Politico writes a vast majority of stories from a slanted perspective; however, on the aspect of DeSantis influence in Florida disappearing, they are correct. One is the loneliest number.
Republicans in the sunshine state are ambivalent about the governor returning, after a disgraced and failed presidential effort. Quite frankly, DeSantis is an irrelevant gnat now, and he has three years left in his term as Florida governor.
This isn’t a surprise; it was easily predicted over a year ago when we first discussed the ruse of the Florida election. We knew DeSantis was going to run. We knew he was going to fail miserably; and we knew he would return to Florida a broken politician with no political currency.
The DeSantis operation was built on fraud, and the Florida policy successes were factually constructed (Rovian network) as groundwork for his presidential ambitions – not the Florida voters.
FLORIDA – TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is losing his clout in Florida.
College boards, stacked with DeSantis appointees, are rejecting job candidates with ties to the governor.
The chair of the Republican Party of Florida urged executive committee members to attend all GOP candidate events — giving cover to party faithful who want to attend a dinner at Mar-a-Lago with former President Donald Trump.
And the board that oversees many of Florida’s affordable housing programs this month placed on leave its executive director, who was helped into the job by a top DeSantis adviser.
Interviews with nearly two dozen lobbyists, political consultants and lawmakers revealed that DeSantis’ struggles as a presidential candidate have already eroded his influence in Florida. There is a widespread expectation that his candidacy will end in failure. His standing at home may depend on how long he slogs forward in the presidential campaign — and how he will manage his exit from the race if he eventually drops out.
Now, it may be just a matter of time before Florida Republicans, once unflinchingly loyal, seek distance from DeSantis and his hardball governing methods.
“You don’t get the assumption they are measuring drapes anymore — they are waiting for him to drop out,” one long-time Republican consultant in Tallahassee said of those working for the governor. (read more)
Ron’s ego won’t be able to cope with the failure. Casey will be salt in the wound. The state legislature is already back to the pre-Ron era, and the toxic pressure his team exhausted in order to bully the state is going to come back like an 800lb boomerang.
DeSantis kicked off his campaign arresting a handful of felons who voted illegally in 2020 and initially postured as though he was going to expose just how pervasive fraud is in his state. Trump couldn’t do it being out of power and I thought DeSantis would take advantage of his position, align himself with the conservative base and prove he was a serious candidate.
Then the below story came out LAST OCTOBER and I thought things would get interesting.
But Democrats cried ‘racism’ because the arrestees were Black and Team DeSantis wimped out & apparently abandoned the effort (if really was an actual effort in the first place). . . . . and I haven’t heard a damn thing about it since.
FAIL‼️
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Democrat Blows Whistle on Alleged Ballot Harvesting Scheme, Florida Opens Criminal Probe
Former candidate for Orange County commissioner describes widespread vote trafficking operation in Orlando area, authorities see enough evidence to warrant criminal probe.
https://www.theflstandard.com/democrat-blows-whistle-on-alleged-ballot-harvesting-scheme-florida-opens-criminal-probe/
Yep, typical RINO. All talk to get the support of conservatives, but when the chips are down, they always succumb and comply with the rat-infested, criminally-oriented SWAMP.
Mirror reflection of the democrats. They promise big things to blacks and then forget about them after the vote. We need the globalists republicans and democrats out.
They don’t succumb and comply.
The RINOS were in on it to begin with.
The were confederates, complicit with the Globalists.
They are the ones we were told are on “our side” who are actively and covertly fighting us.
Certainly true of the sElected State rinoRats in JawGA
You are pointing to the one area that could make Ron relevant again.
If Ron decides to pursue election fraud that did occur in FL in 2020 he would certainly lose his monied backers but could win back some standing among Trump voters.
In 2020 there were 60,000 votes cast in Miami that were “blank”. Not undervotes but blank. The explanation was 60,000 voters were protesting.
In 2022 there were 400 blank votes in Miami.
“If Ron decides to pursue election fraud that did occur in FL in 2020 he would certainly lose his monied backers but could win back some standing among Trump voters.” Really??? Not this Trump voter.
When someone has repeatedly lied and then, on some specific, later occasion, may say something that appeals to me, that is NO basis for believing them.
