In addition to being a featured writer in The Atlantic, David Frum is a tenured member of the republican professional political class. Frum has a similar pedigree to many well-known republican politicians, and his curriculum vitae includes:
“David Frum has been active in Republican politics since the first Reagan campaign of 1980. From 2014 through 2017, Frum served as chairman of the board of trustees of the leading UK center-right think tank, Policy Exchange. In 2001-2002, he served as speechwriter and special assistant to President George W. Bush.
David Frum holds a BA and MA in history from Yale and a law degree from Harvard, where he served as President of the Federalist Society. He and his wife Danielle Crittenden Frum live in Washington DC and Wellington, Ontario. They have three adult children.” (link)
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DeSantis should revoke the endorsement since it’s the kiss of death to those that know. OTOH – another nail against DS.
You beat me to the post! Love It.
Thumbs up x 100
This was done to initiate a circular firing squad.
Dont take the bait MAGA.
Frum is scum.
A Cracker Jack prize is worth more than his endorsement.
DeSantis seems to have a more legalistic way of pushing his agenda. Trump is a proven fighter but the Dems might be in more trouble with DeSantis.
The Frums and other establishment types don’t seem to understand that no one really cares what they think – that said I suspect they would sh&t on DeSantis if he pushed a MAGA agenda.
Key thing now is to take control of Congress in Nov and for the Republicans to grow a set and hold an investigation of Jan 6 fed false flag op, RussiaGate, the Whitmer.Northam Hoax plots, et al.
“Republicans” and “grow a pair”. You’re too funny.
I couldn’t agree more. Republicans REALLY need to grow a pair!!!!!
Depends on what the meaning of “pair” is.
They DO have a pair….currently in the possession of dems.
In the lockbox
“Testicular fortitude”, is the polite term….
Non existent among GOP leadership.
If you think Republicans retaking Congress changes anything you apparently didn’t notice 2014-2018.
Oh, it goes back so much further than that! I’m so old I remember when Newt Gingrich took the house back in 1994, for the first time in 40 years, with the “Contract with America”. He had it for less than 2 years before he totally squandered it and the cycle has repeated continuously ever since!
W had the White House, the sSenate, and the House in 2000 and proceeded to hand it all to Teddy Kennedy and Dick Cheney.. and we all know how that turned out!
The GOP took all of the energy and passion of the Tea Party in 2010 and handed the gavel to Nancy Pelosi… and I won’t even go into Paul Ryan deliberately losing 40 seats in 2018 and then “retiring” to be a “consultant” for Faux News.
Lather, rinse, repeat… at what point are the masses going to wake up and realize these people are not, and never were, on our side?!
Missing from that statement, is that Dole refused to let most of the Contract come up for a vote in the Senate, and was rewarded with a presidential nomination.
Also, the republicans in the House threw Gingrich overboard at the earliest opportunity.
In favor of a pedophile.
yes, didn’t they remove Newt from the speakership because of
some charge that later proved to be false?
Yes
and wasn’t it the republicans who removed him?
The charge that he served divorce papers on his wife while she was in a hospital bed stricken with cancer. How many of us believed that smear at the time? IDK, but it was enough to affect his political career.
https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/correcting-the-record-newt-gingrich-didnt-divorce-his-first-wife-while-she-had-cancer/
They’re all pedophiles in one way or another. That’s our problem. Not theirs.
A reason Jeffrey Epsteins (who did not kill himself) guest list must never see the light of day.
With mail in voting it will be very difficult to win back anything and you can forget about investigations into Jan 6th or Russia , that will NEVER happen whether we win back power or not .
Most of the republican party would need to be replaced for that to happen.
“legalistic” what are you smoking?
Key thing now is to take control of Congress in Nov
I agree with that!
Whether it’s Trump (I pray!) or some other Republican who becomes the President, that person does not want Dem majorities.
the very fact Frum is pushing him (in addition to other RINOs) proves DeSantis agenda is NOT MAGA
It proves Frum’s agenda is not MAGA. Jeez people….. think and stop bleating.
