Holy #### he called him Rob 🤣🤣🤣 no one trolls better than #45 and #47 pic.twitter.com/91LHv5iufJ— MAGA Catholic ✝️ 🇻🇦 🇺🇸 (@daddy38456) May 17, 2023
Posted on 05/17/2023 9:11:22 AM PDT by conservative98
'Ron’s magic is GONE!' Former President Donald Trump is weighing in on the Jacksonville mayoral race, which saw a Democrat win just months after Republicans carried the state handily.
On Truth Social, Trump said Republican Daniel Davis’ “shocker” loss to Democrat Donna Deegan came down to Team Davis courting Ron DeSantis’ endorsement instead of that of the former President.
“In a big upset, the DeSanctimonious backed Republican candidate for Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, LOST. This is a shocker. If they would have asked me to Endorse, he would have won, easily. Too proud to do so,” Trump said.
“Fools! This is a BIG LOSS for the Republican Party,” Trump added. “Remember, ‘Rob’ only won because of me!!!”
In a follow-up post, Trump doubled down.
“Ron’s magic is GONE! He also lost, shockingly, in Jacksonville last night (Mayor).”
DeSantis endorsed Davis after the First Election in March, which saw Davis rebuff three other Republican candidates to emerge into the General Election with roughly a quarter of the vote, 15 points behind first-place Deegan.
Jacksonville has a voter registration advantage for Democrats, with 40% of the electorate registered Democrat and just 35% Republican, according to the most recent L2 voter data. But Republicans, as typically happens in local elections, won the turnout battle Tuesday, with a 7,100-vote advantage translating to an R+3.25 map.
Yet despite the GOP turnout advantage, it was clear that crossover Republicans and no-party voters turned out for Deegan, with the DeSantis endorsement apparently not being a factor to unify the party. Word was that the DeSantis endorsement was contingent on Davis not chasing Trump’s backing, in yet another sign of Republicans being compelled to pick sides.
DeSantis offered paper endorsements, but never came to Jacksonville to help the candidates he backed. Nor did he offer a robocall or other material support.
Davis wasn’t the only DeSantis-endorsed loser Tuesday.
Property Appraiser candidate Jason Fischer touted his DeSantis endorsement ahead of the March election, which gave him a ticket to the May runoff. But he lost to Democrat Joyce Morgan.
Residents of Jacksonville are NOT HAPPY about Ron DeSantis losing the mayoral race for Republicans by not showing up to campaign ONE time for the Republican candidate in FL’s biggest city. Ron failed the people of Jacksonville and the people of Florida because of his own selfish ambition. https://t.co/hiGvgLzo7z— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) May 17, 2023
Holy #### he called him Rob 🤣🤣🤣 no one trolls better than #45 and #47 pic.twitter.com/91LHv5iufJ— MAGA Catholic ✝️ 🇻🇦 🇺🇸 (@daddy38456) May 17, 2023
“Word was that the DeSantis endorsement was contingent on Davis not chasing Trump’s backing, in yet another sign of Republicans being compelled to pick sides.”
Eagerly awaiting the DeSantis groupies to tell me how this unifies the party.
Also - why didn’t DeSantis at least do robocalls to energize the base?
I live in Jacksonville and Trump is wrong on this one, the Democrat ran a good campaign and the Republicans savaged each other and divided the party
BTW, in 2016 Hillary defeated Trump in Jacksonville
Just 4% separated the Mayoral race in Jacksonville
Ron Desantis could’ve been spending time campaigning for the Republican, but he felt playing President in Japan was more important
Now Jacksonville has a Democrat mayor
The people of Florida are becoming increasingly fed up— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 17, 2023
Lmao
The 2022 FL Governor’s race wasn’t a legit election… was it?
There is no way in hell this guy “won” by 20 points.
Things that make you go hmmm . pic.twitter.com/zvcIM97sjQ— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 17, 2023
Trump is such an idiot. I bet he feels like a fool for ever supporting “Rob”.
But then, Trump has always picked fools and idiots. (Sessions, Barr, Fauci, Giuliani, etc. and etc.
He can’t be trusted.
One day after DeSantis blamed Trump for creating a “culture of losing” in the party:
-His endorsed candidate in KY ends up in third place.
-His endorsed candidate in Jacksonville loses to a Democrat, flipping the largest Republican-controlled city in the country.
-Morning…— MAGA 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 (@MAGAoriginalist) May 17, 2023
Say goodbye to J-ville as goes down the Democrats sewer.
I often think that east coast Republicans are a bunch of girlie men Rinos.
Well, here in Philly the left got crushed, and we elected a tough on crime, stop and frisk mayor.
Why are you posting facts? You are supposed to be claiming that DeSantis can make sure of 2 things,
A. A majority Democrat city will become majority Republican for this election.
B. That Republican candidates will ever stop doing their best to sabotage themselves and turn off voters.
Let’s not forget where trump lays his head at night......which strikes me as at least a bit hypocritical IMO.
I really like Trump, but come onnnnnn….
Good point. If Trump hates RDS and the direction he is taking Florida...
Trump should move back to New York City.
You know, just like desantis bailed out of giving a speech in support of Lee Zeldin, after meeting with a donor who was supporting Horchul.
That’s inconvenient..
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