Me being desperate for improvements and/or truth telling is not the same as truth-telling. I can’t bestow a characteristic of truth-telling on on someone I know to be a liar.
You can’t negotiate with liars and, if you choose to believe (now…..) someone who has repeatedly lied to you in the past, when they speak (again) to suit their own purposes….that is an illustration of your desperation. It is NOT an illustration of their integrity.
Sharon, I am a Trump voter. Whether or not you or I would have a different perspective if Ron turned the tables on the RINO’s who have backed him would set him apart from every other governor, Democrat or Republican, is not an issue.
You expressed your opinion that, under certain conditions, he “could win back some standing among Trump voters.”
My foolish decision to attempt to participate in the conversation consisted of expressing my perspective on your statement.
I certainly have no illusions about whether my perspective is an issue. Obviously, nothing I think or say is any more relevant than anything you think or say…..even though blogs such as this one(for which I was present on the very first day it went online) are sometimes presented as a way to have conversation about stuff.
My mistake. Thank you for clarifying your perspective.
Sharon, I am also a Trump voter and thought that if Ron was to go for the vp slot with President Trump, he would have a shot at the presidency in 4 years.
Little did I know what was lurking under what looked to me like a man who cared about Floridians.
He is toast, IMO.
There simply isn’t any other issue.
Join the Left in making believe the 2020 election didn’t have (ahem) serious ‘flaws’ and forget about getting within a mile of the nomination.
I’m with you, Clivus.
And help people rebuild after Ian, by dealing with FEMA and insurance companies, by not allowing them to renege on their property insurance policies.
Unfortunately, I believe you have to much faith in Ron’s purity. I believe that his votes were inflated, either with or without his knowledge so a selling point for him to run was the great victory he had. Him budding up to Kemp is another tell. As I have been saying. It is not just Dems, but establishment Repubs have been rigging elections also. It is a topic they need buried and dead.
It’s really a shame in his hubris he let himself be used like this by Uniparty globalist Trump hating elites. I thought no way could he be stupid enough to run, but I was wrong. As the ancient Greeks warned, hubris will always lead to nemesis.
We belong to our local county GOP, and at our meeting Thursday the chairman said when talking about something else, “I think we all want Trump.” And everyone applauded. Before he announced, the chairman sounded all in on DeSantis.
As Oliver Anthony sings about Rich Men North of Richmond I’ll apply it to DeSantis: It’s a damn shame.
He shows signs of being a sociopath, no self reflection at all.
I don’t know, not knowing him or ever interacting with him. I heard an interview of Steve Cortes this week with Larry Alex Taunton. He was on Team Trump till he switched in a moment over the Team DeSantis. I was pissed. Traitor. He was on War Room all the time, then he was not. I was sure he did it for one reason, $$$. I’m not so sure anymore.
Cortes’ Christian faith seems genuine, and I’m not cynical enough to believe he was blatantly lying about his motives in making the move and the character of DeStanis. He could be wrong about the latter, and I think he is, but I just think DeSantis has ambition he couldn’t control. He could have been Trump’s heir apparent, but blew it, big league.
‘The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.’
The louder someone touts their Christian bonafides, the faster you should count the spoons.
Michael, Cortes doesn’t come off like that at all. He could be a talented actor and total fraud, but I don’t believe that. I’m a Christian, a veritable Jesus freak, and if you heard me talk you might think the same about me. Look at my website if you don’t believe me: https://mikedvirgilio.com/
But I completely understand how easy it is to be cynical in our age because so very often it is justified. You’re may be in this case, and I may be wrong, but I don’t think so. Only God Himself knows.
I listened to that podcast as well but have a 180 on your take. Look at the fruits of his life 100% in the elite bubble. When one states their Christian but never say Jesus name (and you know why if not let me know i can help). Are fake. Deny him publically he will deny them when its time to meet his Father.
Hmmmm, maybe you’re right. I guess I don’t want to believe people can be as bad as they can be. Like I said, God knows and there will be a day of judgment.
It’s important to realize that the worst you think someone can be is nowhere near as bad as someone else already is.
“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.”
“Ye shall know them by their fruits.”