Not real news:
Not one RINO likes Trump.
Frum, Kristol, Romney, McConnell. Every RINO would pick DeSantis over Trump. Then again they would probably pick Biden over Trump if you got them alone.
Psychologists need to study it. Some people just go dark on Trump, write off everything he says, and devote themselves to destroying him in whatever way they can. Even at the cost of throwing away their careers or life’s work.
I consider it a personality defect–a fatal immaturity.
I have friends that hated Trump with a passion BEFORE he announced in 2016.
After he was elected, they all were fit to be tied.
In straight jackets.
The irrational hatred of Trump was more than their pitiful brains could bear as it never changed throughout Trumps term.
I can only communicate to them as long as there is no mention of politics…especially Trump.
He is their “Niagra Falls.”
Trump announced in 2015.
Whenever. Their hatred existed some time before 2015.
His personality did not please them.
You need to get new friends. I don’t tolerate their type.
They are by no means my only friends. I have made new ones. They go back aways and I can put up with them at my current more remote distance from them.
I really have little communication with them apart from Facebook.
Im surprised they still tolerate me!
they want to be with the “in crowd” as depicted in the media.
Look at me; how smart and woke I am!
The fact that the “in crowd’ are communist/marxist/fascists
escapes them. I am sorry but these dem and rino
followers are dumb asses.
this reminds me of when Obama ran the first time.
People rushed to support him; see, I am not racist,
I support a black man. (well, half black, but one
never hears about that LOL)
I didn’t support him. Call me racist. I got thick skin. I knew he was evil.
White guilt
1/8 Black, 3/8 Arab, 1/2 Caucasian
The weak of character are too easily manipulated. They are *trained* like Pavlov’s dogs to salivate at the mention of President Trump, even as he signs peace treaties and creates jobs and economic stability for all.
The same people will gravitate to the psychopaths handing out poison death shots, like moths to a flame. You BET it’s a character flaw. Either they are too easily outsmarted or else they know better, but do *not* have the COURAGE of their convictions.
Kristol and Romney brag about picking Biden.
Ah, so they aided and abetted his criminal installation then?
What a weasel.
Weasels are very good at being weasels. Treachery is their goal
He’s just another Prog
I sure hope DeSantis isn’t a back stabbing RINO kinda guy.
Likely is…
Hmmm
OJ Simpson is more of a man than most GOPers. He stabs in the front.
he has already proven to be such
how many signs of back stabbing does one need
Who in the hell is David Frum? He can go screw-himself for all I care. Like I give a rat’s ass who he does or he does not endorse.
Just another diversion and distraction for the gullible and naive.
Just another David Plouffe for those who have their marionette goggles on.
David Plouffe’s kind need to be locked way in a mental hospital’s padded cell.
Isn’t The Atlantic tht wrote the Rosary is a form of terrorism?
Far Left – Atlantic.
Yes, it was. A symbol of “far right violent extremism”.
I suppose to a rabid anti Christian leftist it bears a striking resemblance to a swastika!
/s
From is about as relevant as is that preening little fool, Bill Kristol.
Bill who?
Yes, agree completely.
Operative words here:
“If defeated, he’d go peacefully.”
Why not Ms Lindsey?
Monkey Pox.
HAHAHAHA!!!!!
DeSantis should reject this endorsement
We need both: PDJT to do the hardest part of the clean-up of the Federal government, administrative state, and the FBI/CIA/DHS conspirators. Then we will need DeSantis to run the new, shrunken government for 8 years.
Exactly my thoughts. Need the bull in the China shop first, then the smoother over-er
after he stabbed President Trump in the back (surprised there is
enough room on his back to stab another knife in) some of you
want him to still run for president?
