Another three endorsements for President Trump today from the Florida congressional delegation, bringing the total so far to ten with more anticipated. Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in Washington DC seeking support. DeSantis is warmly greeted, but President Trump gets the endorsements. What’s going on?
Republican Congressman Greg Steube gives an explanation below about the Ron DeSantis Floridians know, but nationally most do not.
DeSantis is an out-of-touch aloof persona, who generally projects himself as better than others. In person he projects an arrogance and condescending personality trait also carried by his insta-selfie supporters and ‘influencers.’ It comes through the camera lens. Everything constructed around DeSantis is fake, even the fake blue-collar handshakes that have to be photo-shopped to give a common man impression.
The donors are pouring in hundreds of millions to pay for the fake DeSantis constructs, Top Gov brand imaging and Madison Avenue illusions, but you cannot purchase authenticity, and you cannot rewrite the history of who DeSantis is. Greg Steube explains:
[I]n a brief interview last night [Steube noted] that DeSantis has never once reached out to him during his five years in Congress nor replied to his multiple attempts to connect. He recalled a recent news conference dealing with damage from Hurricane Ian where the governor’s aides initially invited him to stand alongside DeSantis, only to tell him that he wouldn’t be part of the event when he showed up.
Trump, on the other hand, was the first person Steube remembers calling him in the ICU to wish him well after he was injured in a January tree-trimming accident. “To this day I have not heard from Gov. DeSantis,” he said.
Things suddenly changed last week, Steube said, as Trump started rolling out his Florida congressional backers. ”For the first time ever, I hear from DeSantis’s political person,” he said, referring to aide RYAN TYSON, who reportedly contacted other Florida Republicans about their endorsements.
For Steube, the outreach was too little, too late. And he continues to have sharp words for DeSantis, criticizing him for his robust political travel schedule amid a busy legislative session and just months after winning a new four-year term. “Floridians want him focused on Florida,” he said, “which is the job they elected him to do.” (read the entire article)
Like I said last year, once people get to see Ron DeSantis up close, his disdain for people just jumps out at you. He loves standing at the podium telling you what’s wrong with you, and what is brilliant about himself; however, he just doesn’t like people in an authentic or natural way you would expect from executive leadership.
The same disconnected snobbery applies to everyone his team has recruited.
Ken Cuccinelli and Jeff Roe are two of the biggest self-important jackasses in national politics. They don’t carry an ounce of humility or introspection. They are always right, and the problem is it just takes too long for everyone to come around to admitting how great they are. This is the character of DeSantis that flows through everyone he associates with. Here’s an example from one of the ‘influencers” a few days ago.
This Twitter account is connected to both Representative Thomas Massie and DeSantis campaign official Christina Pushaw:
That tweet encapsulates the worldview of the average Ron DeSantis supporter in Florida.
This is why the overwhelming majority of the Florida Republican delegation, will not endorse him. These outlooks are toxic and elitist. Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis did not wear elbow length silk gloves at the noon-time inauguration day event accidentally. Casey already went shopping with Cindy McCain and has her 2024 tiara picked out.
As I keep saying, there are not enough people who take Instagram pictures of their lunches to make Ron DeSantis a viable candidate. The polo club, cocktail party circuit of people who eat crustless triangle cucumber sandwiches and look down their noses at everyone else, is just not a large enough coalition to win DeSantis the nomination. It means he will have more money; however, factually, the professional donor class is annoying with the level of self-righteousness and condescension they promote.
WASHINGTON DC – […] In yet another blow to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s not-yet-official presidential bid, two more Republican members of Congress from his own state are gearing to endorse Donald Trump for another term. Reps. Gus Bilirakis and Carlos Gimenez are each planning to announce their support for the former president this week, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell TIME.
Their pledges continue something of a downward spiral for DeSantis, who has been steadily losing ground in the endorsement battle for legislators from his own backyard. The development is even more noteworthy after his political team recently tried to stop the bleeding by asking Florida Republicans to refrain from endorsing Trump.
Bilirakis and Gimenez have also committed to be at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach on Thursday night, as the former President hosts members of the Florida delegation who have already endorsed him, including Reps. Matt Gaetz, Anna Paulina Luna, Cory Mills, and Greg Steube. It’s not clear yet whether Reps. Byron Donalds and John Rutherford, who have also endorsed Trump, will be at the gathering.