You don’t have to guess. You already have your litmus test. And with Ron, you have no fruits to judge him by….
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2023/05/23/desantis-catholic-presidential-race-republican-245350
So for a Christian to say they stand behind DeSantis because of his Christianity, they’re lying, because there’s nothing there to prove it even exists…..
Thanks for sending this, I’ll check it out. I’m very familiar with Taunton, and he certainly believes Cortes’ faith is real. He is no phony.
Yikes that’s a little rough , so how perfectly do we all have to do his will is there a cut off point or do we have to be perfectly 100 % doing the perfect will of God like Jesus only doing what the father is doing only speaking what the father is speaking moving out of the fullness of the Godhead dirty that indwells us , the spirit without measure being mature sons who have fully and completely learned obedience through the things we have suffered otherwise what ? depart into outer darkness for eternity?
Deity not dirty , yikes again
Well at least your concerned for his eternal salvation that’s good
Pence…
According to those around Trump, Cortes was no happy he wasn’t on track to be given a higher position with Trump. I think it was Robert Barnes, lawyer, who said that.
Well, that makes sense, one person with outsized ambition would follow another one with even more!
It was funny that when he was talking about DeSantis and the campaign in the interview he never even hinted at the train wreck he chose to be part of, lol.
People switch for money when they make these radical political moves. Nothing more, nothing less.
Mr. Stranger, do you mean from Trump to DeSantis?
I’m actually glad that he revealed his shallow self-absorbed self this election, rather than keep his agenda hidden until 2028. We dodged a bullet that would destroy any progress that Trump will make in his 3rd term
Great point. I desperately don’t want to believe the worst about the guy, but the worst is obviously true.
I really was hoping he was pro Trump but just spending all the RINOS big bucks . Silly me.
If Youngkin is smart he’ll learn a lesson from Ron’s experience.
I hope so Todd. But Youngkin has RINO tendencies, so we’ll see.
Youngkin, through the Carlyle Group, also has CCP tendencies. Spit.
I have often thought he was ‘allowed’ to win because he was the ‘right’ Republican for the cabal. Gives Virginians the illusion of Republicanism.
Youngkin is a company man, that’s why the Democrat election cheating magically stopping working in Virginia when Youngkin ran.
Youngkin is already toast to the Trump supporter.
He can stand on his head or do cartwheels in the corridor and we won’t support him.
The uniparty is dead.
We’re just waiting to bury it.
Thank you President Trump for the sunlight.
They’re all in it because they think (they’ve heard from their “advisors”) that Trump is done, finished, going to jail. So they’re trying to capitalize on one of the most egregious abuses of power in American history. They have to know that the 2020 election was rigged “6 ways from Sunday” and that J6 was a despicable, orchestrated Fedsurrection made to order by pelosi and the crooked leftist establishment. If these candidates don’t know these things, then they’re dumber than rocks. If they do know it and they’re in the race to capitalize on Trump’s overthrow, then shame on them. They are trash. I will never support one of these rabid swamprat fools who think we’re as dumb as average leftists.
I was watching several streaming movies last night and both had a Uni-Party commercial saying Trump could not win. Money wasted on this family. Trump all the way here.
I AGREE TO ALL YOU HAVE SAID————THAN YOU
Do the RINO’s trot out someone else to challenge Trump for the nomination?
My friends are hoping Youngkin will jump in, but I’m hoping not.
You need to get some new friends………soon
DeSantis destroyed his own political career by signing onto the Swamp’s COUP. Now he’ll just have to sign a big contract with a military company that can control what he says and does. Not a bad life for these Swamprats. They get paid millions of dollars to tow the establishment’s frauds and narratives.
I never trusted Paul Ryan and when I heard he was involved I knew it wouldn’t be a go for DeSantis.
Funny you should mention him. At first I thought someone had farted,
and then when I read your comment I realized that Ryan’s name was what
was smelling up the room.
They ALWAYS find a rock to jump under.
I cannot imagine what this “type” of thinking does to a person’s mind, in spite of the $$. No kind of Life, imo.
So there go Florida’s ballots in 2024.