2028 is a long way off but I am not going to write him off. I also happen to be off the opinion there was no knife in the back, so there’s that, too
I hope this is my last comment on this subject because I see ghost of is Sessions a traitor or a Boy Scout taking over these pages for the next yr
Ronna, is that you?
SOUND LIKE RONNA….SMOOTH LIKE- SHRUB SR./SHRUBJR…..H*LL NO !!!!!!
Ronna, do ya wanna
Do it in the sauna?
If you want to get a life
I’ll treat you better than your sister wives.
—-Bring ’em in Young
The phrase “featured writer in The Atlantic” tells me everything I need to know of David Frum’s part in this play. Pfft!
The Atlantic is known to be a Lefty Rag. Maybe THE Lefty Rag.
Never allow yourself to be Frummuxed.
That’s odd…
She’s had a lot to say about him….
*****
Excerpt:
The Wyoming lawmaker told the Times that DeSantis has “lined himself up almost entirely with Donald Trump,” which she said could be “dangerous,” and also that she would rather serve with most Democratic women than Republicans like Greene and Boebert.
https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/cheney-gop-is-very-sick/amp/
**
Liz Cheney says she would find it very difficult to support Ron DeSantis for president
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/liz-cheney-ron-desantis-republican-nomination-b2140889.html?amp
That’s because many Democrat women strap it on.
Ask Amy Klub-U- Hard aka Amy Mow My Yard
Maybe she should just switch parties then. If she’s saying she would rather serve with most Democrat women. I think she and Pelosi would get along fine.
Harvard degree lives in DC-enough said.
Uh-huh. So that’s what they want? Another person who go in and get slaughtered? Very “inspiring” endorsement indeed. Getting high praise from this neocon is about as endearing as getting a french kiss from a catfish — highly unwelcome.
First the BS WEAK response to President Trump raid… now THIS?!
Get a clue.
Oh lordy… The Weepublican cult is going to loose their minds.
I’ve said for years that Florida is a state with a strong Republican party, but they are not a state known for producing conservatives. These are progressive Republicans.
See Matt Gaetz, Marc Rubio, Rick Scott Jeb Bush, etc, etc, etc.
They are not progressives, they are opportunist. especially Gaetz. Bush, just happened to hv the name and there at the right time with little to offer,etc.
“…But he’s[DeSantis] a recognizably normal U.S. politician.”
That clinches it for me. No way I want DeSantis.
MAGA!
I like DeSantis as Florida Gov. but Trump would be a much better President. I really don’t care who D-Rats or the R-Cons want on the Republican ticket in 2024. Trumps the man and that’s the plan. Trolls be dammed.
try to keep your republican legislature
This “endorsement” sounds more sarcastic in nature than what an endorsement would sound like.
Sundance – I’m sure you caught that too.
Don’t go looking for the pony here ….
It’s backhanded and intended to generate interal conflict. The atlantic crowd would like nothing more than a mud fight.
Still looking for that pony ?
It’s really simple. Republicans need to get behind their leader. If DeSantis were to say “Trump is the leader of the party. The nomination is his if he wants it.” And then, work in every way to implement the MAGA agenda, his cred would go way up. MAGA Agenda would be to work for election integrity, free J6 prisoners, no-confidence in Turtle, for starters. Recall Marco for consultation and tell him to chain himself to his senate desk or do a hunger strike until the political prisoners are released. Get it done by end of Aug or Turtle is history. Fight. The politician who best serves Trump and his objectives will be the standard bearer of the party should Trump decide not to run. It’s really simple.
“If DeSantis were to say…” you hit the nail on the head, hoosfoos! If DeSantis came out and supported DJT, he would have a bigger and better following. Pray he does it!
but, he hasn’t
that’s the tell
Interesting that Frum”s “endorsement ” talks about him being a good lover. A good lover is still a loser.
From and his sister Linda were entitled fake conservatives in their native Canada.
Their mother Barbara was a much better journalist.
