We all know the traits of Ron DeSantis, his handlers and his influencers when we encounter them in our lives. They are generally insecure people, constantly showing annoying traits of weaponized superiority and passive aggression. That said, notice the background mechanics of the Ron DeSantis statement today and you will notice why I keep pointing out that everything in his orbit is managed by a stable of handlers.
At the conclusion of his remarks about central bank digital currencies, the first question from the media came from Megan Nager – of the Florida Standard. DeSantis was prepped and ready, complete with reference points on the podium if needed. It’s almost certain that Pushaw and crew coordinated the first question for Ms. Nager, as they knew people were awaiting to hear DeSantis’ opinion.
Watch his response through the prism of rehearsal and management, and the flow of the response becomes brutally obvious. Video at 22:30 (prompted) WATCH:
“We have no interest in getting involved in what is a political spectacle created by a Soros-funded prosecutor.” … “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair”…
Ron DeSantis says whatever his managers and handlers tell him to say. It really is that simple. He is an empty vessel. There is not an authentic bone in his body; everything comes from a controlled and consulted script.
Ron DeSantis, the fighting puppet.
Sort of like Rock em Sock em Robots.
Karl must love that game.
In this, RD was like a combo platter of
Good riddance.
Et tu DXX. ?
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But he DOES know what voting for or supporting bills which have contributed to the wrecking of this country “looks like”…
…so there’s that.
If you closed your eyes and listened it was almost as if Jeb! was giving the response.
Please clap.
I’d rather barf
Jeb! Lite.. Anyone who might think Jeb! was “good for Florida” just needs to remember that the Opioid Crisis was spawned in South Florida Pill Mills under his watch in 1998. No one closed the loophole for 13 years. How did the carpetbagger Bush clan get involved in Southern politics in the first place?
Well, they are based in Texas… via Connecticut and Maine.
via saudi arabia to be more compleat
Jeb said he was going to win, even without the GOP base.
We saw how that worked out.
110 million spent and Jebster got 3 electoral vote.
Illegal immigration is an act of love.
Trump dispatch him with three words.
Low energy Jeb
With RDS it will be only the one word – Meatball.
3 electoral votes? Nope, it was 3 GOP convention delegates.
For a supposedly intelligent man, Desantis is becoming more and more dumb by the day.
Desanctimonious is quite apropos!
Deliberate, low, and nasty, Ron.
Now we know exactly what sort of person you are.
Bad form, Governor.
Watched it. Was sickening.
I’m done with him even if he runs for dog catcher of Duval County.
Same here.
He won’t pass the back ground check…oh wait, that’s Mittens.
Aggiegirl, here is what I can’t get out of my mind…
We all know how generous and empathetic President Trump is.
And we all remember when Casey DeSantis was battling cancer.
I remember the outpouring of concern from every MAGA quarter when this happened and all the heartfelt prayers which were offered for her recovery.
I suspect President and Mrs Trump made certain that the DeSantis family had theirs as well, with perhaps even a phone call, flowers, something…I’d bet on it.
So like many other professional politicians who were beneficiaries of President Trump’s kindness and generosity who have shown themselves to be unworthy, now we can add the names of Mr and Mrs DeSantis to that dishonourable list.
And I include Mrs DeSantis because were I she, I would make it clear that I would not tolerate such foul innuendo against a man who was kind to me at probably the worst moment of my life.
It makes the DeSantis sideswipe even worse…
…just a thought.
She is so thirsty.
There’s “battling cancer” and there’s battling cancer. She was done in three treatments. That means very early early stage.
I can think of few things worse than to be sitting in a doctor’s office being told I have cancer. My reaction would be fearing the worst, not knowing what the road ahead would be…or even if there would be a road ahead.
I would be so grateful for any and all support and prayers which might come my way. And I would remember everyone who offered them.
But that’s just me…
Betsy, as usual you are spot on with an excellent assessment. Not to mention Trump’s endorsement when RD was barely leading the drug addict Gilliam back in his first run for governor. People will always show their true selves given enough time.