Casey had her Eva Peron moment and liked it. At hubby’s inaugural when she waved to the crowd wearing the long opera gloves, a switch was turned on. When they got back to the Governor’s mansion in Tallahassee she said “Ron we have to do this.” Then Mar-A-Lago happened whetting his appetite even more, now this dismal failure, blinded by ambition.
Neither are to be trusted.
Yup. Those gloves! And the ball gown… outdoors in the Florida heat😳I knew then that a “fairy tale” was unfolding… but alas, no happily ever after. Too bad. Ron was a good Governor for awhile. Sorry, Cortes… bad move. Shame!
Something to think about.
Is there comparison between Kamala and Ron campaigns?
She was the first to drop out of the dem primary, but ended up on the ticket? Nobody wanted her, but they got her. Uni party playbook 101.
Time will tell.
Cackling Kamela was foist on Biden by 0bama in exchange for Joe being allowed to steal the election using 0bama’s democrat ghetto ballot box stuffing apparatus.
Ain’t nobody foisting no one on DJT this time around.
No. Absolutely not.
This empty little man thought he could make bank from Trump’s demise. He had no loyalty to the man who helped him get to the point of being able to stab him in the back, nor did he speak out against the disgusting unlawful Mar-A- Lago raid. Then he aligns himself with the Bushes, spit!
This cretin even had the nerve to borrow Trump’s ideas, and his mannerisms,
He’s nothing but another garden variety money grubbing, self aggrandizing DS whore.
I’d be happy to hear what you really think!
Well said Xavier. You never bite the hand that feeds you !!!
He will be put to work delivering FL to the Democrat through fraud. Ala Kemp in GA.
DJT and MAGA are the GOP! Don’t follow the RNC. They are two separate entities.
College boards, stacked with DeSantis appointees, are rejecting job candidates with ties to the governor.
It’s called Karma, and her middle name is B****.
B**** is her last name. Isa is her middle name.
He is a miniPence. He had the brass ring, and then dropped it.
Too bad. He could have been a great governor, even a nerdy one… but the stars got in his eyes… and he forgot who helped him win on the first place. Everything happens for a reason as they say…
Just as we all predicted, A presidential run against Trump would only ruin his otherwise promising career in politics….if he would have just done the right thing. Now he will fade into obscurity. I, like most people I think, liked Ron at first……but as Sundance has said before “when someone shows you who they really are, it’s best to believe them”
I would change one ‘if’ to ‘when’, one Ron’ to ‘Casey’, and take butter off the toast.
Other than that, everything seems to fit.
DeSantis will hang in there to see if Trump is convicted and sentenced before the Convention. But the timing is doubtful and Trump would appeal any conviction, and eventually win in the SCOTUS, delaying any resolution to his legal matters until after the election.
DeSantis had a good thing going and then he hooked his wagon to the Bush RINO’s. Done. Over. See ya later.
I think Rick Scott is cut from the same cloth.
Yes he is.
Rino doodoo is particularly stinky. Shame on you, Ron.
When he started trying to hit President Trump on Covid was my point to decide DeSantis was a slimy Bushite clone. In truth, President Trump got played by the Deep State. So did Ron DeSanctimonious and just about everyone else. People with “normal” lives caught on faster than the elites who are only spoon-fed a version of reality by their aides and handlers. Slamming President Trump as the Great Betrayer of Our Sacred Values was a sick and cynical lie from a guy whose state also closed schools and put pastors in jail for worshipping God. To be fair, Covid also reinforced my perception of some of President Trump’s weaknesses — his naievete about our *entire* ruling class and its minions (they really do hate America and really are serving only the highest bidder), and his unwillingness to critically self-assess his performance (maybe he does that in private, but I don’t think so). Those are the dark sides to two of his greatest virtues – Optimism and Indomitability. I am concerned, because tragedies are caused by uncontrolled virtues. So I keep praying for President Trump. God have mercy on us all!
” People with “normal” lives caught on faster than the elites “………. Far too few, and Far too Late, or there would not have been the suffering that there was.
If what you said is true, then this article would never have been written…
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/28/health/covid-war-doctors-fauci-birx-hahn-redfield-gupta-bn/index.html
DJT is human like the rest of us. The fact that he has chosen to continue the fight on our behalf speaks volumes about his character. Pray for him. Pray for America.
