Posted on 01/31/2023 8:34:10 AM PST by SoConPubbie
ANSWER: Because it was an election year, and polls showed that Fauci was considered highly trustworthy — especially among dingbat suburban women who were the most important swing voter group in 2020.
very good question ...
Trump’s loss wasn’t all that gracious.
Well that won't play out well.
Not only was Trump the one who initiated the "Two Weeks To Flatten The Curve" nationwide lockdowns, DeSantis did nothing for those first two weeks.
It was only AFTER those two weeks had passed, and Trump announced that he wanted to EXTEND those lockdowns INDEFINITELY, before DeSantis did anything, at all.
Even then, DeSantis did not implement the nationwide guidelines Trump gave out, which included ending all discretionary travel, not allowing any gatherings of 10 or more people, etc.
Trump initiated the nationwide lockdowns. DeSantis only partially implemented them, later, then rescinded them faster than almost anyone.
Trump cannot deal with competition. He would rather destroy a friend and ally, then work with people like Sessions, Kelly, Preinus that were yes men to his face and would stab him in the back, that have an honest person that would tell him the truth or disagree. Losing all respect for Trump.
Jeb and the professional politicians are smiling at Trump dividing the conservatives. Along with the libs.
Anybody going up against Trump in the primaries is going to get the full Jeb Bush treatment. This is how Trump campaigns.
For a while there, I thought that Trump had lost some fire in the belly but he seems to be getting back in fighting form.
Trump won Florida in 2020.
Trump created a vaccine. DeSantis didn’t.
I saw them. When you give daily briefings on a subject as President of the USA, you reinforce the idea that it is something of overwhelming importance.
Stimulus checks - trillions of wasteful, STUPID spending. I didn’t suffer a penny of loss from COVID yet the government handed me thousands of dollars? WHY? And in 2020, Trump ran on a platform of continuing the “stimulus” checks!
Also allowed a freeze on evictions - which should have been ruled unconstitutional.
Nope. Trump’s record on COVID is much worse than DeSantis or even Doug Ducey (Ducifer) in Arizona! Trump opposed states opening up. And now he attacks DeSantis? Utter BS!
7 that’s what the Democrats claim, but there’s no actual evidence of this.
desantis was just sworn in for his second term 3 weeks ago...
desantis released a statement 2 weeks ago instructing people not to donate any money to any organization that claims he’s running for president in 2024...
trashing my state governor’s reputation will not be tolerated...
please provide evidence that desantis lied about anything...
“ Then Trump needs to explain why he threw Kemp under the Bus when Kemp was the first to open up a major state.”
Details please
Go Trump!
If DeSantis objects. he can fight back.
If he refuses to defend himself or fight for the nomination, he is either not running or not qualified to fight for the presidency in the general election.
I’d rather know that now.
It is what primaries are for.
Get it all out now.
In the meantime, he’s a good FL Governor.
Trump is losing support every time he opens his mouth on vaccines and DeSantis.
He needs to just shuttup but he can’t.
My vote will probably be for him but dang it his vaccine support is scary. DeSantis isn’t running so why the hell is he barking at him?
Make him look like a petty old man.
I saw Ducey and Trump standing side by side at a rally in Tucson in 2020. Not sure what you expected Ducey to do. Arizona had mail in ballots and will forever. Why? Because 80% or more of Arizonans vote by mail and you don’t win elections by pissing on 80% of the voters!
I stopped voting for insider corrupt career professional politicians when the globalist Bush crime family arrived on scene.
And the same Republicans who supported those open border globalist frauds, are once again doing the same exact thing.
Here’s the exact timeline:
- March 16, 2020: Trump issues his nationwide lockdown guidelines “Two Weeks To Flatten The Curve”
- March 30, 2020: Two weeks later, Trump extends his nationwide lockdown guidelines indefinitely
- April 1, 2020: DeSantis announces his lockdown plans for Florida, based on Trump’s request, but much less restrictive than Trump’s nationwide guidelines
Here’s Trump’s actual announcement, far prior to any actions by DeSantis:
TRUMP: This afternoon, we’re announcing new guidelines for every American to follow ... The White House Task Force meets every day and continually updates guidelines ... we’ve made the decision to further toughen the guidelines and blunt the infection now. We’d much rather be ahead of the curve than behind it, and that’s what we are.
Therefore, my administration is recommending that all Americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible.
Avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people.
Avoid discretionary travel.
And avoid eating and drinking at bars, restaurants, and public food courts.
If everyone makes this change or these critical changes and sacrifices now, we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat the virus.”
End Quote
Disclosure: I am a Trump voter. However I do not want an octogenarian for a president. Unfortunately, I don't trust DeSantis, so I am stuck.
“ Trump cannot deal with competition”
He deals very well w competition. On FR everyone is allowed to fight except Trump and all GOP wimps are whined about except Trump is expected to wimp out
He is running in a primary in which his opponent refuses to admit he is entering. That’s what people like to see in DeSantis. I find it sanctimonious
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