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How Ron DeSantis Lost the Internet
NY Times ^ | Oct. 21, 2023, 5:01 a.m. ET | By Ken Bensinger and Nicholas Nehamas

Posted on 10/21/2023 12:16:05 PM PDT by conservative98

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To: conservative98

Desantis has been the biggest waste of campaign funding in primary history.


41 posted on 10/21/2023 2:08:55 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Just another facet of the never-Trump deep state movement. DeSantis sullied himself by accepting the deep state RINOs’ aid even before he announced his candidacy.


42 posted on 10/21/2023 2:22:40 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Golden Eagle
"There’s countless links out there that would bear this out, those are just the first two that came up. I am so lazy, I assume that, as a Freeptard, you non-Ronlims will simply just trust my Google search history."

Do you really, genuinely understand your own personal desperation, bEagle? Is there anything I can do to make that worse?

43 posted on 10/21/2023 2:25:17 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: conservative98

If the Times is working hard against him, you know he’s great!


44 posted on 10/21/2023 2:33:21 PM PDT by livius
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To: conservative98
1) White boots -- finally something overcame Dukakis tank helmet. Long time coming.

2) Traumatic Brain Injury 'throw-your-head-back-and-vomit-laughter' -- this was so bad that you have to wonder if Casey advised him to do this on purpose.

3) Ignoring the guy who drove from Minnesota to meet Greasy.

4) Meatball's Greasy goombahs roughing up Quinn Mitchell in New Hampshire.

45 posted on 10/21/2023 2:36:27 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: livius
"If the Times is working hard against him, you know he’s great then you know President Trump is Emperor of The Free World!

Fixed.

46 posted on 10/21/2023 2:37:55 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: Drew68

True,. I think thr crowds are CGI too


47 posted on 10/21/2023 3:09:14 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: conservative98

From a purely messaging point of view it was always doomed. Think .about it. “I’m like Trump. Vote for me instead of Trump”. That’s a fatally flawed message.


48 posted on 10/21/2023 3:11:28 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Macoozie

“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”

In other words, he wanted them to attack Trump for him so he could sit back and be “above the fray”. Well, that didn’t work, so now he has to do the dirty work himself and it hasn’t been pretty. One thing you can say about Trump is that he leads from the front. He tells you where he stands and is not afraid to take the heat for it. He doesn’t hide behind surrogates.

DeSantis’s doublespeak and word games are designed to keep him from ever having to commit on the most important and politically risky issues. Ten years ago he might have been able to get by on that, but the voters are getting smarter.


49 posted on 10/21/2023 3:23:02 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Olog-hai
Ahh. Absolutely not. Its a tweak to the supporters of U.S. involvement in the Russia v Ukrainian War.
I am a Trump voter, and supporter 100%. I will also add that I will only vote for Trump.
I sincerely hope this clarifies my post, and position. :)
50 posted on 10/21/2023 4:42:27 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: Golden Eagle

51 posted on 10/21/2023 5:18:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Responsibility2nd
What makes DeSantis and you think that what happens to Trump won't happen to DeSantis? If DeSantis can't take care of Trump, what are his chances against The Democrats, MSM and the Deep State?
52 posted on 10/21/2023 5:20:33 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: Chgogal

I don’t think you understand.

Angry Trumpers are playing right into the democrats hands. The left wants Trump gone, right?

And because AT’s are doing everything possible to eliminate DeSantis, there will be no one left for conservatives if Trump is taken out.

But, if you’re like the average AT, it won’t matter if an elderly man with insurmountable legal problems is out of the picture; the USA will simply cease to exist.


53 posted on 10/21/2023 5:38:26 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: Responsibility2nd

When the Trump eventually comes to a close and he’s out of the picture, so will be the Republican party. Trust me.

People have got a belly full of this good cop bad cop charade from these two beltway parties.

The Republican party has been backstabbing the country and bumping bellies with the Communist left far too long. They’ve been riding shotgun and driving this country over a cliff for 40+ years, while America has incrementally declined in every direction.


54 posted on 10/21/2023 7:11:15 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Responsibility2nd

If and when Trump is gone, DeSantis will be next. IOW, America is already gone.


55 posted on 10/21/2023 8:33:27 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: conservative98

“The campaign has struggled to build a network of influencers and surrogates that could inject Mr. DeSantis’s message into online conversations and podcasts dominated by supporters of Mr. Trump.”

well, the desantis warroom has definitely managed to inject a half a dozen paid anti-Trump trolls here on FR ...

“Its tactics are either counterproductive or annoying or both,” he said.

yep, that DEFINITELY describes desantis’ paid warroom trolls here on FR ...


56 posted on 10/21/2023 9:28:22 PM PDT by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Your story is devoid of details. It's like a flowchart with a mysterious box with the text "And then a miracle occurs." You say "The left wants Trump gone" and then "there will be no one left."

Not anywhere near convincing.

57 posted on 10/21/2023 9:40:07 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Re-imagine the media!)
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To: conservative98

Thanks C98!


58 posted on 10/21/2023 10:19:24 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Desantis has already shown he is a liar and deceiver. Desantis is too connected to Rino’s and Repubs that are dirty and anti american.

If you see him as something to support, you are supporting the further destructionof USA

Desantis didnt do much of anything great in his govt jobs before election to governor. He himself has done nothing tohelp people,he’a only signed papers the legislature gives him and done what others suggested to him. The guy isnt even in charge of his family, seems he takes orders from wife.

Puppet will do as told, not a leader. Obvious current useful fool for those who hate USA.


59 posted on 10/22/2023 2:35:15 AM PDT by b4me
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To: Drew68

The nevertrumpers/desantis soon to be haley supporters are all grasping at straws...

much like desanctimonious is.

as such, they mostly lie and mis-represent things to attack Trump now, and people just shouldn’t believe anything they say, anymore....

For instance, Trump getting few individual contributions.. to his direct campaign committee...

Yes he did...

Because if you go almost anywhere where money changes hands, money goes through the Save America JFC, not directly to the Trump campaign....

And donations would show up as individual donations there....


60 posted on 10/22/2023 2:47:13 AM PDT by backpacker_c
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