Posted on 07/18/2023 7:03:47 PM PDT by backpacker_c
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis laid out a new media strategy on Tuesday, pivoting from appearing only on friendly rightwing channels to take questions at a press conference and sitting for an interview with CNN.
'I don't think it serves us good to have a presidential election focused on what happened four years ago, in January, and so I want to focus on looking forward,' he said.
'I don't want to look back. I do not want to see him ... I hope he doesn't get charged. I don't think it'll be good for the country.'
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2. "I hope he doesn't get charged."
Instead of taking a strong position that what is occuring to Trump is lawfare and is illegitimate, desantis takes the wishy washy, non position and says "I hope".
What a strong, solid, constitutional, republican! (sarcasm)
An this is what desantis supporters/nevertrumpers want to be the default candidate if Trump is prevented from being the republican presidential candidate....
Desanctimonius is a prick but this shows how unfair this whole thing is. No Republican is allowed to talk about their policies. They have to respond to what Biden’s DOJ is doing to their opponent. The country is basically lost. This election isn’t fair and can never be fair now.
I don’t think it’s about Ron defending Donald. It’s more about declaring the 8-year persecution of him a wholesale shredding of the Constitution and a vicious threat to this Republic.
BTW. Okie from Muskogee here, too (long since).
It’s not about defending Trump. It’s about defending the rule of law
The iron law of running against Trump is that you must effusively praise him no matter what. Even if the shoe were on the other foot, we all know Trump would have some post on his dumb social media site like “Ron DeSanctimonious must be really corrupt. Two indictments in two months. Sad!” See, primaries are supposed to be choreographed coronations of Trump, not unlike WWE matches between some nobody and some superstar in Clydesdale boots and a cape.
I’ve stopped caring anymore. Amnesty Don can get sent to the hammer for the rest of his life for all I care. Sure, all the charges are garbage, but it’s not like he cares about anyone but #1 anyway.
If you run against the front runner, after it comes out in official gift speak, that your nation spied on the front runner way back before your nation stole an election from the same front runner, you may be seen as scum to millions of people for even jumping in....
But it won't.
>If you don’t attack the front runner you cannot beat him. Why would anyone expect a competitor to defend him? Do you honestly think Trump would have defended Lyin Ted or Little Marco in the 2016 primary?
If they were being falsely accused of a crime, I would hope so. There’s plenty of room for disagreement or criticism of another candidate based on policy differences. But being untruthful or tacitly accepting a mischaracterization of events is something different - especially when, in doing so, you’re giving cover to the deep state.
Trump is famous for aggressively criticizing his opponents, yet he was certainly capable of acknowledging when a political opponent had been treated unfairly. Bernie Sanders is a good case in point. Trump was highly critical of him on policy but often made remarks about how unfairly he had been treated by the DNC.
You are done Ron. Cowgirl Kristie is rearing up to take your place.
>> “I hope he doesn’t get charged.”
Instead of taking a strong position that what is occuring to Trump is lawfare and is illegitimate, desantis takes the wishy washy, non position and says “I hope”.
Exactly. And what would DeSantis do to those who have weaponized the Justice Dept. against Trump, if he [DeSantis] were to become president? He doesn’t say, or if he has, I haven’t heard about it.
DeSantis is a backstabbing, opportunistic creep.
I do not recall desantis saying anything about those that have planned and coordinated all these lawfare cases against Trump.
We do know that desantis was in congress and participated in at least one of the reports that were used against Trump, and has not said anything about if he still believes in the content of it.
Bingo!
Anyone who doesn’t see the importance of the criminality against Trump and supporters over 7 years is ignorant of the real issue - justice!
Years ago, folks were fine with Alex Jones being cancelled because he is a nut. And look what it turned into…….cancellation and censorship is commonplace now. Seven years ago, lawfare went crazy…..and nothing was done to fix it. Instead, Trump was expected to fix everything alone. Can’t and won’t happen. We as a society have done nothing to change any of this fascism…..we’re too busy complaining about what others won’t do.
The real reason they need to destroy Trump…..he’s the only man that can ask and get millions to protest on their doorstep. That terrifies them. They prefer sleeping voters. And voters have been sleeping for decades.
Every DeSantis voter is in this category.
He is part of the coup. Time to quit with dignity Ron.
What are you even talking about?
If RDS managed to crawl out of the low polls dumpster he’d be similarly brutalized by Deep State house raids & lawfare.
THAT’S the issue we’re talking about here. Are you fully blind to that?
The candidates are running like it's 20012 rather than about to be 2024. Things have changed. They need to change with the times or get left behind.
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