Neither Bilirakis nor Gimenez responded to requests for comment. Rep. Brian Mast, another Florida Republican, has also told associates he plans to formally back Trump in the coming days. And on Wednesday, Rep. Vern Buchanan officially thew his weight behind Trump. TIME reported last week that Buchanan was planning to endorse Trump in the coming days.
All of their endorsements will bring Trump’s tally of members of Congress from Florida to ten, whereas DeSantis has just one, Rep. Laurel Lee, who announced her support for the governor on Tuesday. Before winning her House seat last year, Lee served as DeSantis’s first Secretary of State. (read more)
Lance Gooden (R-TX) – “Today, after careful consideration and a positive meeting with Governor DeSantis, I have decided to endorse President @realDonaldTrump for 2024.”
Rolling Stone – […] “Over the past few years, the Florida governor has risen to Trump’s top internal rival without even declaring his candidacy. And part of that rise has been fueled by his pull with the GOP’s megadonor class, who prefer him to Trump because, while he brings a similar set of MAGAfied policies, he has not, to date, attempted a coup. That wellspring of financial support has been instrumental in fueling his rise, but the investments are predicated in large part on a belief that he can take down Donald.
That belief seems to be wavering, as the donor revolt has been brewing since at least last month. And it’s not just skittish donors like Richard Uihlein or Thomas Peterffy, who went public with his complaints last week. Several other top donors to DeSantis were livid about the governor referring to the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “territorial dispute,” with at least one major donor calling DeSantis to urge a walk-back, a source with knowledge of the outreach and another person briefed on it say. “My understanding is that the message was: ‘If we wanted a fucking MAGA candidate, we would donate to Donald Trump,’” the second source says.
[…] Those polling troubles may be giving some megadonors second thoughts. Sources familiar with Schlitz Brewing heir and shipping titan Richard Uihlein’s thinking told NBC News that the “brakes are pumped” with the megadonor’s DeSantis giving after the governor’s lackluster polling has given some “pause” about his viability.
Other conservatives have taken to predicting that DeSantis is potentially the second coming of Scott Walker, another Republican governor and conservative-media darling who many thought would be the favored candidate in a presidential primary — only to flame out before any ballots were cast. (read more)
Donald John Trump…say his name RNC!
Greatest president in US history,…
DONALD J TRUMP!!!!!!
Wow. Just got 71 “likes” from hitting the “thumbs up” following that comment.. It’s always fun to see how many we get — and in this case, that witticism from A. was worth every one of the 78.
Desanctimonius reminds me of Frank Underwood.
Everything is plastic and fake. All of it. Smiles. Handshakes, fake anger, spitting fire…Its a Bush Productions Inc invention.
Yes, he has done some good in Florida. Cant really question that part, the results show, clearly. The laws he has passed, are good and decent. Today especially.
Great Governor. But backed nationally by the very worst group of scumbags.
The camera oozes it all, 110 per cent. Good call SD.
The people and names behind him, tell a story, without saying a dang word.
It’s very telling to me that his actions as governor, though not deeply conservative, have given him the “conservative” chops they figure can challenge Donald J. Trump.
It is an indicator of how piss poor most of the R governors have been. My own governor, Holcomb, spoke to the WEF last year.
In a field of mediocre R governors (past and present), he has earned the title of great.
When you’re up against the likes of Hutchinson, Sununu, Christie, Kemp and DeWine, maybe it isn’t that difficult to look “conservative”.
If he doesn’t take some time right now to try to fix Florida’s insurance crisis, no one will remember him as Florida’s Top Gov.
RDS’ campaign is a slow train wreck. You can watch it happen in real time.
The slower the better. The longer the GOPe pin their hopes on him, is the less time they have to come up with a serious plan B.
There is no Plan B which is why the cabal clings to DeSoros, imho
Correct–there is no Plan B . . . because who needs a Plan B when you can get what you want by cheating?
Plan B is collecting envelopes
Plan B, or perhaps plan K or L (its early yet) is their “Insurance policy” and Joe is hard at work at that, as we speak; its their “Doomsday device”; break things SO badly, that nor even PDJT can MAGA.
Plan B would have to be Judas Pence wouldn’t it? No other options.
