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Here's Why Ron DeSantis Decided to Run For President In 2024 and Not 2028
Townhall ^ | 07/09/2023 | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 07/09/2023 7:16:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Responsibility2nd

He is too good to be true, just appeared out of nowhere spouting Trumpisms. Nope, I don’t buy it.


61 posted on 07/09/2023 8:12:42 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: Responsibility2nd
"DeSantis will be there to pick up the pieces."

I won't vote for him. I'll write Trump's name in, if he's not on the ballot.

62 posted on 07/09/2023 8:14:19 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mikegreenwell39

“Ron DeSantis signed a bill restricting the free speech rights of American citizens in Florida at the behest of dual loyalist donors- he signed it in Israel”


That was an amazingly bad move.

What bothers me is people who think that the Gaza Wall is great, but the Trump Wall is racist.

Or the people who say America is on stolen land - give it back. But Israel should conquer and keep whatever it can.

It’s the same as leftist or NeoCons who allow things for themselves, but if anyone else does it they are bad.


63 posted on 07/09/2023 8:14:30 PM PDT by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: cowboyusa

I agree. There’s a lot about Vivek that should give us pause.


64 posted on 07/09/2023 8:18:51 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Reverend Wright
Israel is GOD'S land. So is the US to a lesser extent. And both countries are under invasion and attack from within and without. Most leftist Jews who say the Trump wall is racist also say the same thing about the actions of the Israeli Government. But, PT is very popular in Israel, it is the only western nation with a positive approval of him.
65 posted on 07/09/2023 8:20:29 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: Responsibility2nd
"Trump took 160 Million from George to build Trump Tower."

That was back in 2004, and it was for Trump Tower in Chicago. It's almost 20 years, and a lot has changed since then.

66 posted on 07/09/2023 8:20:30 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Hopefully, a lot has changed in President Trump since 2020


67 posted on 07/09/2023 8:22:09 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: dsrtsage
"I am becoming more and more of a Vivek fan..."

Just saw this today. Am posting it for you to peruse:

Vivek Ramaswamy's Soros connection

It wasn't for campaign money, it was a Soros Fellowship in 2011, which was used help cover the costs at Yale for a future law degree.

68 posted on 07/09/2023 8:26:18 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: SeekAndFind

Like many conservatives/Republicans like myself, DeSantis probably just eventually saw Trump as a failure on the biggest issues facing us.

The wall, the debt, locking the country down over the phony covid scare, signing exec orders for free rent, pushing untested dna modifying shots on us at warp speed, flip flopping on gay marriage, restocking the deep state with his horrible appointments, threats to assault weapons, bragging about the WEF, etc.

As Trump himself once said, what have you got to lose?


69 posted on 07/09/2023 8:27:22 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Ultra Conservative)
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To: Responsibility2nd; mikegreenwell39
Ron DeMitchsChoice crawdadded on The Ukraine.

Enough said.

70 posted on 07/09/2023 8:28:17 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: gibsonguy
"...but he shredded the strong upward trajectory he had."

About the only upward trajectory Meatball ever had, was in his pants.

71 posted on 07/09/2023 8:30:07 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: dsrtsage

DeSantis hasn’t passed his sell-by date yet. Time will tell.


72 posted on 07/09/2023 8:30:51 PM PDT by x
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To: BobL

Tales of grandeur. I can see Ron with stars in his his eyes, as the insiders calling the shots smile, wink and nod. I wonder how much Ron is going bank on this? Probably a lot.

He’ll be taken the butthurt bus back to Miami, but he’ll have more money. ☺


73 posted on 07/09/2023 8:32:45 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: gibsonguy

This bonehead move by DeSantis has been a disaster for the country. The American nation will be grievously harmed and may not survive with another Biden like cabal in charge for another four years. Trump/De Santis IMHO was the best hope for a Republican victory in 2024. Sadly De Santis did not have the wisdom to tolerate Trump’s eccentrics and play a critical role in history as his VP. In 2028 he would have been the clear favorite to win the Presidency. Now if the Democrats win in 2024, it may not matter who the Republican nominee is in 2028.


74 posted on 07/09/2023 8:33:19 PM PDT by allendale
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To: cowboyusa
"Are you OK with the word dual loyalty?"

Explain what you are talking about please.

75 posted on 07/09/2023 8:33:36 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Responsibility2nd

—> Trump took 160 Million from George to build Trump Tower.

Pretty sure you are referring to something called a “commercial loan”


76 posted on 07/09/2023 8:33:40 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything)
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To: x

His shelf life expired the minute he decided to oppose Trump.


77 posted on 07/09/2023 8:33:46 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Responsibility2nd

I simply don’t care about Ron’s military service. He did it after law school- when he had already left his limited private sector experience (one year of prep school teacher and limited summers in various college jobs)- akin to Beau Biden (or as Hunter attempted), Pete Buttegieg and George Pedro Bush- its not the same as a genuine patriot or enlistee or officer- its a check in a box. That he served an evil cause (and so many of us were misled/ lied to- but Ron never even hints at that, does he?) in a toxic military role of commissar/ politruk doesn’t bolster my esteem. Ron wanted to be President when he was a kid- its not a terribly unique or shocking aspiration- but it has informed every decision he has ever made- to me that is disqualifying beyond all else.


78 posted on 07/09/2023 8:35:10 PM PDT by mikegreenwell39
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To: cowboyusa
"Hopefully, a lot has changed in President Trump since 2020"

The only reason I'll be voting for him is that he hasn't changed one bit since he rode down that escalator in 2015.

79 posted on 07/09/2023 8:36:26 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mikegreenwell39
“Ron DeSantis signed a bill restricting the free speech rights of American citizens in Florida at the behest of dual loyalist donors- he signed it in Israel- which is staggeringly bad optics.”

To which bill are you referring?

Any of these?

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/01/26/ron-desantis-wants-to-limit-free-speech-in-the-name-of-free-speech

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23550366/ron-desantis-first-amendment-free-speech-woke-academic-freedom-new-college-florida

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/09/florida-ron-desantis-public-union-restrictions-law-social-media-ban/70201770007/

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/09/1035687247/florida-anti-riot-law-ron-desantis-george-floyd-black-lives-matter-protests

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/29/politics/desantis-free-speech/index.html

80 posted on 07/09/2023 8:37:00 PM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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