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Jack Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING POLL: Trump takes 45% lead over DeSantis among GOP voters thepostmillennial.com BREAKING POLL: Trump takes 45% lead over DeSantis among GOP voters 11:11 AM · May 17, 2023

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump .3h Rob DeSanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropping like a rock - I would almost be inclined to say, these are record “falls.” The question: Is “Rob” just young, inexperienced and naive or, more troubling, is he a fool who has no idea what he is doing. We already have one of those in office, we don’t need another one. MAGA! May 14, 2023, 10:38 AM

The primary question that Rasmussen asked of likely U.S. voters reads as follows: “If the candidates for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination were Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Marianne Williamson, which candidate would you vote for?” Respondents were split between Kennedy and Biden, with Kennedy receiving 35 percent and Biden, who is already polling at historic lows as of May 2023, receiving just 36 percent. Williamson, meanwhile, captured just six percent of the vote in the poll, which included voters from all political parties.

In little over an hour, Donald Trump suggested the United States should default on its debts for the first time in history, injected doubt over the country’s commitment to defending Ukraine from Russia’s invasion, dangled pardons for most of the Capitol rioters convicted of crimes and refused to say he would abide by the results of the next presidential election. The second-term vision Trump sketched out at a CNN town hall event Wednesday would represent a sharp departure from core American values that have been at the bedrock of the nation for decades: its creditworthiness, its credibility with international allies...

In a conversation with Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor Russell Brand, Kennedy revealed that he openly communicated with Donald Trump's likely primary opponent and discussed the 2024 election. We talked about him possibly running for the presidency, and I said, how will you handle the NIH?" Kennedy told Brand on his Rumble talk show with 1.1 million subscribers. "And he said: 'I'll burn it to the ground.' You know, I understand the impulse. But I think I can have a more surgical impact on these agencies." Kennedy didn't give details on when the conversation occurred or where the meeting was. In...

CNN and the fake news legacy media were not the only losers last night. President Trump agreed to appear at a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Wednesday night that turned into a lopsided debate win over CNN host Kaitlan Collins. Trump gave Kaitlan a thorough thrashing. But CNN was not the only loser last night. The DeSantis team posted comments following the debate where they revealed their support for the Democrats and administrative state. The DeSantis team came out in support of” ** politically motivated prosecutions ** FBI-DOJ interference in elections ** lawfare by the FBI, DOJ, CIA,...

In late April during a Fox News interview, 2024 GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was asked about the lawsuit Disney filed against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, which alleges “a targeted campaign of government retaliation” that Disney says “threatens Disney’s business operations, jeopardizes its economic future in the region, and violates its constitutional rights.” Haley’s response was to go full corporatist, touting what she says was her record as South Carolina’s governor when it came to attracting businesses to the state and inviting Disney to bring their “70,000+ jobs” to her home state. In a tweet she posted, Haley took a...

TALLAHASSEE — As he opened the 2023 legislative session nearly two months ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis targeted migrants entering the country illegally. “We must further strengthen our laws against illegal immigration by enhancing employment verification, increasing penalties for human smuggling and further disincentivizing illegal migration to the state of Florida,” DeSantis said March 7 during his State of the State address. On Tuesday, with just days left in the session, Republican lawmakers carried out DeSantis’ wishes. The House gave final approval to a controversial bill (SB 1718) that includes stepping up requirements on businesses to check the immigration status of...

Ron DeSantis grappled with how not to "piss off" then-President Donald Trump's voters during 2018 debate preparation sessions in his first campaign for Florida governor, according to videos obtained by ABC News. In the videos, the then-congressman can be seen talking through how to answer a mock question on whether there are any issues on which he disagrees with Trump. The question was posed to him by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, who participated in the mock sessions. "Obviously there is, I mean, I voted contrary to him in the Congress," DeSantis said in the video. He added, "I have to...

WASHINGTON — President Biden avoided questions from reporters Friday by falsely announcing a “major press conference” — before ducking out to grab lunch at a local taqueria ahead of a one-on-one interview with MSNBC. “We’ve got a lot of work to do and I’m doing a major press conference this afternoon,” Biden told reporters at a White House meeting with cabinet secretaries. “So I love you all, but I’d like to ask you to leave so we can get down to business.” Biden’s staff later told the press corps the president misspoke, possibly thinking of an interview with MSNBC “11th...