Should we pretend to support Desantis to waste billionarie donor money? Is that savvy?
RDS is not running. That’s my prediction. He’s losing endorsements from his own state where he’s very popular, wait until he tries to generate real support anywhere else. Frankly, it will spare him the humiliation of being another also-ran and give him four years on the Florida bully pulpit to rail against whomever wins in 2024.
But if he can’t garner support from his own GOP Congress during this election cycle, how would he fare as President with the swampy DC Congress even if he waits until 2028?
Bold prediction, p-squared.
Actually, since he hasn’t actually declared, he can try to “save some face” now, by saying “Hey, I never SAID I was running!”
lol, not that that will fool anyone.
Interesting…in the past 24 hours I have swung over to RDS will not run P-Squared and today I am starting to wonder if the Resign to Run law stays in effect, thus, the FL GOPe letting him save face following his implosion
It seems to be wrecking itself rather quickly.
And it’s a wonderful site to see!
As soon as I saw Jeb sitting there cheering him on, my heart sank. I knew it was over for him. I had to actually see with my own eyes to be convinced.
Can you believe George Soros endorsed DeSantis? I could not believe it.
DeSantis was right about the Ukrainian debacle being a territorial dispute and, in fact, what is essentially a civil war due to an artificially drawn border by the Soviet Union in 1950. That said, we all know now that after Israel no other country in the world is loved more than Ukraine or hated more than Russia by the people who own the United States.
But, he walked it back. A significant unforced error.
Correct. If he was shrewd politically he’d have stayed the course on that, demonstrating the personal integrity to bite the hand that feeds him. But, he reasoned it was the hand that feeds him. Personal integrity Trumps personal ambition in this campaign for the soul of our nation. So there’s that.
A long list of forced and unforced errors.
Thats the problem with a potemkin campaign and candidate.
One good wind blows the whole thing over, exposing the charade.
I have this broken clock,…twice a day it is unerringly accurate in telling me the time, but it never “takes it back”, lol.
“what is essentially a civil war due to an artificially drawn border by the Soviet Union in 1950.”
What about the artificially drawn borders in the Middle East by the British?
Absolutely! In both cases the territories involved were never “countries” in the first place. The Ukraine isn’t a country anymore than “The Midwest” was ever a country of it’s own.
Well, at least not YET, lol.
Looks like it’s back to the bunker for an emergency meeting of the Grifters R Us board of directors…😏
He is not even the top GOV either. Gov Parsons of Missouri (which I think is somewhat weak) is a much better governor than Gov DePlankton.
Heh, “somewhat”?
Just like GOPeNews (FauxNews), the GOPe is all about pretending to be something but manifestly acting to the contrary in every possible aspect, hoping that conservatives won’t notice and that the Left will give them a pass.
Faux news is still around? Haven’t watched their propoganda since 2015
DeXX……. already a certified double-crosser ………… no one …. no one, likes or trusts a double-crosser …. except other double -crossers like Kirk.
President Trump will beat him like a drum.
And that’s why I’m a never-RdSer
He’s approaching “Please clap” territory.
I watched Trump: The Art of the Insult a few nights ago and laughed my rear end off. I had forgotten some of his zingers. When all of the Jeb! highlights came on it was so cringe-worthy to see how pathetic he was, especially at that moment.
And he’s winning the polling as well – Even in Florida.
Voter fraud in Florida is a huge issue that Ron Desantis has not fixed. I’m worried about Trump winning Florida.
Maybe if Ron could get Karl Rove on board…Oh wait!
According to a discussion on Real America’s Voice yesterday – he is on board and is the one pulling the stings backstage.
Erm . . . I think Randy was being sarcastic (hence, the “. . . Oh wait!”).
Whoops –
His obvious desperation to be seen as likeable reminds me of the photo of fetterman arriving at the Capitol yesterday in his loungewear, crossing his arms over his heart……
If DeSantis were my dog, I would tell him to knock it off and go lay down.
lol
so funny. arf.
I’m a former resident of Lance Gooden’s Congressional District when he was a State Representative and after he was elected to the Congress; Gooden worked in lockstep with the former Texas Speaker, Joe Straus, so Gooden is no prize either, but he does appear to support Trump.
Could it be desantis is channeling hillary and can’t help himself?
Another rebranded an reformulated political coke type failure like jeb?
