Posted on 07/06/2021 1:09:16 PM PDT by Jacquerie
The turnout for Trump's "Save America" rally in soggy Sarasota should remind everyone the former President will leave the stage when he is good and ready. And he's not ready. The “Save America” rally for former (repeat, former) President Donald Trump Saturday in Sarasota sent an unmistakable warning to Florida Democrats and, maybe, Gov. Ron DeSantis, too.
Trump’s true believers still believe, and there’s no room in their hearts and minds for anyone else. That’s true, even if it means siding with Trump against a Governor they really like. Why else would thousands sit through buckets of rain to hear their heartthrob make the same points he makes every time he opens his yap.
Democrats, bad! Election stolen! Witch hunt!
MAGA!!
But his people listened in adoration, even though they’ve heard it again and again. It’s like a movie they’ve watched 20 times and know every line by heart, but they can’t wait to see it for the 21st time. They will savor that showing as much as the first one. “This is the kind of persecution they’re doing, as an example in New York, that you would see in Third World nations,” he told the crowd. “It’s reminiscent of a communist dictatorship targeting its political opponents … There’s no depth to which the radical left will not sink to stop our Make America Great Again movement.”
Um, communist dictators aren’t the only ones to target political opponents. Or did everyone forget how Trump wanted his Attorney General to investigate and even arrest Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Jim Comey, and Hillary Clinton, among others?
He pressured then-Vice President Mike Pence to invalidate Biden’s election, even though there was no legal ground to do so. He bullied Georgia leaders to “find” him enough votes to win the state in the 2020 election. We could go on and on.
True believers know all that, and they don’t care. Don’t try to explain it and, whatever you do, don’t bring up Trump’s legal issues, the lies he tells, and the Jan. 6 insurrection. You’re wasting your breath.
They. Do. Not. Care.
They never will, either, because they believe the other side is more crooked and the Deep State is covering it up.
Meanwhile, DeSantis didn’t attend the rally because he was on the job at the collapsed condo in Surfside. Trump said he understood but, interestingly, didn’t mention DeSantis at the rally.
DeSantis has been a Trump loyalist from the get-go, but his popularity is rising, and that could put him in the crosshairs. In Trump’s world, there is no room for anything but total loyalty.
Or did everyone forget how Trump wanted his Attorney General to investigate and even arrest Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Jim Comey, and Hillary Clinton, among others?
I guess the author forgets how all 4 have been shown to have committed crimes. While the President, having done nothing, was chased for over four years.
I guess he forgets how, after finding numerous tax evasion issues, the Clintons and their foundation were allowed to amend their taxes.
What might be interesting is a DeSantis-Trump Ticket where Trump takes VP role but is given a very active agenda? Thinking out loud.
I want the GOPe to feel my pain as I elect their primary challengers.
Skimmed through it. No way Trump & DeSantis fight each other. They’re #1 and 2. What’s left? Then there’s the fact that DeSantis is 42 y/o. Plenty of time. Last-do you rally think he’ll sit at the VP desk for 4 years? Just plain stupid, like the writer.
What pundits dont get about the rallies.
The numbers are so yuge because being around like minded people is just plain fun and conservatives have never had a rock star type leader to rally behind before.
Reagan was popular for sure but not as much fun as Trump.
He’s preparing himself to admit Trump really did win.
“What might be interesting is a DeSantis-Trump Ticket where Trump takes VP role but is given a very active agenda?”
Trump as VP? Haha! You have a vivid imagination.
“That’s true, even if it means siding with Trump against a Governor they really like.” As a Floridian, I can speak to this as being very true. My entire family is 100% with President Trump. And, every friend we have voted for President Trump twice and cannot wait to do so a third time. This man sacrificed so very much for us. Loyalty is the very least we can give the man in return.
Last-do you rally think he’ll sit at the VP desk for 4 years? Just plain stupid, like the writer.”
No way! I’m not the one who suggested that - that was a couple comments after mine. :-)
Like the Republic that we pledge allegiance to, it’s not about Trump, it for what he stands.
“Trump’s true believers still believe, and there’s no room in their hearts and minds for anyone else.”
I don’t “believe” in Trump. I believe in America and Trump is championing my beliefs. Simple as that. I’m sticking with a proven winner.
Joe Henderson.
“true believers”?
Just another moron.
How does someone as retarded as Joe Henderson get to write and publish elephant trunk drawings?
>>Why else would thousands sit through buckets of rain to hear their heartthrob make the same points he makes every time he opens his yap.<<
I quit reading then. Who cares what this @$$hole thinks of Trump?
can you imagine if 45 actually DID call for and unleash the dogs? please
“Or did everyone forget how Trump wanted his Attorney General to investigate and even arrest Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Jim Comey, and Hillary Clinton”
That’s because they really ARE criminals
Ron DeSantis is one Republican I still have great faith in.
DeSantis’ bold leadership through the Covid crisis saved jobs and businesses.
“Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Jim Comey, and Hillary Clinton”
The “sweetheart” book deals, speaking fees and board memberships are all 100% legal.
“Trump is championing my beliefs”
That’s why I voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020.
“the Jan. 6 insurrection”
If stores are looted during a leftist protest march, I don’t think Joe Henderson believes that non-participating march organizers should be criminally liable.
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