Posted on 05/18/2023 4:22:38 PM PDT by conservative98
The result of DeSantis’ self-serving behavior is disaster in the city of Jacksonville where an underfunded upstart Democrat candidate beat their Republican challenger earlier this week. This means Jacksonville, which was previously the largest city in the country under Republican rule, has fallen to the Democrats. It is a massive stain on the record of DeSantis, who has been puffing his chest out about what a “winner” he is for months now.
On Tuesday, Democrat Donna Deegan defeated Republican Daniel Davis in a runoff election to become the next mayor of Jacksonville. She won with 112,213 votes to Davis’ 103,888 votes. This tally was a little over 8,000. If DeSantis was in the state campaigning hard for Davis in the final days before the election, this means he could have easily swung the vote in his favor and saved the city from the Democrats.
Instead, Ron was out in Iowa hitting campaign stops, doing a shameful flagrant end around of Florida’s “Resign to Run” law:
The “Resign to Run Law” was enacted to keep narcissistic, ego-driven politicians from abandoning the state of Florida to focus on their national ambitions to the detriment of their people. DeSantis has conducted a shadow campaign which relies on dark money super PACs to run his campaign while he travels the country under the guise of conducting a book tour. Journalist Laura Loomer has blown the whistle on DeSantis’ shady actions which she believes are illegal.
“When you think of Governor Ron DeSantis and the fact that he’s trying to pressure the Florida Republican legislature to change Florida law only to benefit himself and his political aspirations, the first thing that comes to my mind is self-serving political corruption. This is the type of thing that you would expect from Third World leaders, dictators, and authoritarian individuals who abuse the political system to further enrich themselves and carry out their dictatorships,” Loomer wrote in a Substack post.
The fruits of DeSantis’ illicit shadow presidential campaign are on full display with the dismal results in Jacksonville, which are the direct result of his dereliction of duty. He is leaving Florida in the dust, and the situation has caused President Trump to point out that “the magic is gone” from DeSantis as he abandons MAGA for the establishment.
“Wow! In a big upset, the DeSanctimonious backed Republican candidate for Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, LOST. This is a shocker. If they would have asked me to Endorse, he would have won, easily. Too proud to do so. Fools! This is a BIG LOSS for the Republican Party. Remember, ‘Rob’ only won because of me!!!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
DeSantis’ transformation from rising political superstar to the country’s leading RINO has been remarkable. Hubris will be the downfall of DeSantis, who could have stayed in Trump’s shadow and been a real contender in 2028 but blew it by selling out to the globalists and stabbing Trump in the back.
Cities are (D) cesspools. Nothing DeSantis can do about this.
ehh - I’m pro Trump but claiming DeSantis is abandoning Florida to make his campaign run is a real stretch.
Jacksonville is a real problem, though. Not like Trumps (or any other leader’s) picks always pan out - but that DeSantis did very little ground work to support the candidacy and/or miscalculated the win.
Where Trump is the bull in the china shop, it’s given that his ground game sucks.
DeSantis, OTOH, was positioning himself as the GOP tactician candidate...
The GOP, as a whole, NEEDS to get on the ball about this. We won’t hold the country with just the rural areas.
Ridiculous.
Jacksonville was Republican.
Hello, he governs the whole state - that includes having some interactions with cities that can help or hurt them.
rural areas slowly and some times quickly become cities, which then do usually become dem messes - ALL because Republicans, conservatives or other decent peoples allow it, like the governor did by following shiny objects of money & more power to be the “tool of the moment” to continue destroying the USA.
Every city that falls to a democrat, is potentially a breeding ground for election fraud. That’s a known.
Control the election commissioner job, and you get a lot of votes which were nonexistent before. That’s a fact.
For years.
Bad hit piece.
Donna Deegan has been elected mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, defeating a DeSantis-endorsed Republican and becoming only the second Democrat to win the mayor’s race in 30 years. https://t.co/sl0dsOgGV5— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 17, 2023
he gave an oath to govern FL for the term, he seems to be bailing on that - that IS abandoning the state for some other pursuit.
DeSantis: GOP 'Must Reject the Culture of Losing,' No More 'Excuses'
News Max ^ | 5/14/2023 | Eric Mack
The Democrats offer free stuff. We can’t compete with that.
This is kind of like blaming Trump for not being there, he lives in Florida too. What about the people actually running there, it ultimately falls on them.
I'm not sure why this is important, but here you go.
It’s all about perspective, and DeSantis hasn’t been managing that very well.
Didn’t DeSantis also screw up Lee Zeldin’s election for governor of NY too? This guy is such a scoundrel even Florida will be sick of his antics soon. Serves him right for being a traitor and RINO lackey.
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