 21, 2023
The NYT is no fan of Ron DeSantis. I truly believe the NYT would prefer a Trump presidency over DeSantis. But overall they would prefer a liberal democrat.
Yes. At first glance, it looks like a vindication of the “Russia collusion” hoax that was perpetuated ever since 2016.
Probably the money he collected way back in 2020 to "stop the steal" but was never used for that. He wants to use it now to look like people are donating to his current campaign.
We know Trump divested $260,000 in campaign contributions to keep Melania looking pretty. I wonder how much money he has moved over for legal expenses.
I’m not making anything up.
Almost all the “donations” to Trump’s campaign this quarter came from his “Save America” Political Action Committee (PAC).
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-2024-fundraising_n_652c8f57e4b03b213b065e28
That’s the same exact PAC Trump used to launder the $250M he collected to “stop the steal” back in 2020.
https://www.thebulwark.com/trumps-save-america-scam/
There’s countless links out there that would bear this out, those are just the first two that came up.
Everything you posted after the word “probably” is made up.
And you’re citing hard-left “sources” again, which is aside from the OP doing it and does not suddenly make all of them factually viable.
Never mind falsely accusing Trump of laundering money.
Your welcome
“ The G.O.P. contender’s campaign tried to take on Donald Trump’s online army. Now it just wants to end the meme wars.
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Bahahahahahaha
Go away Meatball
Trump's numbers are pitiful--and over half of it going to lawyers.
The “stop the steal” money did not go to contest the election. Rudy Giuliani was never even paid for his legal services. It went into the Save America PAC. Which is what Trump is claiming are “donations” to his campaign this quarter, when $25M (10% of the $250M collected to stop the steal) was transferred to his campaign from the PAC. Sure the PAC has had other money come in since 2020, but the bulk of it came from 2020. This is not some secret information, or limited to certain sites. It’s all well known, to anyone interested in knowing the truth.
You’re a few months behind with the left-wing propaganda.
Opus?
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