DeSantis was supposed to save the GOP from Trump, not endorse him

Miami Herald ^ | 1/21/24 | THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD

[cotton1706]

They are SOOO pissed!

They penned this bitter invective very quickly.

[Bayard]

“You were the chosen one!”

[DAC21]

Marxist whores speak at the Miami Herald. Make no mistake they never endorsed him in any Florida elections.

[Jim Noble]

This is exactly why RDS never took off.

He was supposed to stop Trump. His people never made the case, and neither did RDS, of why, exactly, he should be President.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

DeSantis was supposed to save the GOP from Trump, not endorse him

"Supposed to"? By who? Any principled conservative is going to back Trump as the nominee. Guys like George Will and Bill Kristol, who ran their grift for decades without ever having to back a real conservative, won't be backing Trump.

[SamAdams76]

DeSantis might have been MAGA at one point but he was co-opted by the RINO wing of the Republican party.

Evidently they whispered into his ear, likely just before the 2022 midterms, that Trump was going to end up in jail and not able to run in 2024. DeSantis got delusions of grandeur and ran his campaign on that basis.

Basically DeSantis was banking on the fact that lawfare would knock Trump out of the campaign early, leaving the road open to him. When that didn't happen, DeSantis realized that he was going to get utterly crushed by Trump in the primaries.

[californian by choice]

In my opinion, that is the best way to save the Republican Party.

[No name given]

Maybe next time.

[No name given]

That’s right.

[Jim Noble]

I don’t think RDS has ever been MAGA.

His issues were given to him by the “donor community”, who care not at all about trannies, drag queens, LGBT or Disney. It was a very clever plan.

But Trump’s voters are not as stupid as the donor community imagines.

[No name given]

Now if only Nikki Haley could drop out next.

[Celtic Conservative]

Darth DeSantis:

“Don, I am your meatball!”

CC

[JonPreston]

They are SOOO pissed!

You ain't seen nothing yet. When a campaign pisses thru $300 million dollars, and has nothing to show for it except a handful of NeverTrump internet activists jumping up and down, blood will be spilled.

[kabar]

So who are RDS’ handlers? Trump has the GOP base. Trump’s challengers are the fringe candidates.

[Bobbyvotes]

Trump has more experience and success fighting frivolous law suits than any American alive. Watch him these miserable party hacks nobody AG’s fail to jail Trump before nomination and most likely even before November election.

[willk]

You so called journalists were supposed to save our country not destroy it.

[Bobbyvotes]

Most likely Yeb’s handlers.

[rhinohunter]

When a campaign pisses thru $300 million dollars, and has nothing to show for it …

What do you mean “nothing”? He already won more delegates than Yeb!

LOL!!!

[TECTopcat]

elections.> They definitely didn't want DeSantis,it would have been 8 years and best case with Trump IF he can win is 4

[mbrfl]

>>DeSantis was supposed to save the GOP from Trump, not endorse him

“Supposed to”? By who?

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By a leftist news organization that never met a Republican they liked.