Many forget that TPP Ron was trailing Adam Putnam in the GOP primary campaign that year. Who helped Ronda close the gap and overtake Putnam? PDJT.
MSM has defended, lied on behalf of, done puff pieces on DeSantis for over a year.
I’ve suspected scripted pressers for awhile.
We’ve heard rumors about his infidelity; I wasn’t going to look into it but this well worn media lie that both parties deny–and is irrelevant to the case reeks of confession through projection.
Part of a pattern
The same old MO the MSM used on Maverick Juan McShame,….. praising press until he won the GOP Potus nomination, then the morning after he was chosen, the NY Slimes ran a Hit Piece above the fold alleging he had an illicit romantic affair to cover him with new shade. No truth to the rumor, but the smear and damage was done, nonetheless.
Best buckle up and reef the main, DeSanctimonius, really rough weather is coming and your consultants, donors and staff won’t be able to bailout your capsized boat after the MSM storm hits.
I’ve been hesitant to make the point, because it is cynical and insensitive. However, everything which has occurred since only confirms it.
I’m not saying the cancer story was faked but I believed then, and am certain now, it was packaged and released for maximum political capital. It was when I first sensed the inauthentic political machinery humming in the background.
RD seems to be the Republican version of Obama minus the half black ancestry. He has sold his political soul to the uniparty establishment. So be it. My giving him a chance to redeem himself is over. Bye bye Ron.
Agree completely typical fake politicIan with a spinal chord of a jelly fish and the instincts of a snake
Obama had charisma. He was not a meatball.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Porn star hush money payment is the poll-tested phrase they feel confident at an attack on President Trump while trying to come off above the fray.
DeSantis needed more practice to deliver that message. he wasn’t comfortable enough to come off even remotely genuine in delivery.
That’s my take.
He’s living up to DeSanctimonious, isn’t he?
The simpy, quivering sick smile isn’t working for him–eg, Gov Reynolds followed his lecture on his big education anti-woke thing with “yeah, it’s worked for us since 2017”
Pairs nicely w/his feminine passive aggressive Democrat media-laced smears of Trump.
Anyone gushing over how “dignified” his silence about Trump’s nicknames has to deal w/this gem of a presser
It is amazing how the nicknames PDJT comes up for people first cause the crowd to gasp — but over time, the nicknames turn out to be not only spot on, but enlightening, and effective.
PDJT teaches me that it is far more important to invest time and energy knowing the truth, than rehearsing how to manipulate crowds, polls, public opinion, or delivery style.
Recall that PDJT tossed out that nickname after the first airing of the “God Created A Warrior” ad (a riff off of Paul Harvey’s “God Created A Farmer” commentary). I guess that one was produced to bolster the “Top Gov” flop.
Enter “Porn star hush money payment” into your search bar….
Poll-tested… Indeed
exactly what i was thinking – dozens of his handlers had a big pow wow behind closed doors for hours yesterday, no doubt – to come up with the most nothing-burger sentiment they could that would still get a juvenile dig in.
All weekend, probably.
Well, Sundance said a few months ago that should RDS declare his candidacy for president then Sundance will release the dirt that he has on RDS. I hope that it is “porn star hush money payment” X 10.
What a smarmy, disgusting way to speak of PDJT who was falsely accused and dragged through the mud. Ron, Ron, Ron. People in glass houses should not throw stones.
Prepare to deal with the log in your eye while snarking about the speck in Trump’s eye.
I anxiously await that moment.
Everything he does seems scripted to me. He could no longer do the helicopter press gaggle than fly.
that is because he knows it is a lie
I have watched him deliver speeches and he looks scared to death. Trump turns up, mostly wings it and looks comfortable and happy. Quite a difference.
For those of us that live near or within the New York media market going on for 4 decades now, most of us knew that the excerpt from the Billy Bush “grab them by the muffin” interview leaked late in the 2016 campaign wasn’t going to generate the intended results because we knew that Trump was a playboy billionaire, kind of an expected behavior. Now, if this was against someone such as Pious Pence or Rhonda Santis, it would be devastating to them.