I wonder if DeSantis is aware of the fact that he is losing supporters over his actions since the raid on the Trump home in Florida? He showed himself too soon; shows disrespect, lack of loyalty, and greed/ego. Or, maybe, he does not care; only in it for the money?
I am really shocked by his behavior; he really had a lot of people fooled. So, this is good; DeSantis exposed….typical Donald Trump. He is the light that exposes the dark….
When he first ran for Gov., he was not a big Trump fan. and mostly stayed away from him. Lou Dobbs, Lin Wood, John Fredericks, Roger Stone, etc. called him out on it.
we should be used to betrayal by now
No thanks. Since Desantis disappeared during the week after the raid on Mar-a-Lago, I am watching him with a jaundiced eye.
I know that President Trump said it is best to not split the GOP, but in my humble opinion it is inevitable. I don’t see how we can ever be aligned with the “establishment” (RINO) party.
They are controlled opposition on behalf of the Democrats. They do nothing. They want to keep the status quo, and continue to do the exact things that got us into the situations we are now facing: financial ruin, taxation without representation, theft of our natural resources, compromise with the Democrats to take turns being in charge while they rape and pillage our country.
I’ve had enough. It all needs to be torn down. Everything in DC is rotten and corrupt.
You may forget all RINO’S are – WARMONGERING RUSSOPHOBES……only DJT can talk to leaders of multi-polar world !!!!!!!!!!!
At this point in time, FL NEEDS DeSantis; he is doing an excellent job as Governor. Hopefully, he will win re-election this November and continue to be the best Gov for FL, as he has been.
Except that the GOP already is split.
I could not care less what Frum thinks. The guy is a big mouthed jerk who doesn’t believe in gun ownership.
https://bearingarms.com/ranjit-singh/2021/09/04/david-frum-to-gun-owners-all-yall-look-alike-n49625
David Frum’s wife wrote a serialized column on her life for the WSJ like 20 years ago. It was turned into a book of all the columns.
Anyway, it was her writing about the hardship of being an upper middle class wife who attended prestigious colleges etc. and was now just an extremely financially comfortable mother who published in the WSJ.
Oh how she had sacrificed so much for her kid and very boring, self-involved husband (the husband being a loser was probably true in retrospect)
If white privilege was actually a thing she/they are the embodiment.
I almost feel bad for DeSantis.
Not me. His silence on supporting Trump is deafening.
why? he made his bed, now he can lie in it
no sympathy for backstabbers
I actually do feel bad for him. He is being used and abused by the media on both sides. He has been an excellent Governor of FL, the best Governor in the Nation. He deserves to be re-elected to continue doing his job.
Let’s see what transpires after the November elections. I also cannot fathom that if DJT runs for PORUS that DeSantis will run against him. I would bet the rent that DeSantis won’t. All this “crisis in the making” is not helpful, and actually hurts We The People.
POTUS, not PORUS.
Hate those stupid auto spell check errors.
Does anyone have a link to the video where the President says he cant drain the swamp alone but may have to?
Remember when he said that years ago?
It’s asshats like this guy we need to be rid of. He probably thinks pence is a stand up guy.
He is no doubt just a useless “talking head” that nobody is paying attention to.
I don’t think many people realize just how “Off the charts” amazing Trump was . There WILL NEVER be another Presidential candidate that will ever be able to hold a candle to him .
He got more done despite the entire US intelligence agencies , the main stream media establishment and both parties trying to block his every move than any President in history .
DeSantis will in no way shape or form be as good , not even close .
The Deep State isn’t afraid of DeSantis but we know they’re terrified of Trump . The problem with Trump is the people around him , Mitch made sure none of Trumps most preferred people would ever even be considered for confirmation.
No person in their right mind would serve and live in DC – the swamp. He took the best he could get. His trade team was the very best. They couldn’t be bought.
