Posted on 09/14/2023 8:02:17 AM PDT by conservative98
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's been trailing Donald Trump in 2024 GOP primary polls, doubts that the former president can be re-elected if he's convicted of a felony.
“I think the chance of getting elected president after being convicted of a felony is as close to zero as you can get,” DeSantis said in an interview with CBS News.
Anchor Norah O'Donnell asked DeSantis if he agreed with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, another Republican presidential candidate, who said Americans won’t vote for a convicted criminal. She also asked DeSantis if he believes voters will elect someone who is facing 91 criminal counts, as Trump is.
DeSantis said that even before the four indictments were brought against Trump, he didn't think he should run again for president.
Asked for comment, Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung shot back by saying, "Team DeSantis and Always Back Down were caught red-handed as one of their lawyers was outed as the mastermind of falsely trying to use the 14th Amendment to disenfranchise voters and interfere in the election."
He was referring to a recent report by The Washington Post that said a GOP election lawyer with ties to three of Trump's primary opponents, including DeSantis, has been involved in efforts in different states to get Trump removed from the ballot using the 14th Amendment.
"DeSantis knows he has no shot of ever becoming the nominee — he is slipping to third place after all — but cozying up to Never Trumpers and lunatic Democrats is an all-time low for him, almost as low as his poll numbers," Cheung said.
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Ron DeSantis’ has been a fantastic governor but his bitterness toward playing second fiddle to President Trump has really tarnished his reputation.
Ҥ 2203. Management and custody of Presidential records
(a) Through the implementation of records management controls and other necessary actions, the President shall take all such steps as may be necessary to assure that the activities, deliberations, decisions, and policies that reflect the performance of the President’s constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties are adequately documented and that such records are preserved and maintained as Presidential records pursuant to the requirements of this section and other provisions of law”
https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/presidential-records.html#2203
I’ll repeat:
“the President shall take all such steps as may be necessary to assure that the activities, deliberations, decisions, and policies that reflect the performance of the President’s constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties are adequately documented”
read:
https://www.archives.gov/research/recover/notable-thefts.html
“Time after time in the Clinton years, then-National Security Adviser Sandy Berger was reluctant to approve military strikes against Osama bin Laden or al Qaeda, according to the 9/11 commission report.”
“That revelation comes as Berger faces the ‘Socks-Docs’ criminal investigation into whether he illegally snuck top-secret documents out of the National Archives in his socks while vetting material for the 9/11 Commission.”
https://nypost.com/2004/07/24/sandy-burglar-vetoed-attacks-on-bin-laden/
“CNN
Friday, April 1, 2005
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Federal prosecutors will recommend that former national security adviser Sandy Berger be fined $10,000 and lose his security clearance for three years, but receive no jail time, sources said”
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/01/berger.plea/
If set upon by the foamy mouthed shrieking Sodomite media hordes, Ron will not even be a grease spot on the expressway to the NWO.
If Trump is convicted....we may have either no election...or one that is boycotted while certain states arm.
But what do I know and I do not feel strongly about it.
This 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆👆 👀
There is no way I will ever vote for this lifer lazy ass government employee loser piece of chit. He’s the enemy and exemplifies everything wrong with the GOP.
It sure would be interesting to see all interaction between Merit and Duh-Saintis, and their worker bees..
Lets hope “it” just strokes out.
It sure is starting to look that way.
I think he means his chances for GOP nomination.
What is the basis for this opinion?
One thing for certain Ron, in or out of jail, you will never be POTUS.
The President, not Congress, is in charge of the Executive Branch and he may make all necessary rules and procedures to make it function according to his wishes.
Ron you fool if this works against Trump you will be the next one charged. “In the club” republicans would do well to research what happened to the Mensheviks and then the Trotskyites once the Bolsheviks secured power.
Keep in mind that Meatball’s ex opponent Andrew Gillum, a drug addicted slimy fag almost beat DeSantis. Ron went to Trump and Trump pulled Ron’s fat out of the fire. Ron won.
Ron’s next opponent, Charlie Crist, the party switchin’ knucklehead did a good job of keeping RATs at home so you could win and try to take out Trump.
It is obvious to most people.
So Ron, people will vote for Trump even more because they are fully aware of the people like you and those you have aligned with.
Ron is a legend in his own mind and that has turned people off.
“Ultimately the party, whole doesn’t support Trump has final say on who is and is not on the Republican ballot.”
That’s fine. The voters as a whole don’t support the Republican party either, and we have no obligation to vote for whoever they conspire to foist on us as a nominee in place of our chosen candidate.
Why-ever would the brainwashing MSM give him air time?
🤔
**The forces behind DeSantis were obviously promised that Trump would be taken off the board**
My problem with DeSantis and others
They assumed Trump would be gone before election in full swing. Trump gone meant we lose our country.. They were in a self first mode. I was done with Desantis. He damaged himself.. He took the stance he could do it better than Trump.
He could have waited.
Well, at least guaranteed to win the primaries if they don’t conspire to keep him off the ballot. And even if they do I expect he’d still win by write ins.
As a lawyer, Ron DeSantis should have the legal skills to defend a person against bogus criminal charges.
He should also deplore the abuses of the prosecutorial process.
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