Could be.👀😳
These swamp rats are blood thirsty bastards, the dumb-a_ss war in Ukraine. That’s one thing the governor said that is correct, and the only coup that took place was on 11/3/20.
Ron make other plans cause taking out Trump “fairly” will not happen.
All this internal stuff is idle chatter until the envelope problem is solved. It should be labeled, “For amusement only.”
George Washington could resurrect and run as a Republican in 2024 and he’d lose to the socialist candidate because of who is counting the ballots.
First step State (Identify) the problem.
Not sure Sundance is actually the FIRST, but he certainly has the biggest megaphone from which to scream “Its the ENVELOPES, Stupid!”
And he HAS been heard,..
So what happens when the DeSantis balloon bursts? And there is no way he can contue on this path mathematically or otherwise.
Will the donors abandon him when they see the writing on the wall and look for another candidate? Time is a factor here.
Will they become petulant and sit on the sidelines. Either working against Trump in subtle ways just trying some other strategy to handicap him? You know they won’t just grin and bear it.
Or, unlikliest of all, give Trump support in some form or other.
I think we will see a progression of desperation before the inevitable can’t be avoided. Ride DeSantis as far as he can go. Scramble for a substitute. Pence, Cruz, Marco rehabilitated by spin or someone else. Then when that fails, some other anti Trump move.
Hopefully the realization will sink in that the GOP is morphing into a Maga movement. And to quote Bob Dylan from the song The Times They are a Changing.
“Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin’
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin.”
Sidelines.
No, they will NOT stop in their efforts to prevent PDJT from not achieving the Oval.
That possibility terrifies them, as there ARE Trilliond at stake, and more their long term plans to rule the World.
They have a playbook, and the first step is to deny PDJT the Republican NOMINATION.
Advancing A primary contender is one plan.
Trying the “dillusion strategy” won’t WORK.
Monkeying with the primaries, with rule changes, ballot stuffing, etc. is next.
Followed by making/exploiting rules etc. at the National Convention.
And then there is aleays dictating to the nominee who there running mate will be.
And THEN, there is the GENERAL, and the RNC and State parties leaders actively working against the parties nominee.
Folks, ..we’re JUST gettin started, this is going to be the Battle of the AGES!
Like I said before…this is going to be the biggest heavy weight challenge we’ve seen in some time. Wait ’til the primary is past and Pres. Trump & RFK, Jr. go at it. That’s the fight for the Title.
Sorry
Stop Pretending
RFK is a green retard
Who doesn’t even make Trump’s weight class!
At least no one is still talking about him being Trump’s VP pick anymore.
Our country is in a critical crisis, and the VP pick must, absolutely must be on par with DJT in both competency and adherence to America First Principles coupled with a deep respect for the so called underclasses.
No time for second class VP picks who photograph well but are empty suits.
This country needs an impeccable VP…. in mind and in character
So, who?
Whom do you trust?
I trust not 1 of the suits in DC. Not 1.
Trump. That is it. President Trump.
There are none like him. Period.
Here’s an article you may find of interest regarding when RFK, Jr. was doing some work for Pres. Trump: https://blog.nomorefakenews.com/2021/08/23/trump-did-tell-rfk-jr-to-investigate-vaccine-dangers-why-it-matters/
The Dems will NEVER give RFK the nomination, hence we will never see RFK vs PDJT in competition.
After 2022, I am confident it is unlikely we will see any debates at all; not in the primary, not in the General, as they DO NOT want PDJT to be seen on a debate stage; he walks on, he wins. Sometimes, it really IS that simple.
Here’s an interesting brief interview with RFK, Jr. re: Pres. Trump:
Who is Patrick Swayze Jr? He is having a hard time keeping Jr. on track.
Ok…time will tell… I do know what folks are saying though and because of the jab, many previous ‘Trump supporters’ are ‘considering’…especially because he’s pro-life. “The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World He Didn’t Exist” ~ ‘TheUsual Suspects’
RFK continues to believe in the climate change hoax–3 months ago, he wrote that carbon posed an existential threat.
He believes those who disagree with him on the climate change hoax should be treated like war criminals and locked up (so much for free speech! What a guy!)
Childrens Health Defense censors, deletes comments that disagree with his viewpoint (so much for free speech!)