He is a sanctimonious pr**k
Much like 44 IMO. Arrogant prick.
Desantis’ presidential run is officially DOA. This should have been an easy lay up and instead he identified himself as part of the problem.
He barely won the governor’s race against a crackhead, and ONLY with the help of our VSGPDJT.
So true. And many people forget that important fact.
He didn’t even put up a fight either, Trump literally won it for him.
See my response to Patriotsonofapatriot.
I can no longer listen to him. The whiney pitch in his voice irks me. And something about his eyes reminds me of someone that needs deliverance. The life of a puppet is without peace. May God have mercy on him.
I’ve noticed his voice being WHINEY for some time. Grates on my ears. Almost like he does it on purpose. Maybe his panties are too tight….
I’ve noticed the “whininess” factor increase with time — the effect of having more and more puppet strings attached, more fear of disappointing people that matter and less genuine delivery of truth that he knows from the heart.
…without peace. you are right. sad in the end.
Like the 17 geldings in 2016 our great lion will sweep him aside.
More like 17 jackasses.
… Go Get’em boy…
MSM has been around for over a hundred years and never hired one individual who could see trouble coming…
There is no record of any warning call from MSM that a corrupt federal government action is going to harm the little guy.
Now they give us Ron.
I can see a Trump/DeSantis ticket and yes, both can come from Florida.
You’re not yet aware that DeSantis is much more duplicitous Pence?
delusional
Nope. DeSanctimonios just made the comments of a petty little guttersnipe. Trump would not have him.
Yes. What he said and the way he said it, was cringeworthy, and he degraded himself by sinking that low. It also showed he has poor judgement.
When the wifey wants to recreate “Camelot” you will do anything to make her happy.
Then you would also see another Dallas.
Wake up from that bad dream you’re having.
😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
You wouldn’t be *Paul* Ryan, by any chance?
I would rather see DeSantis/Trump
LOL. Yeah sure.
Please clap.
Never happen…..
what a crappy comment..martha not so careful…
You made a wrong turn and came to the MAGA website, not the RINO one. Go back please.
Have you been sipping the medicinal sherry?
Okay… I’ll play. WHY?
I would rather see Ronny cleaning President Trump’s toilets.
Did you actually get paid for that one? You need to try a bit harder.
Trump/Lake 2024
2023…
Trump/Trump, Jr. 2024 is where I’m at.
And make it a dictator, since they call him that anyway.
Trump/Kennedy 2024
Which Kennedy?
He can like Pence was to Trump or Bush was to Reagan: the Uniparty control, Judas-on-call CONservative.
come up for air and have a look around
DeSantis destroyed this possibility a long time ago. I don’t even think MAGA is in his vocabulary.
The Twelfth Ammendment, with it’s modification of Article II of the Constitution, specifies that electors must “vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves.”
This requirement does not state the candidates cannot come from the same state, only that the states electors must vote for one or the other.
Question
If both Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates reside in the same state, and the states electors ALL cast their vote for the Vice Presidential candidate, then ALL electors subseqently voted for the SAME out of state Presidential candidate, would that not effectively transfer the “Dual-Candidate” states electoral votes to an entirely different state?
If the “Dual-Candidate” state had, say, 14 Electoral votes, would that not be a swing of 28 electoral votes?
Correct. Many misinterpret 12A thinking that it applies to the candidates when it applies to the electors.
If you can see this you’re the only one seeing it.
Not Paul Ryan?
I he had been the first out of the box when Trump announced his expected arrest, perhaps it would have seemed somewhat genuine, but doing it now is just cowardly and pathetic.
Yeah, if it didn’t look like a sneering, gossipy 7th grade girl reading a bad script
Sneering, gossipy 7th grade girl gossiping in the hope of making someone else’s life miserable — then smiling about it.
that statement is genuine?
you are kidding, right?
you forgot the “s” tag, right?