Thankful founding fathers had the balls, the courage, the intellect to stay and fight for Freedom, not just for themselves but their countrymen.
Remember when the narrative from team Meatball was he won re-election in 2020 by a bigger margin than Trump won Florida?
I do not live in Florida, so all I knew of DeSantis is the national stories created to burnish his image as a MAGA culture warrior. An image I bought hook, line, and sinker.
I was therefore surprised when Sundance, who is a Florida resident, came out against him.Now everyone knows what Sundance knew: Ron is, and always has been, a phony with no spine and no soul. He’s a RINO’s RINO, and the MAGA pantomime he did in his first term was all just that: Pantomime. Not real.
And perhaps a few machine shenanigans as well on Ron’s behalf? Darn, we really wanted to like him- and even his Cinderella wife in her ball gown😔
The way DeSantis’ handlers thought he could shift gears from Florida Ron to national Ron without anybody noticing reminds me of the Romney advisor’s infamous “etch a sketch“ comment. As though voters wouldn’t hear “I lied and told them what they wanted to hear to win the primary, now I’m going to drop the pretense for the general election.”
He’s done irreparable harm to his political career but maybe not so much to his bank accounts. He will be in position now to destroy (already happening)all the good that’s been done in Florida. Casey may very well be still measuring for drapes, not in the WH but for their oceanfront mansion.
~Time will tell.
Reeping the harvest decantis. Way to go!
Home insurance cancelled. Auto insurance will double in 7 years in Florida. Not good. They automatically flipped a switch and moved my home into a flood zone where it has never been for 20 years since I’ve owned it. I think the NWO has big plans to capture Florida and we have no foreseeable plans to save it from their clutches, especially if Florida State House has already moved back to pre-pandemic mechanisms. Florida is toast. Where is the SMOD when you need it?
SMOD?,Space Monkeys of Death?
Regulator taking. Insurance collusion between federal government and monopiles. Going on with fire, flood and storm. Create a crisis.
You might dig deep and find out how/where/who the flood zones were changed. Over a decade ago, FEMA let local jurisdictions change them at will – no questions asked even after negligent infrastructure engineering/development. If you get far enough in, you find it’s really nasty collusion at all levels of government and insurance regulations.
I think Jeb! is probably happy – he got RDS out of the way – RDS showed his willingness to not be MAGA, to not be for MAGA – \
So Jeb! has gotten RDS out of the path of George Prescott Bush. The Bush Family is always on the march! Too bad for them a bit of a hitch on that AG Paxton impeachment effort -but they will persevere! have no doubt about that.
I wonder how Kenn Griffin feels about getting suckered into supporting RDS?
Maybe no one will return Jeb!’s calls and then he will really stomp his feet!
Ron has three more years to wrestle with Disney. That will be fun to watch as the legislature abandons him.
💃💃💃💃🙋♀️🙋👏😀
Loving it!
Took a lot of flak from
people about DeSanctimonious
especially after I voiced my
disgust with him after his
visit to AZ at the Kari Lake
rally during the Primary 😡😡😡
Then his total silence
during her fight against
election fraud…..my vocal
displeasure increased. 📣📢
When he drops out I am
going to celebrate!
Already planning my menu.
👩🍳👩💻
Be very careful of this Desantis now, he could pull the rug out from under Trumps feet for the state of Florida.
“Here’s the deal Trump, if you want to win the Florida EC you’ll pick Desantis as your running mate”
At best DeSantis acquiesced to the criminal targeting of President Trump. I am more inclined to believe he was complicit in the operation.
He has no political future because he’s a fraud who emits swamp gas, and cannot ever be trusted
He’s truly buttered toast with the MAGA movement.
DeSantis is a good man. He made an error in judgment. This was the year to get behind President Trump wholeheartedly. What is going on now is beyond one’s ego and ambition. Our country is being destroyed every single day. Soon the damage will be irreprable – if it isn’t already. Ten million illegals put on taxpayer funding is a devastating burden. No country can survive that.
The radical DemoNazi Party has laid strategic demolition charges all over and unless they are defused quickly, there’s going to be nothing left.