Many in the medical freedom movement see him as subverted opposition.
His wife is a flaming liberal Hollywood celebrity, and we know what a cesspool Hollywood is…
Dems are definitely going to mess with the Republican primary.
As soon as Trump endorses the next Florida governor DeSantis can retire.
Next they will start rolling out election denialism as a criteria.
And we will remind them about their HBO movie about the machines and their own denialism.
These people are smart enough to see that there was only one man working to get the right MAGA Congressional team in place to benefit his comeback, and to retake the House & the Senate that Mitchie & Lyin’ Ryan gave away.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy…
His camp keeps trying to tell us it ain’t so, and it’s true we have a lot of time to go, but the whole darn thing simply does not pass the sniff test. Too much of the whole magilla, way too fast. But that’s just me…
So disappointing. For a while there I thought we had an heir apparent. Trump won’t last forever and I hope like hell someone else rises to fill his shoes when he’s gone. DeSantis sure missed the boat on this one.
Matt Gaetz
Silly, DeSantis was NEVER on the boat!
We HAVE an heir apperent, and thats why they HAD to steal the election from her.
She IS authentic, she IS “Trump in a skirt” she is the ONLY one that inspires the same level of FEAR as PDJT, and she has already risen to stand beside PDJT in 2024, and assist him in the Retribution, and take the baton when passed.
You just haven’t been paying attention.
Not only was DeSoros never on the boat…he was never on the dock!
And she pretty too
Yes, she is,…but not “just a pretty face” she has a beautiful mind!
Wish I had something important to say – but all I can say is – “The Bloom is off the Ruse” and Sundance you are loved!
Interesting this article tracks with something a female from Florida who has seen DeSantis in person backstage was on RAV yesterday. She said pretty much what this article lays out, said he is very scripted, not at all good off the cuff, right now he is being told what to do by…………. Karl Rove! He is just the face they are putting on a campaign, he may have done right things as Governor, but these things have all ben part of the entire plan.
I wonder if the only way to get the guy we were allowed to re elect to play Governor back in State is to file a recall petition? Out of 20+ million of us is anyone ready, willing and able to be our Governor?
Two weeks ago I kiddingly asked if a recall petition had started in Florida…it could work. Man, wouldn’t that be a kick in the GOPe!
Who steps up to replace him?
The recall petition would fall short but it would send a loud message to the GOPe/WEF crowd
Maybe.. I know a passel of P’OD Floridians, mostly his voters because I try not to be seen talking to Demonscats.
Matt Gaetz for Florida Governor.
The GOPe certainly has the power to subvert Donald Trump (sorry, Treepers). As Sundance keeps telling us, the two Parties are private not public organizations.
But the Republican Party becomes evermore the all Chiefs no Indians Party.
Jeb! had money to burn, with voters scarcer than hen’s teeth.
I keep warning that the country’s establishment are feudalists/fascists who are done with democracy.
All tyrants/dictators value the delusion that the people follow them, not from fear, but willingly. How far will the Uniparty push their pursuit of a pretend voluntary oligarchy?
America, sadly, has a long tradition of close elections being subverted. Was JFK elected by the people, or Richard Daley? Nixon, the patriot, just let it go.
I keep quoting the punchline “What if they gave a war, and nobody came?”
What if DeSantis can produce almost no voters in the primaries? (Like Jeb!) Will the corrupt GOPe try to subvert that?
When Trump decided to run as a Republican, he meant it, and now with the support of close to 100 million he is executing a hostile takeover. Easier than starting a new party. It will still be a club, but even if you make less than 50k per year you can be in it.
Remember when Pelosi tried to be a regular person and Trump called her out for only being worth a couple hundred million–because to be like regular people you had to be at least a billionaire?
“The GOPe certainly has the power to subvert Donald Trump…”
The plan was to have Trump indicted for felony level crimes, then the R party would not allow Trump to run. DeSantis was in on this perfidy, which is why he hid for a week after the Mar a Lago raid.
The plan fell apart when the R party realized that most of us would simply turn our backs on the R party forever, effectively ending the republican party.
So, the plan has morphed into one of damaging President Trump in the hopes that he cannot win the general election. It too will fail.
The fallback is massive cheating, once again.
They always have something up their sleeve though, so stay feisty.
