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Trump to Hugh Hewitt on DeSantis: “He had nothing! He was dead, he was leaving the race, he came over and he begged me, begged me, for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out,”-- “There were tears coming down from his eyes...
Mediaite ^ | February 2, 2023 | Ken Meyer

Posted on 02/02/2023 8:41:02 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man

Trump gave an interview on Thursday to Hugh Hewitt, who repeatedly asked him to spill on what disparaging nicknames he plans to use against those who compete with him in the 2024 Republican primary. When Hewitt floated Glenn Youngkin (R) as a possible bid, Trump referred to the Virginia Governor as a “disappointment,” complaining that he didn’t get enough gratitude from Youngkin or his team even though “I did a lot for him. And he got elected because of me, just like Ron DeSantis. Even more so.”

DeSantis is often considered Trump’s biggest potential primary threat, and the former president has been opening fire on the governor ever since the midterm elections. Trump often claims DeSantis would’ve never won his governors race without his endorsement, so as soon as Trump brought up DeSantis’ name, the floodgates opened for a full-scale attack.

“He had nothing! He was dead, he was leaving the race, he came over and he begged me, begged me, for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out,” Trump said. He then shared how DeSantis supposedly grovelled for his help in beating Adam Putnam in Florida’s Republican primary

"There were tears coming down from his eyes. He said ‘if you endorse me, I’ll win,’ said Trump. “So I end up doing it, and he wins. They say it was like a bomb went off. Just a bomb totally went off. From the moment I endorsed him, he went from losing by numbers that were not catchable to winning easily.”

This went on with Trump saying “everything collapsed” for Putnam from the moment he endorse DeSantis, and that “I got him past the crackhead [Andrew Gillam], who was the hottest person in the Democratic Party at the time.”

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To: Beowulf9

A bit......................😉


81 posted on 02/02/2023 9:15:29 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: BushCountry

If Trump isn’t the gop nominee, do you think he burns everything down or supports the nominee?


82 posted on 02/02/2023 9:15:48 AM PST by Theoria
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To: Macho MAGA Man

why should desantis endorse trump after all of this?...


83 posted on 02/02/2023 9:16:11 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: stanne

Trump reminds me of a modern day Huey P. Long of Louisiana. Huey went after his opponents viscously. Long had a huge ego like Trump.


84 posted on 02/02/2023 9:17:02 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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To: patriotspride

“ Crying could be just the verbal equivalent not actual tears.....

Don’t forget Trump is an East Coast New Yorker and that type of hyperbole is just everyday talk....”

This Long Islander is constantly getting called out in texas for exaggerating. That the language. I automatically translate metaphoric language and definitely when trump speaks

We say “fine. Do that. But don’t come crying to me (cryin’ ta me)when it goes bad. Then “ oh ya he came crying to me all about how …”

We don’t picture crying. We picture desperation and regret and a plea tomorrow help with the understanding we’ll both remember the favor

If the guy then turns on us or doesn’t come to our aid where he can, we’re going to warn others whom he tries to con, that he’s a creep

People like to hate trump so they focus on some accusation of narcissism. Trump is hugely successful and doesn’t apologize for it. He acts successful. Every conservative ought to do so and the constitution would reign as it should.


85 posted on 02/02/2023 9:18:16 AM PST by stanne
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

There are to many people in our base NOW the MAGA base that are just unwilling to hold their nose and vote anymore THEY ARE DONE with RINOS


While there are a lot of people like this, I would never say that there are too many. When the last RINO has been burried, I will be willing to say that perhaps there are now enough.


86 posted on 02/02/2023 9:18:33 AM PST by Hieronymus
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To: kenmcg
Sometimes a guy who was a great POTUS just doesn’t get it. Going against Reagan’s 11th commandment. Never speak ill of another Republican. Can you imagine what a ticket like Trump-DeSantis would do.......unbeatable. Sometimes Trump’s mouth is his own worst enemy.

Another one.

It's primary for goodness sakes. One can't criticize their opponant or potential opponent?

Geez. Maybe we should should have threads that are DeSantis safety spaces for those who are offended.

87 posted on 02/02/2023 9:18:37 AM PST by FreeReign
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Trump’s behavior exceeds juvenilism and enters a kaleidoscope zone of crazy pathologies.


88 posted on 02/02/2023 9:19:32 AM PST by HockeyPop
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To: shadowlands1960

The baby blimp that Londoners flew during his visit now seems justified.


89 posted on 02/02/2023 9:20:08 AM PST by nwrep
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Trump is PATHETIC!!! he needs to GROW UP!

I VOTED for him TWICE.....I think he was a pretty good President, but a LOUSY judge of people!

He lost me at Ron Sanctimonious! UNCALLED FOR!

90 posted on 02/02/2023 9:20:26 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Oh with the ego. Stop

Huey Long

Please

Trump reminds me of someone who loves this country won the presidency twice, by greater the second time, and will continue to work for us.


91 posted on 02/02/2023 9:21:39 AM PST by stanne
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Why should Ron respond when Trump is making a fool of himself? The only people that view this positively are die hard Trump supporters.

Trump seems to become more unhinged by the day. But go ahead, egg him on and keep blowing kisses to him.

92 posted on 02/02/2023 9:21:53 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man
What’s the difference now than then?

He has become a 5-time loser now.

93 posted on 02/02/2023 9:22:28 AM PST by nwrep
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To: Angelino97
I was speaking about one adult Republican. DeSantis.

Ya know, every time I hear that, "He's the adult in the room", claptrap, I cringe!

They say that about all of the corrupt political insiders.

Here what the Washington Post said about Jeb Bush.

"""While Trump and other rev up the base, Jeb seeks to be the calm, stately, dignified guy waiting in the wings. He’s the “sober adult,” the Washington Post notes."""

https://www.politico.eu/article/hillary-clinton-rooting-for-jeb-bush-trump-nomination-polls/

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We don't need calm and dignified when our country is being attacked and destroyed. That's all bull sh*t. We need a no nonsense take no prisoners outspoken leader.

Leaders, NOT lawyers!

94 posted on 02/02/2023 9:23:28 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: nwrep

How so? He was cheated by voter fraud.


95 posted on 02/02/2023 9:23:39 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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To: FreeReign

elon musk for president 2024...

our turn to install an ineligible african-american in the white hospice...


96 posted on 02/02/2023 9:24:00 AM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: Zathras

Trump could recreate himself and be nice and humble and gracious and it wouldn’t matter. The elections are rigged, irreparably so.


97 posted on 02/02/2023 9:24:05 AM PST by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: Angelino97
Between the two of them destroying each other, plus millions more migrant voters, and an ever more efficient election fraud machine, it's looking pretty grim for Republicans in 2024.

This whole thing gets cleared up when DeSantis quits playing Politician games and reverses course and publicly, and definitively, states he is not running for POTUS 2024 and states his support for Trump POTUS 2024.

You know that, Trump knows that, we know that, and most certainly, DeSantis knows this.
98 posted on 02/02/2023 9:24:13 AM PST by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

I voted for Trump twice, but will not do so again. His appeal has worn off. The sooner his supporters (and Trump himself) realizes this, the sooner we can find that same political/economic/etc. astuteness wrapped up in a more grace-gifted package.


99 posted on 02/02/2023 9:24:58 AM PST by MarDav
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To: stanne

Huey Long loved his country too.


100 posted on 02/02/2023 9:25:04 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
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