I believe you’re misunderstanding what Jeff is saying even if he had done it earlier it would still “seemed somewhat genuine”.. seemingly.
oh know
I did not
Not a big fan but Trump is the only politician ever to get a whore to pay a politician. Skill like that in DC can’t be overlooked!
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/stormy-daniels-must-pay-300k-donald-trump-losing-defamation-case-appea-rcna21002
And watch the whore’s Shylock Atty, who scammed his whore client as well, get sent to prison,…. LOL at CNN now.
She said at the time (March, 2022): “I will go to jail before I pay a penny,” the adult film actor tweeted after an appeals court ruled against her.”
I can’t find that she’s paid it yet. She’ll never go to jail for non-payment because she owes it to President Trump.
He can lien everything show so or will own until it is paid.
I actually never looked at it like that. Very funny.
porn star =/=whore.
What a totally spineless snake.
While objecting to the political nature of the charges he repeatedly mentioned that the charges involved a porn star in a sanctimonious manner. How telling.
Trumps warning about knowing more about DeSanctus than anyone but his wife makes more sense
Confession through projection?
Be interesting to see his browsing history – no?
Does Gov DeSoros know what goes into moshing with young students?
I still think that was a warning, not the thing itself.
He’s warned RdS a number of times
“I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star “….because Ron DeSantis got his underaged girls ( and boys?) for FREEEEEEE. What a guy.
DeSantis walked right into this one…
The gloves just came off. YeeHaw.
I am speechless in glee.
DeSantis should have kept his mouth shut. Trump is going to make Ron look like the fool he is.
Less than an hour ago a perfect response from DJT on Truth Social:
“Ron DeSanctimonious will probably find out about FALSE ACCUSATIONS & FAKE STORIES sometime in the future, as he gets older, wiser, and better known, when he’s unfairly and illegally attacked by a woman, even classmates that are “underage” (or possibly a man!). I’m sure he will want to fight these misfits just like I do!”
“Touche”, Donald.
So glad President Trump is reminding us of this grim fact.
How to stop a smear campaign? Sadly the jist of articles I’ve read is there is really no way to get a head of a viral smear.
Fortunately, Stormy Daniels admitted publicly in 2018 that she had lied and it was widely reported at the time. Though most today seem unaware of her admission. Smears stick, even if the instigator later admits, like Daniels, it was a lie.
https://nypost.com/2018/01/30/stormy-daniels-now-denies-ever-having-an-affair-with-trump/
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/01/31/stormy-daniels-donald-trump-never-happened/
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/stormy-daniels-denies-affair-donald-trump-never-happened-010513645.html
Aside from the accurate message, this is what makes Trump authentic. He responded to DeSantis’ remarks appropriately & immediately without needing a script. Whereas, DeSantis…well, we all know he’s an empty suit.
PDJT always has the advantage of being able to speak without consulting a focus group and a board room full of handlers first.
Man?
It’s over before it even started for Ron DeSantis.
Bye-bye, Ron.
Looks like Soros endorsement of DeSantis directed some unwanted sunlight on his bunker.
STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP
Ron Is Wrong. This Is A ‘Real Issue’:
Ronny also said he is working for all Floridians.
Um, Ron, where do you think President Trump lives?
Sad thing is some people miss the shade he throws on Trump because he talks tough about the Soros backed DA
that was the point of this carefully scripted comment.
This was a petty, nasty statement. And it didn’t just attack Donald but was disrespectful to Melania whose house he has visited.
People in glass houses Ron… He better hope he is squeaky clean because he just made himself a fair target about any salacious rumors or past indiscretions.
Past indiscretions? Likely more of projection and getting ahead of any rumors that might get spread around later pending a formal announcement of running for 2024.
This is to claim the moral high ground. DeSanctimonious, how apt.
there is none like Melania. steadfast, elegant. missed.
Really really missed linwik.
Classy, smart and nice.
Trump has the dirt on him. Just waiting for the right time to throw it.
empty vessel?
more like full of crap
if I hated him before
I cannot tell you how much I hate him now
He fooled me good Amjean.
I was thinking a Trump/DeSantis ticket for 2024 was a great idea a while back.
