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DeSantis was supposed to save the GOP from Trump, not endorse him
Miami Herald ^ | 1/21/24 | THE MIAMI HERALD EDITORIAL BOARD

Posted on 01/21/2024 5:45:57 PM PST by cotton1706

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t save the Republican Party after all, or America for that matter.

Two days before the New Hampshire primary election, DeSantis suspended his campaign for president on Sunday.

As he exited, he endorsed former President Donald J. Trump. Of course, he had no choice. The Florida governor tried to sell voters the idea that he’s just like Trump, but more electable, more reasonable — but also more conservative. That didn’t work because, in the end, DeSantis’ brand wouldn’t exist without MAGA.

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article284389660.html#storylink=cpy

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deepstateherald; desanctimonious; desantiscult; elections; elekchunz; lol; maga; media; msm; msmtds; tds; tdsbs; trump
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They are SOOO pissed!

They penned this bitter invective very quickly.

1 posted on 01/21/2024 5:45:57 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

“You were the chosen one!”


2 posted on 01/21/2024 5:47:48 PM PST by Bayard
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To: cotton1706

Marxist whores speak at the Miami Herald. Make no mistake they never endorsed him in any Florida elections.


3 posted on 01/21/2024 5:49:33 PM PST by DAC21
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To: cotton1706

This is exactly why RDS never took off.

He was supposed to stop Trump. His people never made the case, and neither did RDS, of why, exactly, he should be President.


4 posted on 01/21/2024 5:50:14 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez des mensonges et des phrases)
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To: cotton1706
DeSantis was supposed to save the GOP from Trump, not endorse him

"Supposed to"? By who? Any principled conservative is going to back Trump as the nominee. Guys like George Will and Bill Kristol, who ran their grift for decades without ever having to back a real conservative, won't be backing Trump.
5 posted on 01/21/2024 5:54:26 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: cotton1706
DeSantis might have been MAGA at one point but he was co-opted by the RINO wing of the Republican party.

Evidently they whispered into his ear, likely just before the 2022 midterms, that Trump was going to end up in jail and not able to run in 2024. DeSantis got delusions of grandeur and ran his campaign on that basis.

Basically DeSantis was banking on the fact that lawfare would knock Trump out of the campaign early, leaving the road open to him. When that didn't happen, DeSantis realized that he was going to get utterly crushed by Trump in the primaries.

6 posted on 01/21/2024 5:54:49 PM PST by SamAdams76 (6,508,933 Truth | 87,456,907 Twitter)
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To: cotton1706

In my opinion, that is the best way to save the Republican Party.


7 posted on 01/21/2024 6:00:01 PM PST by californian by choice
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To: Bayard

Maybe next time.


8 posted on 01/21/2024 6:00:03 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Jim Noble

That’s right.


9 posted on 01/21/2024 6:00:17 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: SamAdams76

I don’t think RDS has ever been MAGA.

His issues were given to him by the “donor community”, who care not at all about trannies, drag queens, LGBT or Disney. It was a very clever plan.

But Trump’s voters are not as stupid as the donor community imagines.


10 posted on 01/21/2024 6:00:23 PM PST by Jim Noble (Assez des mensonges et des phrases)
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To: californian by choice

Now if only Nikki Haley could drop out next.


11 posted on 01/21/2024 6:02:40 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Bayard

Darth DeSantis:

“Don, I am your meatball!”

CC


12 posted on 01/21/2024 6:04:18 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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They are SOOO pissed!

You ain't seen nothing yet. When a campaign pisses thru $300 million dollars, and has nothing to show for it except a handful of NeverTrump internet activists jumping up and down, blood will be spilled.

13 posted on 01/21/2024 6:10:01 PM PST by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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So who are RDS’ handlers? Trump has the GOP base. Trump’s challengers are the fringe candidates.


14 posted on 01/21/2024 6:15:06 PM PST by kabar
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To: SamAdams76

Trump has more experience and success fighting frivolous law suits than any American alive. Watch him these miserable party hacks nobody AG’s fail to jail Trump before nomination and most likely even before November election.


15 posted on 01/21/2024 6:15:17 PM PST by Bobbyvotes
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To: cotton1706

You so called journalists were supposed to save our country not destroy it.


16 posted on 01/21/2024 6:15:35 PM PST by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: kabar

Most likely Yeb’s handlers.


17 posted on 01/21/2024 6:16:12 PM PST by Bobbyvotes
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When a campaign pisses thru $300 million dollars, and has nothing to show for it …

What do you mean “nothing”? He already won more delegates than Yeb!

LOL!!!

18 posted on 01/21/2024 6:20:25 PM PST by rhinohunter (Elections have consequences. Stolen elections have catastrophic consequences.)
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To: DAC21
elections.> They definitely didn't want DeSantis,it would have been 8 years and best case with Trump IF he can win is 4
19 posted on 01/21/2024 6:23:46 PM PST by TECTopcat
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>>DeSantis was supposed to save the GOP from Trump, not endorse him

“Supposed to”? By who?


By a leftist news organization that never met a Republican they liked.


20 posted on 01/21/2024 6:28:47 PM PST by mbrfl
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