Posted on 05/26/2023 6:34:53 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
I openly predicted last year, when Ron DeSantis announced his candidacy, we would have the most fun in a presidential primary in history. The last 24 hours have been absolutely hilarious. If you are not having fun at the expense of the DeSantis billionaire funders, you are doing it wrong.
Candidate Ron DeSantis cannot even hold a public event in the state of Florida, because the only people who support him are the isolated group immediately around him and the Selfie-My-Lunch crowd who are disconnected from the average life of a Floridian.
Have you ever heard of a presidential candidate launching a campaign and NOT holding a public event in his/her home state to do it? Most people are overlooking the obvious. His handlers could not run the risk of a public event for their principal. What does that tell you about the candidate?
Everything, and I do mean everything, about Ron DeSantis is manufactured, fake and phony – especially the claimed support that you see pushed by national media and the right-wing alt-media that are placing their bets to be paid by the massive financial mechanism behind the DeSantis management team. Floridians can see through it, and the handlers are hoping the sunlight doesn’t spread to Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.
In the state of Florida, support for Ron DeSantis 2024 is maybe in the 15 to 20% range (I’m being generous). Beyond that, he is not liked at all. I travel the state talking to blue collar ordinary people all the time; there is no grassroots support for the fraud that DeSantis has perpetrated on the state. This announcement has left him naked to the realization of his character as a raw political opportunist.
Once you realize all of this hype is manufactured and phony, you can have buckets of fun with it. All of the DeSantis Republican supporters are predictable – like the Cruz Crew was in 2016. Their arguments and policy points are as shallow, false and fake as their candidate. Call them out.
Look at DeSantis’ history. He was the lockdown beach closer during COVID-19, and he had people arrested for opening their businesses. In 2021, long after President Trump was out of office, Ron DeSantis suspended the liquor licenses of non-compliant bars and restaurants. Don’t let the Ukraine management team (Pushaw Inc.) attempt to rewrite it.
Great meeting with President @realDonaldTrump at the @WhiteHouse discussing all things #COVID19 and FL's strong efforts to protect vulnerable populations & to expand testing in an innovative way. @POTUS & his administration have provided great support for FL each step of the way. pic.twitter.com/jNkndpVg1m
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) April 28, 2020
Ron DeSantis is the easiest candidate in the history of presidential candidates to deconstruct, because it’s all phony.
If you come across a Florida resident claiming to support Ron DeSantis, tell them to post “I LOVE RON DESANTIS” on their Facebook page, Instagram or social media, and watch what happens. They won’t do it, because they don’t want to be ridiculed by their community network. Yes, it really is that obvious and that bad.
If you listen to national media or alt-right CONservative media, those being paid for their participation and support of the fraud, you would think Ron DeSantis has a lot of support and following. He doesn’t. DeSantis is running away next week to campaign outside Florida because the sunlight down here is too hot. His management team is trying to make a quick national impression because sooner or later people are going to realize the pretense.
(Bloomberg) — Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign sought to regain its footing Thursday by announcing a robust upcoming travel schedule to early-voting states a day after a glitch-filled launch.
The Florida governor has multiple stops scheduled for next week in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina as his campaign aims to build momentum to take on Donald Trump, currently the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination.
[…] DeSantis has built-in advantages as he now officially gets under way, including a sizable amount of money left over from 2022 gubernatorial race that he can tap for his presidential bid, the backing of a well-organized super PAC and GOP donors who are eager for an alternative to Trump.
DeSantis and his team are trying to raise millions of dollars in the first 48 hours at a two-day donor meet-up at the Four Seasons in Miami. More than 100 fundraisers have congregated at the luxury resort for a campaign briefing, an afternoon of fundraising calls and a reception with the governor on Thursday evening. The DeSantis team hopes to raise $8 to $10 million, according to two sources briefed on the plans, with each individual contributing the maximum amount allowed of $3,300.
Next week, DeSantis travels to Iowa for two days followed by New Hampshire and South Carolina — the first three GOP primary voting states. He and his senior staff recently told donors that they view Iowa’s GOP caucus as one of his best chances to challenge Trump, since the team’s internal polling shows DeSantis with a favorability rating of two-to-one with evangelicals compared to Trump. (read more)
He’s got everything, except voters!
When the next huge hurricane hits FL where will Ron DeSantis be?
He’ll take care of it perfectly before and after like always. He dealt with Ian right in the middle of his campaign and got a major bridge rebuilt in days to an island cut off from the main land.
I know literally zero people are upset he’s running. Everyone who elected him overwhelmingly last fall know DeSantis is the best public servant we have seen in decades. We want him to go do the same in Washington.
Ditto.
Ditto.
My. NeverTrumper spouse is scared to death of DeSantis because he’s a lot of Trump without the baggage and ego.
I find that acceptable. Spouse also hates Lauren Boebert, (CO) our now neighbor, since we moved from Florida.
I find that 5 pm Florida time is an acceptable time to start my adult beverages.
What a hate-filled diatribe. I am from Florida and I love the guy. He will make a great president.
I am from Florida and I love the guy. He will make a great president.
Is FL suceeding?
Bingo, we were discussing that yesterday. And where is the big kick off rally for Ron? What's up with that?
I recently traveled throughout the State of Florida. That doesn’t make me an expert, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn.
Everyone Floridian I spoke with expressed tremendous support for DeSantis. (I only went to rural places.) I’m not supporting or opposing him, but rather just giving a tiny bit of anecdotal evidence concerning this topic.
Gov. DeSantis will be right where he needs to be, managing FL emergency response and resources. Thanks for your concern.
As a strong supporter of Gov. DeSantis for Governor and highly pleased with his performance,I am furious at his attempts to hinder President Trump’s re-election.
Pity he’s not as solicitous with your state budgets...
And then there’s FRS...
From last year.
Note the last paragraph.
Did you mean "is FL seceding?"
Believe it or not, I'm a product of the CA public school system, when it was among the best in the nation.
Most of my fellow students in sixth grade tested at 12th grade reading level.
Your faux pas was a slam dunk, go get yourself another cup of coffee.
Bad form to post to yourself.
Haven’t heard squat about Ron in Texas. Most of the people I associate with are tired of Trump’s sophomoric antics.
LOL....yep.
And, posting that, close to my bed time, was NO excuse :)
Now...about my original question...please ping me, if you happen to find the answer.
Bad form to post to yourself.
Oh, I see you’re on a roll, with your critique comments.
I rescind my last comment, to you.
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