Posted on 11/13/2023 6:39:33 AM PST by conservative98
The Florida Governor previously lumped the Senator in with the GOP's 'culture of losing.' Florida’s Governor is striking a charitable tone on social media after U.S. Sen. Tim Scott ended his run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Ron DeSantis bid the “strong conservative” from South Carolina farewell in the wake of his snap decision to exit the race.
“Tim Scott is a STRONG conservative with BOLD ideas about how to get our country back on track. I respect his courage to run this campaign and thank him for his service to America and the U.S. Senate. I look forward to Tim continuing to be a leader in our party for years to come,” read the message posted on X.
It’s uncertain what “bold ideas” DeSantis attributes to Scott as of this writing.
Scott’s exit comes months after DeSantis’ political operation suggested it would target the South Carolina Senator, before it became clear that Scott would not catch fire with voters in early Primary states.
In a “confidential friends and family update” memo first reported by NBC News, the DeSantis campaign claimed in July that while Scott “has earned a serious look at this stage, his bio is lacking the fight that our electorate is looking for in the next President.”
The expectation was that Scott would “receive appropriate scrutiny in the weeks ahead,” a projection that never needed to be fulfilled.
DeSantis also lumped Scott in with a “culture of losing” in the GOP during a May segment with Erick Erickson.
“You’ve got a sitting Senator, you’ve got a former Vice President, a former Governor. You’ve got an Ambassador,” Erickson asked. “Why not them for the presidency?”
The Governor stuck to his script, depicting himself as “the only one” in the field with a winning record of delivering conservative policy goals.
“Well, we have a culture of losing in our party and there’s really no substitute for victory. We can’t have any more excuses. We’ve got to get it done,” DeSantis said.
My candid thoughts: Haley's rise is real. It helps Trump more than her. DeSantis still has a stronger path. But his online supporters have gotten too thin-skinned to process criticisms and realities that work against him. The rest of the field needs to drop out because Trump,…— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) October 31, 2023
You hear that? Too thin skinned, can't understand any criticisms, you're hurting Ron. Great job, Team DeSantis online influencers. Not.
What “bold ideas”? Scott is owned by Mitch McConnell. Bold my arse.
Bold ideas? Repeating Reagan slogans isn’t original. RINO have done that for decades and I really haven’t seen the results.
Opps, I thought I would get in before the 1st bashing of any republican. Nope!
It’s actually a nice article on both Scott and Ron. Why don’t we establish some decorum and self-restraint and leave it like that?
Scott made good public statements but never got traction. He seemed
to come off as “presumptuous” to consider himself presidential material.
Nope, just because he is a republican does not mean he gets a special pass.
You go ahead and heap praise. It is your choice.
Like you? Practice what you preach or ST*U!
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Is the next, new grift going to be tv ministry?
Scott needed to move beyond just working to be a good Senator for his black voters.
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Bold ideas, my ass.
RINO
Scott blew it with his pro-Ukrane policy and his ill-informed criticism of the discussion of slavery in Florida’s curriculum guidelines.
The Ron DeSantis approach of supporting what Trump supports with more self-control is the correct approach.
Trump gets issues right.
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Scott says during the Debate that all the money that went to Ukraine is actually a Loan, so we’re getting it all back!
Nah! Scott was too nice for times such as these. There’s a Cold War going on
“You’ve got a sitting Senator, you’ve got a former Vice President, a former Governor. You’ve got an Ambassador,” Erickson asked. “Why not them for the presidency?”
“former Vice President” A man too chicken to advise Congress to investigate election fraud is no leader. He was too afraid to say: I have substantial reasons to believe the electoral votes of Georgia were wrongly awarded due to election fraud.
Sitting Senator Scott sat too long without broadening his platform and voting base.
Ambassador Haley has a natural-born citizenship issue hanging over her campaign. If she wins, Democrats will bring it up as surely as they are legally harassing Trump.
Larry Elder was a far more “bold” candidate who was sabotaged by the UniParty and ignored by Corporate Media. Oh, and he is black too. Scott is just another RINO.
DeSantis “self control” is controlled by donors and handlers. Fancy way of being untruthful.
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