Posted on 03/22/2023 8:02:46 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has finally broken his silence on his much anticipated potential 2024 presidential run, giving an interview from the governor's mansion in which he said that he has what it takes to be president and "I can beat Biden."
DeSantis sat down with Piers Morgan in a wide-ranging interview, saying "stay tuned" when asked about the potential 2024 bid for the GOP nomination. Former President Donald Trump is currently the front-runner for that spot, as he endeavors to earn his second term.
"It was clear that the governor has had enough of Trump’s constant baiting and felt ready to take him on in what could end up being a ferocious battle for the White House," Morgan said, writing about the interview for the New York Post.
"DeSantis slammed Trump over his character failings," Morgan continued, "chaotic leadership style, and for his handling of the COVID pandemic — especially in keeping controversial health chief Dr. Anthony Fauci in his post helping to run the White House Coronavirus Taskforce."
Morgan asked DeSantis how the two most popular Republicans in the country are different, and DeSantis said "Well I think there’s a few things. The approach to COVID was different. I would have fired somebody like Fauci. I think he got way too big for his britches, and I think he did a lot of damage."
DeSantis shut down Florida early on in the pandemic before opening up and giving the state the label "the free state of Florida."
"I also think just in terms of my approach to leadership," DeSantis said, slamming the former president and the man to whom he owes much of his political start, "I get personnel in the Government who have the agenda of the people and share our agenda. You bring your own agenda in you’re gone. We’re just not gonna have that. So, the way we run the Government I think is no daily drama, focus on the big picture and put points on the board and I think that’s something that’s very important."
Morgan asked about the mudslinging that has already started as rumors of a DeSantis run swirl. "I don’t know how to spell the sanctimonious one. I don’t really know what it means, but I kinda like it, it’s long, it's got a lot of vowels. We’ll go with that, that’s fine. I mean you can call me whatever you want, just as long as you also call me a winner because that’s what we’ve been able to do in Florida, is put a lot of points on the board and really take this State to the next level," he said.
Trump endorsed DeSantis when he first ran for governor, helping him beat out Andrew Gillum. "Ron DeSantis is a brilliant young leader. Yale and then Harvard who would make a great Governor of Florida. He loves our country. He’s a true fighter," Trump had said at the time.
"Things have changed a little bit, I guess. It is what it is," DeSantis said.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
Shucks I would like to hear what De Santis would do about it as well.
I never doubted that Trump would get the most votes in his first election but I severely doubted they would let him win. I suspect it was such a blowout that they had no way to overcome the results so they set about solving the problem and they had the support of the crowd you seem so hellbent on supporting.
America First is a movement that is bigger than one man.
“Let’s make America great again” was famously used in Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign. At the time the United States was suffering from a worsening economy at home marked by stagflation.
God Bless both Donald Trump and DeSantis
i would think a true conservative would be happy with either one of these guys
I agree. Waiting to do something after the fraudulent results come in seems to be a bit too late. That bud needs to be nipped away during the first term.
That was a main campaign promise of Reagan, just give them time for gosh sake.
Correct. Insane to sit out the general election if your guy doesn't get the nom. If Trump is a 100 on your political grading scale, then DeSantis should be about a 85-90. And vice-versa for DeSantis supporters.
While Biden and his USA-ending treason party should rank about 2.
At no time during Ronald Reagan’s Presidency did the Republicans control both houses of Congress.
In fact, at no time during Ronald Reagan’s Presidency did the Republicans control the House of Representatives.
Facts are pesky things, aren’t they?
Re: 225 - They won’t stop funding unless the Senate agrees to that.
At no time during George H W Bush’s Presidency did the Republicans control the House of Representatives.
Almost as stupid as the people that think a vegetable actually beat a living candidate no matter how bad he was.
Yep,
Believing in a state with 46% registered democrats was going to elect a “republican” carpet bagging, fraud, WEF member, huckster who paid out millions for selling snake oil on TV.
You fell for the hucksters who told you OZ was a winner, you were the fool.
I like DeSantis and was excited about the prospect of him following Trump in 2028, but how easily he has been seduced by the worst of the RINO establishment types really taints him now. They only care about using DeSantis to foil Trump. If that mission was accomplished, they wouldn’t even really care whether DeSantis went on to win or not, and would certainly severely neuter him if he did win. They only care about maintaining the D.C. insiders’ club, and it’s looking like DeSantis can’t wait to become its newest member.
I don’t think so Ron. Beyond that, this isn’t your true
calling in 2024.
Florida is.
If you drop that ball and it is picked up by the Dems
for a touchdown, Conservatives will never win a presidential
election vote in that state again.
Who is her?
I meant to say here
The Conservative Treehouse is a longtime anti-Semitic fringe blog ...
That's news to me. Is CT fringe compared to Florida's Voice?
LOL ... I wish we could search the FR database with SQL. I could show you some nasty criticism of CTH by many of our most trusted FReepers. I didn’t believe it at first because I liked CTH, but after doing some research I stay away from that site.
That sort of idiotic arrogance is entirely too common on this forum and makes rational discussion difficult at best.
You can do better.
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