That's as good a test as any for presidential hopefuls.
Posted on 06/04/2023 5:25:48 AM PDT by FarCenter
The “Roast and Ride” kicks off a busy summer campaign season heading into the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses early next year.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Amid plates of sliced pork, statement-making leather ensembles and piles of political T-shirts, eight Republican presidential hopefuls descended on Iowa to pitch themselves to voters and, in Mike Pence's case, hop on a motorcycle.
The former vice president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were among the White House contenders appearing at a rally at the state fairgrounds near Des Moines hosted by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst. Her annual political event, the “Roast and Ride” — a combination barbecue-rally and motorcycle ride — kicks off a busy summer campaign season heading into the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses early next year.
Former President Donald Trump, the leading GOP presidential candidate, was notably absent after spending two days in the state this past week. He has largely avoided any events that have him sharing the stage with his 2024 rivals.
(Excerpt) Read more at weareiowa.com ...
If true, go out and show it. At least half his schtick is playing the victim anyway. But he's hiding. And he doesn't look that well at times, either. He wants to sit back and run on the past, which isn't that great overall, either.
Did you not pay attention to the debate “moderated” by Chrissy WallAss?
He doesn’t need to show any such thing. He’s already done it!
I see you fell for the Trump LIE.
Keep in mind that Trump lies a lot lately and he is attacking DeSantis from the left.
DeSantis favors eliminating the IRS through a national sales tax or flat income tax. He doesn't care which, he wants congress to send him the bill and he will sign it.
The national sales tax would have eliminated all other federal taxes. It was a good deal for Americans.
Trump's endorsed RINO speaker, McCarthy, could not even negotiate away the 87,000 new IRS agents Biden is going to hire.
What’s he scared of? Like I said, he can’t just sit on the past. He’s ~80 years old now, questions exist about his fitness for the job NOW.
He’s 76, NOT 80.
I’ve seen him many times. He looks fit to me.
Nice try little buddy. No go run along and play.
He’s closer to 80 than 70 now. To be exact, he’ll be 77 next week. Which means 78 in 2024. Which means 82 in 2028, if he’s still alive, God willing.
Way too old to be President, if you ask me. Even Biden is not that old, now, and he’s getting worse on a daily basis.
He frequently puts forth lies, and misrepresentations, and here he seems to put forth moral outrage about the desecration of the bible, being sold by Trump, implying Donald J Trump is responsible for it. However, he appears to have no morals about lying about it.
For others, as seaching reveals, Trump Jr. made a promotional video for the bible. The bible is not featured or listed for sale in either the
Trump Store or
DonaldJTrump Store
This is another example of golden eagle lying, and not admitting it.
Another example of lies from this poster is where he pushes a lie that Trump was happy choosing wray for fbi and wouldn't fire him if he won re-election.
This comment was a lie, because this statement came about from an interview where hannity asked Trump if he was happy about wray. golden eagle made up conclusions that were not related or mentioned in the question or answer.
Proof of this lying is found following post here, and because I exposed him, he's taken to attacking my posts, claiming they are false.
Not only are Trump and Biden too old, but they both are “lame ducks” in their second term.
Neither will have any clout to get legislation passed.
You are welcome.
But, you need to ping that fabricator to your excellent post.
Sure, n00b.
Far LEFT of center, it appears.
Another n00b FAIL post.
These people are either banking on no one remembering these other laughable moments or they’re completely dense. Who is going to believe Pence has, or ever had, anything to do with motorcycle activity of any kind? Much less show up dressed to order. If he’d shown up wearing “regular guy” stuff the mocking meter might’ve been turned down some what. What a tool.
To purchase a car for $30,000 under DeSantis 23% sales tax would add another $6900. How would that be good for me?
lol...
I think I triggered golden eagle by disputing his false claims, so he has been posting replies trying to discredit me, ever since. I’m sure golden eagle will try to do some kind of rebuttal to attack me or that post.
But I don’t expect golden eagle will admit to pushing lies or mis-leading information. None of the more prolific desantis supporters, when confronted, will admit pushing false information, either.
It is a King James Bible with copies of historic documents included. Seeing that our nation was built on these principles I dont see the problem.
Thanks for your research. It does appear, after my own research as well, that I was incorrect when I originally said the Trump Organization is selling those phony Bibles. I was under the impression it was the Trump Organization, as it clearly says “Trump Organization” on this page of theirs showing Don Jr. So, I apologize for the incorrect statement, and thank you for the correction. But it was an honest mistake, not a lie.
https://wethepeoplebible.com/#testimonials
Who does own that company, though, is not known, as it is a shady LLC that does not appear to make its ownership public. So it could be there are closer ties to the Trump’s that are being kept secret, but it does not appear to be the exact “Trump Organization” that is selling them.
But I did find some other interesting tidbits when looking into this. First, Trump has signed many Bibles before, if you find DeSantis signing one inappropriate.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signed-bible-sells-ebay-325-n982531
In fact, this article claims Trump was even selling Bibles he had signed at his stores, back in 2019.
https://onlysky.media/ahall/trump-sells-signed-bibles-at-his-trump-store/
You know the first question to President Trump in debate would be “do you think the 2020 election was stolen” It would be a gotcha...why bother.
That's as good a test as any for presidential hopefuls.
Looks like that last link is Satire, although it’s not obvious at first. Honest mistake, and I am here to correct the record, before I get attacked further for daring to question anything about Trump by his Magadonians.
You start off by saying 'Trump Organization is selling those phony Bibles', already discrediting the bibles.
You claim it was an 'honest' mistake, and apologize 'for an incorrect statement'....
But then go into how shady the bible is and how the Trump org could still be connected.
Your apology is a fake apologies, done not because you're admitting you did something wrong, but because you were caught.
And you're showing it's a fake apology, because you continued to throw shade at Trump.
“Trump has already earned my vote.”
Ditto. Unless something catastrophic happens I’m headed in that direction.
Rand Paul I could vote for, too.
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