Thank heavens these guys and gals always show their colors.
yeah, if we keep our ear to the ground, read between the lines
and give it a little time – they will all show themselves.
DeSantis would be another Judas Pence
Honestly, does anyone need more proof that DeSantis is a deep state swamp creature?
I guess we have it now. I am way past fed up with this derp.
He sure as H better not have an assorted history himself…..
most of us have an “assorted” history. 😉
Precisely! His comments are indeed sanctimonious, “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair”…
“That escalated quickly.”
Never fire your peashooter at the guy holding a bazooka.
I think he has an A10 under his arm.
Shame on you, Ronnie. Tsk tsk tsk….
Wait till this goes viral, dickhead. Come to think of it, could’ve already happened.
hungry for that oval office…drooling all over himself
Casey DeSantis us drooling more. Believes herself to be another Jackie Kennedy.
Yep she is another Jill Biden
I got the impression from his cadence and body language someone had their hand up his backside making him mouth the words.
He had so much potential, but he’s just another Judas.
He had a golden opportunity to get in MAGA’s good graces and BLEW IT BIGLY!
I was keeping him at arms length, now he’s dead to me.
Ditto.
Ron seems to have soiled in his own nest with his underhanded limp response. Just lost me and a number of my family who may have voted for him; he has just exposed himself as just another RINO?
My thinking on the whole Trump arrest scenario is that, yes, the Dems pushing it want to eliminate Trump from being able to run for President again by shocking the Independents once again; the Repub Club want Independents to find DeSantis appealing for reasons like his youth, great victory 2nd term Governor, helpful getting his state squared away after hurricane etc. But deep down I think the folks doing this, both Dems and Repubs, are mainly wanting to get rid of Biden. The unfairness of picking on Trump on these dopey charges will cause heads to swivel and stare at the Biden Regime. People will start to wonder how on God’s green earth he was chosen to serve as Obama’s veep for two full terms. Suspicious minds (and the Suspicious Cat) have probably discerned that Biden’s nastiness made Obama look positively statesmanlike, but also, one wonders how such a superior being as BHO did not notice the Biden family’s taking full “advantage” of the tasks that Joe was assigned to cover as Obama’s VP, such as Ukraine. A little kickback or two probably didn’t cause Barack to lose any sleep, but when the dollars are flooding in from China, continuing AFTER their joint administration was finished in 2016, like into the U of PA, ostensibly for “Biden Center” as well as the university itself, something like $54 M? I think that Barack would be ripsh*t that was one task that Joe didn’t “mess” up! War in Ukraine grossly unpopular. Have you heard Obama comment on it? See what I mean?
So, long story short, I think that Joe B will be out on his ass very quickly. Messing with past Pres Trump will cause some attention to fall on Obama and wonder how much he knew about the activities of the Biden family. If I were Ron DeSantis, I would stay clear of what will be a vicious shark feeding frenzy. Don’t try and come up with cagey answers to someone else’s predicament. Showing some sympathy for President Trump might actually show a humanity that’s been missing recently. However, my crystal ball is cracked and I have nobody in mind who can safely run for POTUS in 2024.
I love my birthplace of Florida, it is anything but “squared away”.. We deal with hurricanes for breakfast down here. That is just the cost of doing business. We also take wildfires, red tide and sinkholes in stride. What doesn’t jive is overpopulation, fentanyl deaths/junkiedom, sex trafficking, and dangerous un affordable population centers, to name a few.
Of course he was already a ” day late and a dollar short” but this is exactly what I expected when he was forced to speak out. I’ll take a man who looks me in the eye and claims he hates Trump, or me, any day over this disingenuousness. I’m pretty sure I need to go take a shower just from watching him.
Yep. Toooo laaaate. And not a word about Mar A Lago.
I don’t give a flying F what Ronda Sanctimonious has to say on this matter.
Perhaps it would have been better for Trump not to ‘associate’ with Ms. Daniels in the first place.
