Posted on 12/29/2023 9:05:57 AM PST by conservative98
With just weeks away before the Iowa Caucus, the candidates in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary not named President Donald Trump do not seem to be gaining any real traction. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who is in a (distant) second to Trump, has been under the most scrutiny, and rumors of his campaign's suspension are swirling again.
The Washington Examiner reported that Ryan Tyson, a long-time adviser of Gov. DeSantis, has supposedly said the campaign is in the "make the patient comfortable" stage, a phrase used for a person in hospice care.
However, Gov. DeSantis's communications director, Andrew Romeo, denied the quote, dismissing Tyson's remark as the "same media hit job based on unnamed sources with agendas" and said DeSantis has come out against the odds before, and the campaign will do so again in January.
Matt Gorman and Tim Hogan, political strategists for Targeted Victory and Arc Initiatives, respectively, discussed the supposed Tyson quote on Fox News's Faulkner Focus. Gorman said the issue is ultimately up to the voters.
"I think with two weeks to go, Tim [Hogan] and I both spent time on presidential campaigns. I think, at this point, it is with the voters. It is for them to make that call. The morning after voting, whether it is the day after Iowa for someone like DeSantis or Vivek [Ramaswamy] or New Hampshire with someone like [Chris] Christie, if they do not meet expectations, they will have to make some hard decisions, and they should do it quickly," said Gorman.
Hogan, meanwhile, agreed with Donald Trump in saying DeSantis's campaign has been "falling like an ailing bird from the sky" and called him "Ted Cruz without the personality instead of Trump without the drama which we were promised."
"I think he is going to stay until Iowa. He needs a first or a very good second-place finish in order to continue, in order for this campaign to go on," Hogan concluded.
Ba da ba ba ba. I'm loving it.
DeSantis needs to stay in the race, after the Rumpster is jailed and no longer in the race, DeSantis will lead this country to Make America Great Again, and offer a pardon to Trump if he will apologize for his ugly and classless name calling.
DeSantis should pretend he is the federal government and print money in the basement to pay for the private jets.
;-)
Suspension of the DeSantis campaign would cause a few suicides here at FR.
The deep state want HALEY! Then,they’ll destroy her in the general!
No fool who allied himself with the GOPe is going to make America great again.
He is going to do what GOPe tells him to do.
Trump was too nice to this horrible personality clown.
Ron DeSantis is betraying Florida
Ron DeSantis is betraying Donald Trump
Ron DeSantis has betrayed MAGA
This is the political end for #MeatballRon#TheDilleyShow #Trump2024 pic.twitter.com/H8D4MD6dCu— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) March 12, 2023
He peaked too early......................
Jailed for?
Posting mean tweets?
He peaked too low.......
He’ll stay in to see Iowa results. If he gets spanked by Haley he’ll need to drop out.
You are exactly right, and it’s why DeSantis has never really been embraced by the MSM, as the alternative to Trump,when we all assumed he would be. VERY clear lately that Haley is the presumptive nominee who will be sanctioned, and boosted whenever,wherever possible A vote for her would effectively be a vote for Biden, and she will be perceived that way, so who has to be excited by any Democrat, who won’t win against Trump anyway? is how the thinking is going/////
You are exactly right, and it’s why DeSantis has never really been embraced by the MSM, as the alternative to Trump,when we all assumed he would be. VERY clear lately that Haley is the presumptive nominee who will be sanctioned, and boosted whenever,wherever possible A vote for her would effectively be a vote for Biden, and she will be perceived that way, so who has to be excited by any Democrat, who won’t win against Trump anyway? is how the thinking is going/////
Smoking that stuff again? It’s not healthy.
>> DeSantis needs to stay in the race, after the Rumpster is yadda yadda bla bla bla
Why do you call President Trump “the Rumpster”?
Is it because Little Ronnie Desanctimonious is so far behind that all he can see up ahead is Trump’s ass? 🤣😂🤣
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