We need someone who has the integrity to take this head on. This was the year to say I stand with Trump. Believe me, DeSantis’s reward would have been grand if he had done that. He’s young and can wait four years. He could have got some experience and national exposure as Trump’s loyal VP. Now he’s blown that out of the water.
I believe in the saying
that when someone shows
you who they truly are.
Remember it. Do not forget.
Four years will not be long
enough to repair the damage
he has done to his “political “
career. His integrity is non existent
at this point.
Poor Meatball, he sat down with the Uniparty, they promised him riches and the WH, and he wasn’t smart enough to play the game strategically, and slow roll the parasites to enhance his own political career, independent of a 2024 presidential run which could never be a sure thing. Instead he gave it over completely to the greedy Rovian leeches, and it’s a shambles.
They own you, Meatball. You gave up agency. They own you.
DeSantis first mistake was getting duped by Griffen and Ryan that he could win and second was not jumping on the Trump train as VP ensuring a great opportunity in 2028- 2036.
His first mistake was being DeSantis!
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SS DeSantis taking on water…lifeboats not usable
DeSantis blew his political career when he decided to run in 2024 against Trump. I don’t think the RINO establishment faction backing him care all that much his political future is now gone. DeSantis would have been the 2028 frontrunner but the same RINO cartel have already moved on to their favored candidate for that cycle – Virginia governor Youngkin.
I’m guessing DeSantis and family were offered a very sweet deal to run this cycle.
This guy is a big disappointment. Feeding at the Big Donor PAC trough and willingly being lead by their Neocon masters showed his true (lack of) core values. Really not too bright and not ready for prime time. I thought he might have waited until ’28 to make a run.
Ron! should be impeached, removed, and locked up for what he has done…
The examples cited don’t substantiate the claim, but I would expect (hope?) the people Rob trampled on would show some spine and get revenge for the state, if not for conservatives writ large.
Rob sold out Florida like he sold out America First, so I hope the legislature will undo as much of the damage he caused as possible. Future presidential elections depend on it.
Roger Stone threatens Matt Gaetz with primary challenge after Gaetz argues that Ron DeSantis still has a political future
https://www.newsweek.com/roger-stone-issues-warning-matt-gaetz-about-weasel-desantis-1829362?amp=1
Fraud? Maybe, but I’d say it was built on treachery…and that is what killed it….without a shot being fired.
DeSantis and the my reps gave us the Local low afforable housing Martin is ruined ounce a quiet bueatiful small town now a haven for the Elites. Bongino is my lives down form me he disgusted. Mark Levin lives on Juoiter island with the elite RINOS! Does nothing to help the locals . We have No local control DeSantis ruled on the Costco project we did not want ! My insurance 7.000 now they want more taxes for the apparments they filled with illegals all a big game for the overlords to fill there pockets. He used the WOKE to get the vote from the Women who are so stupid they will vote for Biden because of Roe wade being overturned ! ENOUGH
Dan is one of your neighbors? Tell him to stop smooching Ronda’s tukas.
This is terrible for Florida Republicans. Perhaps another desired outcome or added benefit for the people behind Ron’s ill-fated run.
As a Florida resident, I believe Governor DeSantis’ genuineness was always in question. He aligned himself with big development, he appointed NUMEROUS establishment Republicans to open positions on Florida county seats and it became obvious that he was beholding to them, especially in his hometown county of St Johns. I actually am thankful that his self serving political ambitions have come to light early in the game. Unfortunately, we’ll still be fighting his awful self serving bought and paid for county appointees for years to come.
Right, last session- lauded by legislators was carefully crafted to create headlines to support his run. Sophists telling you they did X, but really did X-Y, they just don’t share the Y.
THe RPOF is already turning against him. Last week, they rescinded the resolution they made last spring to prevent any POTUS candidates who refused to sign the “loyalty pledge” (supporting the candidate that made it all the way to the 2024 election). Grassroots conservatives were elated. Ronnie, not so much.
Has DeSantis figured out that the RINOS used him … intentionally destroyed him … thinking it would help destroy Trump & MAGA ??
“Canned Ham Karl”… I like it! 😂😄😄
What becomes of the changed laws that allowed for DeLoser to run for prez and remain governor?