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DeSantis releases video ahead of presidential campaign launch
Fox News ^ | May 23, 2023 6:23pm EDT | Brandon Gillespie

Posted on 05/23/2023 4:00:19 PM PDT by conservative98

FIRST ON FOX: Republican Florida Governor, and soon to be presidential candidate, Ron DeSantis released a video Tuesday teasing his expected 2024 campaign announcement.

The 30-second video, which DeSantis' wife Casey posted on Twitter, shows the governor standing in front of a large American flag in what appears to be a backstage setting with loud applause heard in the distance.

"They call it faith because in the face of darkness you can see that brighter future. A faith that our best days lay ahead of us. But is it worth the fight? Do I have the courage? Is it worth the sacrifice? America has been worth it every single time," the ad says as DeSantis appears readying himself to take the stage.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 0001desanctimoniuos; 2024; campaignmanager; caseydesantis; desantis; desantis2024; karlrove
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1 posted on 05/23/2023 4:00:19 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

America is worth the fight... Every. Single. Time. pic.twitter.com/lWNQ3DIXgp— Casey DeSantis (@CaseyDeSantis) May 23, 2023


2 posted on 05/23/2023 4:00:27 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Never hire your friends...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLiyj3Mn28

please clap


3 posted on 05/23/2023 4:01:52 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Imagine the mud slinging that’s about to take place between Trump and him. The dems will set back and watch the fireworks. Will DeSantis blame Trump for the vaccine and start showing the statistics on national TV. Will the deep state allow him to do that.


4 posted on 05/23/2023 4:07:43 PM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: conservative98

Fox is all in on DeSantis! He’s there Anyone-but-Trump guy until Donald is out of the way—then they will start to chop away on Mr. Florida so that the Democrats can retain power. Who will the Progs run—You can bet your piggy bank it will not be Biden or Harris. Who? Your guess is as good as mine. I believe a Dark Horse will be trotted our at the last moment.


5 posted on 05/23/2023 4:09:38 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: conservative98

Ronald Herbert Walker DeSantis is nothing more than another Uniparty “Not Trump” candidate.

Like it or not, Trump is the only hope of stopping the Uniparty “Death to America” cult.

Anything else will be more of the same.


6 posted on 05/23/2023 4:20:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I agree!!! DeSantis will destroy the Republican party and the Democrats will take over our country. Shame on HIM!!


7 posted on 05/23/2023 4:25:03 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
"I believe a Dark Horse will be trotted our out at the last moment."

My money is on Newsome/Whitmer.

8 posted on 05/23/2023 4:25:31 PM PDT by SkiKnee
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To: glimmerman70

“Will DeSantis blame Trump for the vaccine and start showing the statistics on national TV.”

Big pharma did not announce the completion of the vaccine until after the election in 2020. That is how much they depended on Donald Trump.

Or, can anyone imagine the hell that would have come down on Trump from the entire world had he tried to stop production of the vaccine?

As it was, he pushed alternative medicines, just to have Biden reverse all of it when he entered office.


9 posted on 05/23/2023 4:29:51 PM PDT by odawg
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To: glimmerman70

No need for DeSantis to sling mud at Trump. Lately Trump slimes himself almost every time he opens his mouth. The real question is what sort of Republican voters like the mud that Trump slings? Apparently there are quite a few who do.


10 posted on 05/23/2023 4:32:15 PM PDT by devere
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Fox is now full-on DeSantis, with the writer, Brandon Gillespie, seemingly out front.
FR had this one yesterday:

FR: 22 May: Fox News: Brandon Gillespie: Over 100 former Trump administration officials back DeSantis for president: ‘A proven winner’
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4155132/posts

days earlier:

17 May: Fox News: Brandon Gillespie: Team DeSantis throws shade at Trump following endorsements from 99 Florida lawmakers: ‘Almost universal’
Trump said in April his ‘support is almost universal in Florida’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/team-desantis-throws-shade-trump-following-endorsements-nearly-100-florida-lawmakers

on Jesse Watters today (opening segment all about DeS) it’s Murdoch’s WSJ says Biden’s DOJ about to indict Trump on classified docs obstruction charges...because Biden campaign WANTS to run against Trump in 2024, cos he’s the only one they can beat!!!!

no mention of poll predicting Trump 7pts ahead of Biden in a 2024 race...and certainly no suggestion Trump may have/already did beat Biden in 2020.

I only check Fox occasionally to monitor the propaganda, but it’s getting too much now...and will only get worse.


11 posted on 05/23/2023 4:35:20 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: pollywog; E. Pluribus Unum

Are voters so dumb now, that they cannot tell the difference between an ambitious career politician controlled by his rich donor class puppet masters and a man who sacrificed his very cushy life with immense popularity from both parties before he came down the elevator to rescue hard working middle class Americans?

We are now not even a banana republic. We are now just a banana.