Stupid actions have consequences.
fyi – Ms Daniels has admitted she did NOT have an affair with President Trump in her court deposition.
She owes President Trump almost $300,00.00 that awarded to him by the court.
perhaps it would be better if you researched first
Maybe he didn’t. A court agreed with him. Do facts matter to you?
Mr. Trump Associated with very many gorgeous gals in the Beauty Contests he produced,…. and imagine that,…. not one of them ever came forward with any untoward accusations of any misconduct on his part.
Instead,…. all were very complementary of Mr. Trump as being a wonderful, perfect Gentleman. A smart businessman doesn’t ‘dip his pen in the company ink’,… it’s bad for the Biz.
martha is not so careful
She is a p*** poor troll, is she not?
Please correct me if am incorrect, Ms Careful…
An astute Treeper from a thread yesterday thinks you are a StrawBot (his word).
A rather snarky reply you addressed to me on that same thread makes me believe so as well.
I am open to being proven wrong.
Thank you.
Betsy…
Sincere thanks for helping me rid the Treehouse of another disruptor! Her irregular posting history and certain other “tells” convinced me she was here solely in a professional capacity.
Not at all, Ad rem. There was a one hit then disappear aspect to those posts. Unpleasant. My pleasure.😊
He was at a party and she wanted a picture with him.. he didn’t even know who she was. Also, Creepy Porn Lawyer on twitter yesterday said, wait until Trump’s great lawyers get a hold of the emails between her and him and the lawyer that’s trying to help the DA in Manhattan. Michael Cohen, that’s his name. It will blow the case wide open.
The actual known facts are that Trump did cheat on his first wife. Maples cheated on him. Every claim against him has proven to be b.s. the reason I say this is that he has be planning to run for President for a couple of decades. He would not jeopardize that for a piece of skirt.
also, President Trump is a germophobic
Horseface Daniels looks like she has creepy crawlers
She is a regular petri dish of germs, Trump wouldnt have touched her with Bidens dick.
Saying: “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair…”
Thinking: But I REALLY REALLY REALLY wish I did. Hmm Stormy Daniels, yeah, I could … wait, where am I, what is my mouth saying, focus you dummy, where am I in this response, oh yeah … but Stormy Daniels ….
“I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence .. ” a purposeful insertion nevertheless ..
Can RDS honestly make allowances for himself without checking beforehand; open up his soul completely, without fear or shame? Can any of us?
We are all in need of spiritual attunement and a yearning to truly love God’s pure, holy, spiritual direction.
Big tip off why the big porn star talk, that’s lame republican BS. Desanty RNC patsy shame.
I could tell from the transcript I read earlier that we’d be dealing with a “con script”. Hearing it validated my initial impression. RDS is pathetic.
Hey Ron! Stormy Daniels already admitted that she never had sex with Donald Trump! The New York DA, a Black Militant who routinely drops felony gun charges by the thousands on Black criminals arrested in New York is going to arrest Donald Trump the victim of extortion instead of Stormy Daniels the criminal who extorted him. In Florida do you routinely arrest the criminals or the crime victims?
Was he reading from a teleprompter?
Looks like it to me.
Have you thought of asking Hunter Biden, Ron?
Once you see the strings, you can not unsee them.
DC Draino smacked it out of the park!
The kids are cheering this response over at:
TownhallRedStatePJ MediaTwitchyand the other Salem Media grifters.
They believe this won him support.
Won’t they be in for a big surprise.
I hope CitizensFreePress finally wises up with this.
Lots of younger posters there, I think, and lots of anger at the Treehouse initially, when sundance first aimed sunlight on the reality of Ron DeStablishment. But lately, a few are starting to recognize the reality…
I think Kane is enamored with RDS noticing his site. No longer have any interest.
I was on Fox and all the comments were pro DeSantis. My guess is they are screening.
Salem = NeverTrumpland.
If we had a guarantee that election were not fixed then all of this might make a difference but they aren’t so why worry.
They cheated like crazy to get 80 million. 20 million of those are suffering economically and will switch to Trump. Trump can win if we turn out.