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DeSantis says Trump not only didn’t fulfill major promise, it got worse
Fox News ^ | 7/16/23 | Jessica Chasmar

Posted on 07/16/2023 3:26:33 PM PDT by DallasBiff

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis rattled off a list of what he deemed to be broken 2016 campaign promises by former President Donald Trump, saying he’d rather attack the GOP front-runner on the issues than personality.

"Substantively, we've been very frank about our differences with respect to the former president," the Florida governor said. "I mean, for example, he promised to drain the swamp – it got worse. He did not drain the swamp.

"He promised to have Mexico pay for a border wall. They did like 50 miles of wall. There's massive expanses still there," he continued. "He said he was going to eliminate the national debt. They added almost $8 trillion to the debt in four years.

"And of course, in 2020, he turned the country over to Dr. [Anthony] Fauci, and those lockdowns and the borrowing and printing really set us on a bad course," he added. "I've been very, very frank at that."

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TOPICS: Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
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To: qwerty1234

Trump did not drain the swamp.

The swamp drained him.


21 posted on 07/16/2023 3:39:31 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Pray for God's intervention to stop Biden's invasion)
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To: DallasBiff

Trump didn’t complete the wall that Congressman DeSantis never thought to build.


22 posted on 07/16/2023 3:40:02 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: DallasBiff

Trump got Mexico to control ITS southern border, and also to cooperate with the “Remain in Mexico” rule. He did fine on that score, if we allow credits for those that we didn’t have to deal with in the first place.


23 posted on 07/16/2023 3:40:22 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Responsibility2nd

Not so that you would notice. Trump made great inroads and now he has their measure & the gloves are off.


24 posted on 07/16/2023 3:40:40 PM PDT by JayGalt (Convenience is the bait in which the true poison is concealed.)
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To: ConservativeMind

exactly.


25 posted on 07/16/2023 3:41:00 PM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: Trump_Triumphant
He’s not doing himself any favors with this stuff.

It's those exact types of issues that awoke me from my own Trump spell. Other things like creating a warp speed bioweapon and calling a worthless riot on J6 before leaving them to rot in jail, throwing gay parties at his resort, etc, played a part as well. These are the biggest issues we face, and Trump's actual grades on them aren't good.

26 posted on 07/16/2023 3:42:04 PM PDT by Golden Eagle (Ultra Conservative)
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To: DallasBiff
They did like 50 miles of wall

DiSantis is a repulsive liar.

27 posted on 07/16/2023 3:42:17 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: JayGalt

How is he fighting for us by giving us McConnell, McCarthy and the deep state.


28 posted on 07/16/2023 3:42:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: JayGalt

I agree with the sexmcond part,and THAT is what matters.


29 posted on 07/16/2023 3:42:34 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: DallasBiff

What I would be interested in hearing from ALL the GOP candidates for President is everything that the Biden-Harris team has done to hurt our country!


30 posted on 07/16/2023 3:44:09 PM PDT by Brandonmark (November 2024 cannot comtly left out his party affiliation: e soon enough!)
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To: DallasBiff

>>”I mean, for example, he promised to drain the swamp – it got worse. He did not drain the swamp.

No, Slick. The swamp was there for years hiding beneath the surface. It was hiding behind the “We’re only 1/2 of 1/3 of the government” excuses RINO’s like you gave to explain their inaction. Trump’s MAGA agenda was an existential threat to them and forced them out into the open.


31 posted on 07/16/2023 3:44:33 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: ConservativeMind

“ Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell made the Wall not happen.”

If Trump is re-elected his GOP enemies will still be in power.


32 posted on 07/16/2023 3:46:13 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Make the GOP illegal - everything else will follow)
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To: qwerty1234

With most of all DC Republicans doing everything possible to subvert and depose MAGA, could anyone be surprised? This is not to be laid at Trump’s feet. The Uniparty (R) outdid its despicable self 2016-20.


33 posted on 07/16/2023 3:46:49 PM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: mbrfl

When you drain the swamp, the nasties are revealed.


34 posted on 07/16/2023 3:47:17 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: DallasBiff

So DeSantis is criticizing Trump for failing to do things that DeSantis never would have attempted to do himself. Does this guy even listen to himself?


35 posted on 07/16/2023 3:47:48 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I've just pissed in my pants and nobody can do anything about it." -- Major Fambrough)
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To: DallasBiff

This is a good, definitive start to a list.


36 posted on 07/16/2023 3:48:30 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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To: DallasBiff

Trump didn’t get Mexico to pay for a wall that had never even occurred to Ron until Trump made it an issue in his campaign.


37 posted on 07/16/2023 3:48:58 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: gitmo

Exactly.


38 posted on 07/16/2023 3:49:21 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: DallasBiff

Meanwhile, Trump was out slobbering on Zelenskyy today with Maria Bartorimo.


39 posted on 07/16/2023 3:49:30 PM PDT by MountainWalker
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To: Parley Baer

America has outgrown career politicians. She needs a businessman at the helm who knows finances and deal making. Trump is the best we’ve got who’s willing to run.

Sure, Trump made mistakes but that was because he trusted weasel aides and went with their recommended candidates for positions.


40 posted on 07/16/2023 3:50:13 PM PDT by bgill
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