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Florida Governor DeSantis to enter US presidential race next week
Reuters ^ | readMay 17, 202310:40 PM EDTLast Updated 13 min ago | James Oliphant

Posted on 05/17/2023 7:59:54 PM PDT by conservative98

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will officially enter the 2024 U.S. presidential race next week, according to two sources familiar with the decision, immediately becoming Donald Trump's biggest rival for the Republican nomination and shaking up a contest that largely has been one-sided.

DeSantis will likely file paperwork declaring his candidacy on May 25 to coincide with a donor meeting in Miami, with a more formal launch the week of May 29, according to a source.

The invitation for the May 25 event stated that donors would be put to “work,” an apparent allusion to raising money for DeSantis, according to a source familiar with the event.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
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To: Responsibility2nd

Us conservatives?

Where you people been for 40+ years while this country has gone to hell in every direction?


41 posted on 05/17/2023 8:33:19 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: central_va

Tell me. What difference does it make whether you stay home or if you do a write in vote that won’t count?

Either way the Democrats will thank you for your support.


42 posted on 05/17/2023 8:33:36 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

What I pity more are Desantis followers. What a pathetic group of scapgrace backstabbers.


43 posted on 05/17/2023 8:34:40 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va; aMorePerfectUnion; ifinnegan; dragnet2

Desantis will enter the race next week with more money at his disposal than any candidate in history— all intended to destroy Donald Trump

Idc how much you may like him as governor. He made a conscious decision to betray us

There’s no feeling sorry for him. It’s time for war— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) May 18, 2023


44 posted on 05/17/2023 8:34:52 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Great news! Love Trump and Ron too...may the best man win.


45 posted on 05/17/2023 8:35:48 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Some of us don’t trust DeSantis any further than we can throw him.

I think it behooves all of us to support the only man in history to leave the White House less wealthy than he was when he moved in. Say what you want about Trump, but that man is simply not for sale.

46 posted on 05/17/2023 8:36:26 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
At the point of not having announced he's less polarizing than Trump. That's about all he's got going for him.

However he's got his war on Disney and the whole election year conversion to social conservatism, his own lack of authenticity and charisma-free charm tied like a boat anchor around his neck.

47 posted on 05/17/2023 8:36:46 PM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: Responsibility2nd

It is better for the country to fall quickly and with the Dems in charge the downfall will come. Then we can divide up the pig republic and start over.


48 posted on 05/17/2023 8:37:24 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Did you ever notice the FBI, deep state, lying media, corrupt Republicans/Democrats, Hollywood, Communist, Globalist, BLM, Soros, Anfifa, and DeSantis supporters all want to get rid of Trump?

Seems a bit odd. No?


49 posted on 05/17/2023 8:37:55 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: central_va

hoping to split the party.


50 posted on 05/17/2023 8:37:55 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: conservative98

Brutus DeClownCar will be politically skinned alive.


51 posted on 05/17/2023 8:38:37 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Beowulf9

There is only one reason this insider stooge is running. And you hit the ten ring.


52 posted on 05/17/2023 8:39:25 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Salvavida

FL is so deep red that Jacksonville just chose a Democrat mayor out of the blue.


53 posted on 05/17/2023 8:39:39 PM PDT by newzjunkey (We need a better Trump than Trump in 2024)
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To: conservative98

Desantis 20never.

54 posted on 05/17/2023 8:40:43 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

The problem without being snarky at all is that DeSantis will be target #1 for Trump and nobody does the nasty like Trump in a primary.

Furthermore, the cast of characters promoting DeSantis (and funding him) include most of the Never Trump crowd with a healthy sprinkling of National Review loving neocons.

It’s a really bad look. Paul Ryan, the bush clan, and the Murdoch’s? Really?

The truth about Trump is that he a highly motivated MAGA base and many of them are not really affiliated with the GOPe. Sure, he has a lot of negatives but its kind of baked into the cake by now - he can still bring the numbers out and we saw that in 2020. Nobody else in the Republican field can do that and if DeSantis alienates the MAGA base he will be a dead man walking politically in a national race because MAGA holds a grudge (maybe even more than Trump).

This was the wrong time. I detest those who are supporting him but they did us a favor. DeSantis is not smart enough to figure out that they really don’t care anything about him - he was just the next flavor of the month to get rid of Trump.

Dumb. Think of how he could have positioned himself for 2028..... that ship sailed.


55 posted on 05/17/2023 8:41:57 PM PDT by volunbeer (We are living 2nd Thessalonians)
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To: Alberta's Child
Say what you want about Trump, but that man is simply not for sale.

Yep, and I am tired of the corrupt, political prostitutes.

56 posted on 05/17/2023 8:42:26 PM PDT by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: dragnet2

Yes. Yes I have noticed that. Getting rid of Trump is the primary concern of all these individuals you’ve named.

Nothing odd about that.

But what if they do get rid of Trump? What if they’re successful?

And if you only Trumpers get rid of DeSantis, that leaves what?

Biden v. Pence in 2024? Tell me. Will you be OK with that?


57 posted on 05/17/2023 8:43:24 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Donald Trump is a setting sun. Ron DeSantis is a rising star.)
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To: conservative98
As if We didn't know ..ha!
DeSantis got his ducks all in a row,,,so he can play not just as a governor but...finally say he's running against TRUMP!
The Best President EVER!

Rob will lose and Will only benefit the stooge Biden or any given dim...

Sell out for US!
Proud Moment for Rob, to connect to all what Most Conservatives consider,A GOPe stooge!

58 posted on 05/17/2023 8:43:30 PM PDT by djstex ( (All I Have To Say ...Trump Was Right About Everything !))
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To: central_va

So, you are a cultist. Trump is human, like all of us.


59 posted on 05/17/2023 8:43:44 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: volunbeer

He’s going to get KO’d good, and it will be 100% justified.


60 posted on 05/17/2023 8:44:46 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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