Telling description of Ron’s core character traits by Sundance ( Sounds very similar to that once hot political star , NY Governor Andrew Cuomo) But anybody who can run or think about running for 4 different political offices within like 10 years is strictly a retail politician…thinking basically only of himself and what’s the next good thing for him…it would seem …
The fact that he is not conceding now so as to unite the GOPe with the MAGA voters tells me he has zero drive (or below zero drive) to save this country and that the elbow length silk gloves have a higher priority for him…what a selfish prick !
“Today, after careful consideration and a positive meeting with Governor DeSantis, I have decided to endorse President @realDonaldTrump for 2024.”
“ROFLMAO”!!
Congrats to Pres. Trump!!
As for ‘saltdog’…. “stick it where the light don’t shine”!
If Ron cant see that he’s being manipulated and the folly of challenging President Trump will only lead to political ruin then there nothing that can be done for him.The only thing that might save him is if every Floridian that voted for him calls his office every day telling him to get his ass back in the governor’s office where he belongs.
DeSantis’ only hope is for Special Counsel Jack Smith to bail him out by indicting PDJT.
I doubt the RDS can hold on that long.
I can sum this up in 4 words….. ‘DeSantis is a Lawyer’……
I’ve been trying to tell you guys for years what the Obvious problem is…….
‘DeSantis is a Lawyer’ – jim
And far worse, a lawyer from Hahhhhhvid … after getting his undergrad degree from Yale.
DeSantis’s Ivy League indoctrination fully explains his reflexive elitism detailed by Sundance.
Ron DeSantis and Barack Obama: two tainted products of Hahhhhhhvid Law!
This is the most vital and important blog in America.
And has been, for close to a decade now.
Absolutely!!! I constantly tell people about the CTH every chance I get. Always email these articles and sometimes the comments also, which are *almost* as good as the articles :):)
I live for the comments!
2011 was the first post in the 🌳🏠, I think
Consider becoming a “prostelitiser” for the Treehouse.
Have several “elevator speeches” rehearsed, depending on the opening presented by your potential treeper recruit.
Print up multiple copies of what you feel are some of Sundance best, “stand alone” articles, and keep them available (like in your car) when you go out.
Business cards are still cheap to have printed, nothing fancy, just the Treehouse “address” so they have it in their pocket as they walk away.
And, get out and TALK to people, and LISTEN.
Love your ideas Dutch. Will definitely get the business cards printed. Can put them up on the back-by-the-bathrooms bulletin boards in C-stores. Will start carrying great SD writings with me. 👍💪
P.S. I already love talking to people and I try to throw out a favorable Trump crumb to see what they do with it…and then I let them talk.😏
LOL. Hey SaltDog. My wife and I keep our income under 50k a year so we don’t have to pay federal taxes. And we are FL residents so no state taxes either. And we live on our sailboat, so no property taxes either. Call me stupid if you want, but methinks you are the idiot in the crowd. And it is a crowded field of idiots.
Oh, and we are about to embark on our 2nd trip around the world. I doubt you would survive even a couple days of our lifestyle. We would have to throw you overboard, just like we do with the other biodegradable garbage.
But hey. I’ll get an absentee ballot sent to me no matter where in the world I am in order to vote for the only candidate who matters.
I’m not sure if SaltDog is biodegradable.
Its not environmentally acceptable to throw such filth in the ocean, I doubt even the sharks would eat it.
Great Stuff!
Do you need an extra hand on deck? I have sailing experience and always wanted to be a cruiser. Didn’t work out due to divorce but hope springs eternal!
I like your style. Maybe we should ask for 4 million+ absentee ballots to show our disdain for the black plastic contraptions from hell.
Doesn’t the GOPe get it yet?
You cannot buy an election. You, instead, have to steal it.
If you are Trump, the majority of the voters are gonna hand it to him.
Let’s Go Brandumb!
That Politico article linked (Greg Steube explains) had a lot of gold nuggets in it. Trump campaign had not even been trying to solicit endorsements when some of those early ones came in. Was even surprised By Byron Donalds. Then, when they recently reached out to Florida reps they got enthusiastic feedback.
While Team Meatball is kissing up to big money donors and doing his faux book tour PDJT is amassing a Team of MAGA patriots within Florida. Talk about making Ron De$anti$ look stupid.
