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I love Trump. I find myself thinking that in 2024 DeSantis may be a better candidate. He’s significantly younger and seems very very solid. Need to keep my eye on him.
I wish Trump would support DeSantis in 2024 for the Presidency, attend rallys with him, fundraise for him, really get behind DeSantis.
But, with Trump’s ego, not gonna happen.
After Trump made another horrible endorsement of Dr. Oz in my state of Pennsylvania, I will not support Trump in the primary.
I will support DeSantis.
"Ron DeSantis won by just 32,463 votes out of 8,220,494 cast.If that's not enough perspective, let me spell it out for you anti-Trumpers in crayon: DeSantis barely beat a down-low, no-good, hopped-up jive meth addict by 0.4%. You all think about that a loooong time.
DeSantis lost nearly ALL the Florida metros, from Rush's mansion all the way down to Key Largo, and got beat down in Orlando."
We need more like DeSantis.
Maybe not, but commies sure can, huh Kerry?
It’s going to be like this all the way to 2024!
Trump brought us to the dance......showered us with good gifts.....respected us.....and kept us SAFE!
....but the antiTrump is loud and ugly on this forum!.....not just newbie Trolls but some longtime Freepers.....
They, in turn, mock him, disrespect him, call him names, tell outright lies, and throw him to the wolves.
Those of you who appreciate what Donald Trump has done for us.....Stay Strong!
Keep Fighting the good fight!
Don’t give up!
To think that another professional politician is the answer is absurd. People seem to have learned nothing from 2016. Do you really think DeSantis would be some sort of conservative savior if he became President? First of all, he doesn’t have the financial independence to run his own campaign. What does that mean? Figure it out. Remember when conservative darling Ted Cruz ran in 2016, and suddenly we saw a different Ted Cruz than the principled conservative orator we had seen up to that point? When the rubber met the road, we saw a different side of Cruz that we hadn’t seen before. We saw a Ted Cruz that was heavily reliant upon consultants. We saw a Ted Cruz who was beholden to big money donors.
Does anybody really think the same thing won’t happen with DeSantis? Just because you don’t see the strings doesn’t mean the strings aren’t there. DeSantis didn’t do much in Congress until Trump became President. Before then he was another do-nothing member of the conservative caucus who never publicly stood up to RINO Speakers Boehner and Ryan. It was only when Trump came along and changed the entire political landscape that DeSantis suddenly found his courage.
It’s not that hard to govern as a conservative on the state level, at least in Red states like Florida. The GOP Establishment gives leeway to candidates they’re grooming for higher office. They do so, to allow them to establish their conservative cred with the conservative base. The prize is placing people they can control in the Presidency and in Congress. State governance is mostly a side show for them, and if they have to back off and let someone govern as a conservative at the state level in order to help them build up their popularity - small price to pay.
Look at Kemp in Georgia, as an example. He’s done some positive things on some key conservative issues in the past year. But he showed his true colors when he sat back and allowed the election to be stolen in Georgia, and perhaps even helped enable the theft. It’s all politics for him. He’s only governing this way so he can be re-elected.
If DeSantis because President I have no doubt he would govern like a RINO, throwing the base a victory here and there, but mostly compromising on important issues.
Besides that - even if DeSantis was his own man who was somehow able to govern with the independence of a Trump, he still would be a disappointment. It’s not just believing all the right things and even fighting for them. It’s about being able to win. Trump is the alpha-male’s alpha-male. He was born for the game, has spent a lifetime thriving and succeeding at making deals, and making things happen. And he’s good at it. He understands power and how to wield it effectively. A politician like DeSantis, even if he has the best of intentions, simply doesn’t possess that skill, or at least not anywhere near the level of a Trump.
If Trump is the nominee in 2024, certainly we’ll support him, but I’d like to see DeSantis carrying the flag against the dems.