12 posted on 05/23/2023 4:35:23 PM PDT by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: devere

Almost 70% currently for Trump, with DeSantis in teens and others in low single digits.


13 posted on 05/23/2023 4:36:37 PM PDT by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: SkiKnee

Not Newsome or Witmer—Not Dark enough to run for Puppet President of the Deep State. Must be willing to say his lines and not think. Maybe an Actor is needed? Whoopie Goldberg?


14 posted on 05/23/2023 4:37:20 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade ( Ride to the sound of the Guns!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

From what I see, we will need either Trump or female trump Kari Lake to rescue what remains of or claw back what can be of our republic.


15 posted on 05/23/2023 4:45:43 PM PDT by reviled downesdad (Some of the lost will never believe the Truth.)
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To: odawg

He reversed everything day 1… Shut down the pipeline. Started trying to mandate everyone take the vaccine including our military. All this will come down at some point. I think biden will be long gone when it does. He will be home like pelosi and others that will follow after this term. No way they can get him back in office again. They are already talking about no debates.. And the republicans in the swing states didn’t get rid of the drop boxes. And nobody is shown the states evidence cameras on the drop boxes showing people stuffing them.


16 posted on 05/23/2023 4:54:00 PM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: conservative98
"They call it faith because in the face of darkness you can see that brighter future. A faith that our best days lay ahead of us. But is it worth the fight? Do I have the courage? Is it worth the sacrifice? America has been worth it every single time," the ad says as DeSantis appears readying himself to take the stage."

Aaaaaaahahahahaazzzzzzzzzz.

Contrast and compare with President Trump. And if you're a Ronlim, weep and gnash your teeth, because President Trump is scattering his enemies, driving them before you...the Meatball is pissing away his 2028 shot...

"Wow. Whoa. This is some group of people. Thousands.

So nice, thank you very much. That’s really nice. Thank you. It’s great to be at Trump Tower. It’s great to be in a wonderful city, New York. And it’s an honor to have everybody here. This is beyond anybody’s expectations.

And, I can tell, some of the candidates, they went in, but they didn’t know their air conditioners didn’t work. They sweated like dogs.

They didn’t know the room (they rented) was too big, because they didn’t have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS? I don’t think it’s gonna happen.

Our country is in serious trouble. We don’t have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don’t have them. When was the last time anybody saw us beating, let’s say, China in a trade deal? They kill us. I beat China all the time. All the time.

When did we beat Japan at anything? They send their cars over by the millions, and what do we do? When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Tokyo? It doesn’t exist, folks. They beat us all the time.

When do we beat Mexico at the border? They’re laughing at us, at our stupidity. And now they are beating us economically. They are not our friend, believe me. But they’re killing us economically.

The U.S. has become a dumping ground for everybody else’s problems.

Thank you. It’s true, and these are the best and the finest. When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

But I speak to border guards and they tell us what we’re getting. And it only makes common sense. It only makes common sense. They’re not sending us the right people.

I said it very strongly, years ago, I said— and I love the military, and I want to have the strongest military that we’ve ever had, and we need it more now than ever. But I said, “Don’t hit Iraq,” because you’re going to totally destabilize the Middle East. Iran is going to take over the Middle East, Iran and somebody else will get the oil, and it turned out that Iran is now taking over Iraq. Think of it. Iran is taking over Iraq, and they’re taking it over big league.

We spent $2 trillion in Iraq, $2 trillion. We lost thousands of lives, thousands in Iraq. We have wounded soldiers, who I love, I love — they’re great — all over the place, thousands and thousands of wounded soldiers.

And we have nothing. We can’t even go there. We have nothing. And every time we give Iraq equipment, the first time a bullet goes off in the air, they leave it.

Last week, I read 2,300 Humvees— these are big vehicles— were left behind for the enemy. 2,000? You would say maybe two, maybe four? 2,300 sophisticated vehicles, they ran, and the enemy took them. (Ed. note: Just. Like. Afghanistan.)

Last quarter, it was just announced our gross domestic product— a sign of strength, right? But not for us. It was below zero. Whoever heard of this? It’s never below zero."


17 posted on 05/23/2023 4:58:09 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Tanned, rested, and ready.)
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To: conservative98

No Ron, it isn’t courage but pure selfishness that is making you run. If you had an ounce of decency you wouldn’t do it.


18 posted on 05/23/2023 5:09:02 PM PDT by b4me
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To: conservative98

The NAACP warning to blacks to stay out of Florida is a warmup attack by the crazy Left for what will be a never-ending stream of slander that is about to descend on Santos as he enters the race.


19 posted on 05/23/2023 5:10:40 PM PDT by iontheball
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I do wish he would stop appropriating Trump's trademark themes, about the fight and the sacrifice. What has he been fighting compared with Trump, and what has he sacrificed in comparison? Give it a rest with the transparent trademark borrowing.
20 posted on 05/23/2023 5:15:53 PM PDT by firebrand
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