We live in Clearwater Beach, FL, and voted for “who was thought to be an independent, upstanding candidate for Governor (DeSantis) – whom we will never again vote for. The minute the Bush Family made a visit, you just knew forget DeSantis. I am and will continue to support President Trump since his first rally in Tampa in 2016. In fact we attended 2-3 Trump Rally’s in Tampa at the time. We will continue to support President Trump to take our Country back again from the Left and the “phony Republicans” who are controlled by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Bush clan, and other so-called conservatives. And McCarthy is knee deep inside with the Bushies! Soros can rot in hell one day!
Trump 2024!
President Trumps appeal far out distances anything the establishment can fathom.
The wife and I travelled across the border into Washington State from British Columbia, and attended Candidate Trumps two rallies.
We wouldn’t cross our street to see any of our local politicians.
Cheers!
Lynden! I was amazed that Trump would go there.
Its actually surprising to me, just how tone deaf these asshats are.
I SAW that Bush endorsement and thought “WHY in the WORLD would they do that? Do they not understand that a Bush endorsement is the kiss of death?
If your trying to position your candidate as “Trump without the baggage, and you have him learn “Trump hand gestures”, and how to pimp slap the media, it SEEMS like it would be OBVIOUS you have him keep his distance from the Bushes, maybe even say some NEGATIVE things about them!
Because of that Bush/Ryan endorsement there have been times when I wondered, “Are Trump and RDS working together? Naaahhh…”
im Trump all the way and have been, have never missed a vote on any level since 1984 and will vote in one more federal election but i would like to know what good my vote is after what happened in ’20 and ’22. i dont believe we are gonna be allowed to vote ourselves out of this.
A lot is happening by different groups, orgs and individuals to fix election fraud mechanisms. I know it can seem overwhelming, but personally I want to know I did my part and left nothing on the table. If you’re interested, on pg 4 of the presidential thread I list several groups and projects working on election integrity.
Trump needs to hire Catherine Engelbrecht at the True the Vote to harvest envelopes for him.
Gavin DeSantis (good one Sundance) and his ‘campaign-not a campaign’ is going to explode before getting off the launch pad.
DeSantis’ campaign is going to sputter out like one of those toy water rockets I had as a kid…furiously working that pump pre-launch > press the release button > Spluurrrp goes about 15-20 feet > right back down the earth > campaign and political career over.
“It couldn’t happen to a nicer (meaning well deserved) group of asshats, er people!”
This is shaping up to be the “faceplant of the Century”, and Braggs indictments a close second.
So, to all you woebegone trolls out there,…HOW is PDJT’s 2024 Retribution campaign working out, so far?
Has destroyed his chief primary opponent, BEFORE said opponent has even announced.
Perhaps seeing this, several others have already announced they are “taking a pass” including Pompeo.
His campaign took in $15 million in a little over a week, in small donations,
And the true nature of the war within the R party, and our enemy within, has clarified.
AND, PDJT is laying out stark policy positions that will “set him apart” from any potential opponent, refining his brand image.
Not too bad, so early in the campaign season!
I have always thought DeSantis pretending to run was about money (and making it for his family and associates). I never thought he was really serious about putting forth the effort against Trump to get the nomination. DeSantis is rumored to be a lazy putz. You won’t beat Trump in anything being a lazy putz.
Also, Team DeSantis knows what we all know…… no republican in the current ballot manufacturing environment can win a national election. The left and deep-state have too many tools now that are hard-baked into the process. You can’t out-vote the fraud.
DeSantis will be more than happy to let Trump run and lose again and so will the GOPee elite.
I never thought RDS was “just in it for the $” and while HE, personally may be focused on the $, those behind him obviously spent the years of his first term, positioning him to be the “Trump alt” candidate.
People in any contest CHEAT, because it gives them an unfair advantage.
However, if the cheating is discovered and exposed, the advantage evaporates like a fart in the wind, leaving behind a disagreeable odor.
I do not accept your assertion, made without ANY supportive arguments , other than the spurious “everybody knows” which is a linguistic trick (cause it implies anyone who disagrees is an idiot, not knowing what “everybody knows”) that “No Republican can win National office again.”
And no, the GOPe elite DO NOT want PDJT’s name on the Ballot, and will try every possible way to keep his name off.