Billionaire Peter Thiel says he will back DESANTIS in 2024: Megadonor who supported Trump in 2020 flips to throw his weight behind Florida governor - but admits he's worried he is focusing too much on 'woke' Thiel said this week that he will 'strongly' support Ron DeSantis in 2024 after previously backing former President Donald Trump Warned the Florida governor against leaning in too much on anti-woke agenda 'I do worry that focusing on the woke issue as ground zero is not quite enough' Peter Thiel said he would support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis if he makes it to the...

Longshot presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has accused his prospective Republican rivals of parroting him, but Ramaswamy himself has made an intentional effort to conceal his own biography, even paying a Wikipedia editor to remove potentially politically damaging details about his past from his page.

As the business operations of politics and consultants start their income cycle, several polls have been released in the past several days attempting to capture the attention of an increasingly angst riddled population.Household economics, job losses, wage pressure, destabilized checkbook finance issues and ongoing inflation continue at the forefront of concerns for the majority of voters. In an effort to distract from the core issue(s) of policy, both the republican and democrat corporations are trying to divert attention to more favorable social issues. However, after multiple election cycles, a larger portion of the general population has caught on to the...

New polling data from the monthly McLaughlin & Associates national survey is showing former President Donald Trump pulling away from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival for the 2024 GOP nomination.Pollster John McLaughlin tells Newsmax that is because voters see him as the candidate who can defeat President Joe Biden."When you consider the trajectory of how much support Donald Trump has gotten since the beginning of the year, one-on-one against Ron DeSantis, Trump was leading him in January by 52-40 [percent]," McLaughlin told Tuesday's "Wake Up America," about the poll, released Tuesday. "It's now 67-26."The same poll of 1,000...

The Florida Commission on Ethics dismissed a complaint filed by a Trump-aligned super PAC that accused Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) of violating state law by using his state to fundraise and court a presidential run without declaring his candidacy. The Make America Great Again Inc. PAC filed the complaint in March, alleging DeSantis is guilty of “illegal conduct” by using his Friends of Ron DeSantis PAC to fundraise in the early months of 2023 despite not launching a White House bid. However, the Florida commission shot down those allegations in a 12-page report released this week, ruling that MAGA Inc....

Former President Donald Trump's longtime adviser Jason Miller told Newsmax on Thursday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is "running into a buzz saw" if he challenges Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.Miller told "John Bachman Now" to "stay tuned" when asked if Trump might travel to Tallahassee, Florida, for a campaign stop while DeSantis is out of the country.He added: "I'm not in a position to break any news right now, but ... there's a new Emerson poll out today showing President Trump with a 46-point lead nationally over Ron DeSantis. In New Hampshire ... President Trump is ahead...

Joe Biden gloated over Tucker Carlson’s removal from the FOX News linup last night at the annual White House press dinner. The regime media did not quite know how to react. Of course, they all hate Tucker Carlson and the MAGA voters, but they held back their cheers. Joe Biden snarked, “The job isn’t finished, I mean it is finished for Tucker Carlson,” he said to audible boos from the crowd. What are you booing about, like you think that’s not reasonable? Give me a break.”

Former Speaker New Gingrich joined Maria Bartiromo on Sunday Morning Futures this morning. Newt suggested that Susan Rice left the flailing and corrupt Biden regime to get ready for Michelle Obama’s run for president in 2024. .... Snip..... Newt Gingrich: I think at a minimum, it probably is a sign that she said, don’t do it, and he said, I’m doing it anyway. And I think she just didn’t want to be part of a Biden reelection. And I also think that I was very struck when Mark Halperin, in his wide world of news, ran the video of Michelle...

Ex-president Donald Trump spent an hour on Friday talking to his former adviser Steve Bannon during which he bashed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and claimed that Republican donors are abandoning the not-yet-declared 2024 presidential candidate and flocking to the Trump campaign. Trump has been doing long interviews with right-wing talk hosts to promote his new book. Last week Fox’s Mark Levin spent an hour with Trump on the subject, and on Friday it was Trump’s former adviser Bannon, who hosts a daily show on the Real America’s Voice network. Trump lit into DeSantis, as he does routinely to the governor...

President Joe Biden's chances of winning in 2024 aren't looking so sunny in the Sunshine State, Democrats say. The president just officially declared his reelection bid, but even before his announcement, Democratic insiders were looking beyond Florida for his path to reelection. The state is an electoral gem in presidential politics, but it's expensive to campaign there and it's home to both former President Donald Trump and potential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis... "I don't know how the hell we win this," a DC-based Democratic consultant told Insider when asked whether Democrats are giving up on Florida as a swing...