DeSantis says Jordan and Scalise are 'both good guys'

NBC News ^ | October 4, 2023 | Emma Barnett and Zoë Richards

[Reno89519]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had positive things to say today about Scalise and Jordan when asked about their respective speaker bids, but he stopped short of saying who he would prefer to see in the top House post.

"I know both of those guys," DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, said of his former House colleagues. "They’re both good guys."

In his remarks to reporters at an event in Greenville, South Carolina, DeSantis spoke in broad terms about what the next speaker needs to do.

"You can’t just say, continue business as usual. You got to be somebody that understands we need a fundamentally different path here," he said.

DeSantis went on to say that GOP leaders are often out of step with their voters compared with Democrats.

"I think the Republican Party for a long time has had problems with leadership that’s not reflective of the voters that put them there. Whereas on the other side, the Democrat leadership is representative of where their voters are in a lot of issues."

[napscoordinator]

Yeah. My brother did not get them either. I think everyone should have gotten them regardless. Afterall, those who make more, pay more.

[chickenlips]

Trump was good at giving us free money.
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Those were death jab reparations.

[GulliverSwift]

Welp, guess we need to start looking for someone else. This is the kiss of death endorsement.

[Reno89519]

Or maybe you meant Trump since he supported McCarthy and has such a phenomenal track record for picking people. And I think he more-or-less agreed with Jordan and Scalise, so if Trump did, we should move on? No problem, but lets be honest and fair about it.

[TBP]

You can be a good guy and still be wrong on a lot of things.

[Right_in_Virginia]

DeSantis has shared more in several interviews yesterday and today.

Post the videos. 😉

[Syncro]

Noncommittal passive aggressive Pandering.

Not a good look.

[Syncro]

Dear Ron:

So?

A weak thing to say.

[GulliverSwift]

Do you have a link for where Trump explicitly said beforehand that he supported McCarthy?

[faucetman]

https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/steve-scalise

Liberty Score: F 58%

https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/jim-jordan

Liberty Score A 94%

[Reno89519]

Do a search on Google and filter for date. Trump has repeatedly expressed support for McCarthy, before he didn’t, then circles back to again support him. That’s Trump.

[SunkenCiv]

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• Scalise enters Speaker's race [10/04/2023]

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