And as whenever I read such a comment, I come back to WHY would someone be motivated to come to the Treehouse, and post a comment discouraging people from voting?
“The polo club, cocktail party circuit of people who eat crustless triangle cucumber sandwiches and look down their noses at everyone else, is just not a large enough coalition to win DeSantis the nomination.” – Sundance Classic Edition. It’s one of many reasons I love the body of work at this site.
Ronna McRomney has cancelled her Botox booster injections and is hitting the donuts real hard tonight. Will she pledge to support Trump when he wins the GOP nomination? Will Paul RyNO?
They are hoping their Dem comrades will give them an illusion of an excuse, to deny him the nomination.
They don’t WANT him to be the R nominee; WE know, they know we know, etc.
Technically, they have all the authority they need to deny him the R nomination, they don’t even need to give a reason.
Cause “its a PRIVATE club”.
But, they DO CARE “What we think” otherwise THEY would have censured him at some point.
They are HOPING they can use the indictments as an excuse, but that hope is, I think fading fast,..we’ll see.
Still several more $0r0$ prosecutors in the holding pattern, ready to drop their indictments at the most opportune time.
And then theres still (assuming they don’t deny him the nomination) the battle over the VP slot; the RNC is NOT going to want a MAGA VP, and he won’t take another Pence, so how is that going to resolve?
Been saying it for awhile, the real fight is not PDJT vs the Dems, its PDJT vs. the Reps.
Couldn’t happen to a better little RINO swamp weasel!
Steube is a fantastic representative. My district is stuck with Vern Buchanan. A scared RINO that is afraid to make a position. Unfortunately I I had to vote for him and super RINO Rubio in the the last election. RINO Ronny is lucky to to be in the right place at the right time. Florida is flourishing. Just like what California did in its heyday. He’s a buffoon and unfortunately to many people don’t know that.
Thanks SD. LOL nice touch POTUS Trump, hosting a gathering of Fla R reps who endorsed you at your own country club. That’s in your face haughty DeSantis. If you ask nicely Ron, perhaps they’ll let you take a photo with DJT, 2024 R nom and all his Congressional supporters from Florida.
I think Trump will beat any primary or general election candidate, in a fair election.
The Uniparty will impeach him and remove him, is the problem. It’s early, but he has to have a MAGA stalwart as VP, rather than having McConnell hand him the shortlist again, which gave us Pence. A MAGA VP removes the impeachment scam from play, or at least forces 2 impeachments.
Ideally, recent politics says you want a VP that is insurance; somebody SO terrifying that NOBODY wants them to take over for you.
Now WHO would provide such Insurance to PDJT?
NOT Noem, or anyone else in Sundances grid, and don’t get me started on Vivisectionist Raswamy.
There really is only ONE Name, that terrifies the enemies of MAGA, that the prospect of Impeaching PDJT is effectively taken off the table.
Just ONE.
Rhymes with “cake?”
The Republican party has betrayed their base, and they don’t yet realize that they have been caught.
They have been betraying the base, since at least 1964.
FINALLY, the base is aware, and tired of the abuse.
We are ready to wait until our abuser is asleep, tie them to the bed, and set it on FIRE.
And, they are the abusive spouse, thinking things will continue on, as they always have, glaring at their spouse and saying “WHAT ya gonna DO about it?,…NOTHING, now bring me another beer!”
I was having a tough day but reading this has been such a joy.
Been there Matthew…may the Lord bless you and keep you…and bless and keep all Treepers!
Stick a fork in Ron!, he’s done.
The economy is melting down. We have had 24 months of real wages dropping. Jobs are leaving the US again.
Here are all the DeSantis Headlines in RINO NY Post over the last several days:
Ron DeSantis rips ‘fraud’ transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in Liberty University speechDeSantis says Anheuser-Busch is too woke, has lost him as a customer: ‘Why would you want to drink Bud Light?’DeSantis pushes death penalty for child rapists as ’24 decision nearsDeSantis vows to quash Disney move to strip his powers — and jokes about building prison next to theme parkHow Florida is teaching kids resilience to battle the youth mental-health crisisDisney’s financial fairy tale in Florida is coming to an end thanks to Ron DeSantisDisney appears to troll DeSantis with ‘Pride Nite’ announcementDon’t count DeSantis out — he may yet take down Trump
DeSantis is not MAGA