Yeah these guys love republicans that just go away
If I was a part of the establishment, I would want to flood the Ron Desantis office with vulgar endorsements, like Frum’s statement, and let his office spend time refuting the endorsements instead of campaigning for his second term as Florida governor and governing Florida. The establishment is using a divide and conquer tactic with Trump and Desantis. There is no reason we can’t have Trump as President and Desantis as Florida governor. A ham sandwich endorsing Desantis or Trump is a time waster.
Could be the big club goal. Muddy up the waters for DeSantis in Florida. Open the door for Crist with (republican turned dem) name recognition, and ultimately turn the state blue in 2024. Hopefully DeSantis is not being played, is smarter and has more loyalty than what we see lately. DeSantis needs to campaign for his job in his own state and let PDJT campaign for his preferred candidates. This Turning Point tour is odd.
Notice the last line in Frum’s blurtings. What he wants is a Repub nominee to do a Romney and not fight to win.
Not that DeSantis would play that role, but the Frum types look at him as the only palatable alternative that conservative voters would accept in place of Trump. Don’t get played here, RD!
They are all but guaranteeing that I will never, ever vote for DeSantis.
Didn’t he endorse McMuffin
“if defeated, he (DeSantis) will go peacefully”
Thanks for the laugh today – almost as good as
“ding dong the witch is dead” from yesterday!
Ya . . he would go “peacefully”. That just tells their end game.
Come to think of it, I don’t think DeSantis has congratulated any primary victors unless, or until, he does one of those unite and win type rallies with him.
I tried to search and couldn’t find any. Might just be his way (or maybe he does private calls, not public).
I just don’t know what is going on with him. He is actively doing rallies for Trump endorsed candidates, but quiet on the attacks on Trump (and maga issues) by DOJ and GOPe.
He won’t even say Trump’s name now. I was trying to figure out if I could do some searches to find the last time DeSantis actually said “Trump”. 🙂
I’ve been taking note of that too, but I’m fairly certain it’s been an issue for a while. He talked topics but nor Trump.
he is hanging on to the coattails of President Trump
If Frum likes DeSantis than DeSantis is out .
He can remain Governor.
His last sentence is gross. 17 states sued over the fraudulent 2020 election. His comment directed at President Trump “not going peacefully” – when it’s the American people being silenced, disenfranchised… & stabbed in the back speaks volumes on how these political strategists attempt to manipulate us. God know we don’t want a “normal US politician” in the White House ever again.
There isn’t a single Republican who can beat Trump. Seriously, you all know how much I like DeSantis as my Governor, but I would never vote for him over Trump and don’t know of a single person who would. I’m guessing Pence, Pompeo (his weight loss makes me think he’s running) and Tim Scott are all going to jump in the race, but none of them will beat Trump, it’s ridiculous for any of them to even try, Trump will squash them all.
Dear Governor DeSantis: SAY TRUMP’S NAME. Say it.
Thats all folks.
David Frum is scum. Pure scum. A Bush Globalist to the core. If DeSantis is acceptable to Frum then that proves yet again that SD is correct. DeSantis is NOT to be trusted by MAGA.
FDF
Frum endorsing Desantis, meh. Desantis is not seeking the 2024 presidency. I much prefer Trump/MTG because we need a major wrecking ball in 2024. Noteworthy is that DeSantis is catching a lot of flack from that Soros lackey Andrew Warren. DeSantis can’t be 100% GOPe if he’s getting attacked by a Soros puppet.
I like DeSantis very much. IMO he is heir apparent to Trump. He should file to run in 2024, only to serve as a wingman to Trump – tag teaming against the others, and withdrawing at the time most benefitting Trump. If Trump gets indicted or convicted and has to withdraw, he should throw his supporters to DeSantis.
I like DeSantis but be aware that David Frum is a raging Democrat born in Canada.
It’ll be a double hitter for his GOPe handlers if he loses against 45 and loses reelection in FL in the process. He’s gambling everything. What was he thinking? The GOPe donors will make it worth it? He’s a young man. I don’t think the payoff will suit him in the long run unless he isn’t the person we thought he was. This is sad for me to watch.