Posted on 06/05/2023 12:00:29 PM PDT by conservative98
Florida’s Governor is unfazed by surveys showing him trailing Donald Trump in early 2024 GOP Primary states.
Ron DeSantis told Brian Kilmeade he’s only just begun his campaign and that his campaign is in “really good shape” despite being down by double digits in pivotal early states.
“I just started running. I mean, a lot of people didn’t know I was going to run or weren’t sure. So I think we’re actually in really good shape in the long run,” DeSantis said. “We’ve got a great plan and I think we’re going to be very strong in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, which is what you need to do if you’re going to be able to win these things.”
In Iowa, the Race to the White House polling average shows Trump ahead, 55% to 23%.
In New Hampshire, Trump is up 42% to 20%, with Gov. Chris Sununu’s 14% good for a competitive third place. And in South Carolina, Trump leads 41% to 21% for DeSantis, with former Gov. Nikki Haley within striking distance of second place, at 14%.
DeSantis’ political operation is telling donors the Governor is “better liked” than Trump, and that he’s only losing “left-of-center” voters. Perhaps public polls will reflect that in time.
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It’s a long run, no need to expect immediate instant results.
If the person leading the polls at this point of the race won the election, Ron Paul would have been President.
Everybody knew he was running.
He hasn’t even had time to roll out the guac bowls yet. 😄
Ron seems politically and socially tone deaf.
Good one.
“A lot of people didn’t know I was going to run or weren’t sure.”
Or didn’t care. 🙄
Yes.
And I much prefer his son Rand (as just stated elsewhere)!
I’ve seen a number of people who said that as soon as Ron
declared for the office, he’d shoot right up.
Now I’m seeing a lot of excuses and rewrites.
I mean, a lot of people didn’t know I was going to run or weren’t sure.
Yeah, that's what you want people to believe.
Lying and gaslighting people. That's not a good start.
Former DeSantis Press Secretary Christina Pushaw came directly to the Florida Governor’s office after working in Ukraine on behalf of Volodymyr Zelenskyy. There is a clear commonality of interest in the actions of Pushaw both in Ukraine and in Florida.
Once the national DeSantis operation was fully constructed and funded, in August 2022 Pushaw left the governor’s office to assemble and coordinate the previously solicited social media influencers for the 2024 operation.
After organizing the operatives, Pushaw is now spearheading a U.S. online influence campaign.
In essence, a registered foreign agent is now working on the social media platform Twitter to construct disinformation on behalf of Ron DeSantis. Elon Musk is apparently a partner in the effort, as the details of the operation begin to surface.
Their intelligence community method is to use operatives within Twitter “community notes” to control any negative opinion of DeSantis. If anything is identified that undermines the DeSantis operation, Pushaw triggers a specific account “@NoteNeeded” which contains embed operatives who swarm to her commands and affix labels to Tweets designated as harmful to the interests of the DeSantis regime.
The DeSantis election influence operation is similar to what the U.S. State Dept (Nuland) and USAID (S Power) do in foreign countries; only in this example, Ms. Pushaw is working to influence domestic U.S. politics through the social media platform Twitter.
The various accounts all carry the same alligator emoji as an identifying characteristic. Here’s an example of the operation at work, as well as an explanation from Twitter that just doesn’t reconcile with the claims.
Twitter claims the notes they affix to the targets identified by Ms. Pushaw are not triggered by complaints. However, what exactly is Ms. Pushaw doing in the bottom example, if not complaining? A heavy dose of pretending is needed to accept the premise of the Twitter platform. MAGA does not pretend; there is no need.
The @NoteNeeded account, has gone private – restricting access as soon as the operation was identified. This seems to be a rather odd move to make, considering the argument of the entire enterprise is based around truthfulness. If the @NoteNeeded account has nothing to hide, then why take the account private permitting visibility only from the approved members.
It is obvious the Ron DeSantis ’24 operation originated on a principle of being fraudulent in purpose to the Florida voter in 2022. The DeSantis operation was assembled, financed and planned long before the reelection effort of the Florida governor. The visible indicators of the plan stretch as far back as 2020.
What we are seeing today is a billionaire funded scheme to promote Ron DeSantis, and part of that scheme involves deploying online activists, what they call “influencers”, as conscripts for the effort. Ms. Pushaw, a registered foreign agent, is the leading organizer of this assembly. The goal is to elevate the impression of Ron DeSantis and use weaponized platform rules to attack any voice that might rise in opposition to their agenda.
Obviously, as CTH represents the key account that predicted, publicized and then deconstructed the scheme of the Sea Island billionaire class on behalf of DeSantis, our Twitter account is one of the primary targets for the Pushaw operation. I will admit to laughing at them hysterically, because quite frankly they are joyless idiots mired in a profound sense of self-importance, perpetual anger and blame-casting. The entire DeSantis tribe trigger very easily.
All of that said, in this era where Big Government and Big Tech have merged to control information, block freedom of expression and thought, the intention of the DeSantis operation –which is based entirely on control– speaks rather loudly to what the DeSantis policy handlers would do if he were ever to reach federal office.
DeSantis has already grown the size and power of state government more than any FL governor before him. DeSantis has created all the tools for a weaponized state government as soon as Democrats take power. While ignoring the essential economic needs of the state in order to create the optical legislation for a 2024 presidential run around anti-wokeism, the people behind DeSantis will walk away from Florida having created the state authoritarian boot that will sit upon our neck.
In a similar way that Republican George W. Bush expanded government with the Patriot Act, ultimately creating weapons like the Dept of Homeland Security, the TSA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, so too has DeSantis created an internal system of State agencies that will be weaponized as soon as he retires and flees the state he compromised. Be forewarned.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to the presidency of Ukraine as Ron DeSantis would seek to become by attaining the presidency of USA. Both men are puppets for people really in charge behind them.
His whole campaign is transparent...like Saran Wrap. You can see right through it to what’s inside.
I don’t trust someone that runs for reelection to Gov, wins overwhelmingly and then after only 4 months bails on the citizens to run for higher office.
RDS is like Cankles. The more people see him and hear him speak, the less they like him.
The legislature got everything they wanted so that Ron could run for POTUS.
The future..woooooooo...Joining us in studio, since he can't get a job in Florida, is our new political analyst......
{;^)
Good one
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