Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 Republican primary.
The career diminished Florida Governor is trying to save face and has endorsed Donald Trump. The announcement comes at 02:20 of the video below. WATCH:
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The next few days will be fraught with demands to unite the clans. However, please remember the proven and demonstrably accurate axiom: Never Trust a Never Trumper.
The Ron DeSantis campaign was built upon a foundation of fraud. Long planned as an effort to destroy the threat that MAGA represents to the Republican apparatus, nothing about the DeSantis campaign was grassroots, authentic, natural or real. The Sea Island organized campaign was a specific and detailed approach driven by the professional political class. Ron DeSantis was a vessel, a willing vessel, for the deliberate schemes and Machiavellian intents of the worst elements in USA Republican politics.
WE CANNOT UNITE with that group. Think about it.
Supporters of Ron DeSantis either knew of the Never Trump intents, or they were not smart enough to see the supernova flares of manipulation that were triggered from the outset. Either way, cunning or stupid, I do not want to camp with them. It is what it is.
Take the endorsement and carry on.
Ron and Casey will be divorced within two years.
He was never a true contender. He’s done well as a governor though. I like many of Florida’s policies.
He was NOT a great Governor and NOT a great congressman.
He was “okay”.
As governor he is much better than most. Not 100% honest and he could help the cost of insuring homes in Florida. It’s a problem… a big problem and being in the back pocket of insurance lobbyists is not the solution.
Being a good Governor is a low bar. Just being “Okay,” just following the promises you ran on puts you into the top 5% of elected officials. Just avoiding a bribery, major corruption or sex scandal puts you into the upper half. We are so used to seeing all of our elected politicians immediately flip us the bird as soon as they get into office.
Pluheeeeze
He’s not a great governor at all! Most of his actions are not DeSantis, but DeSantis pretending to be Trump, to take down Trump. He failed, he’s a failure, and no one should vote for him ever again! WHEN SOMEONE SHOWS YOU WHO THEY ARE, BELIEVE THEM!
I have a feeling the nastiness in Meatball is going to come out big time now in Florida. Gird your loins, as he tries to hand the State of Florida to the Demoncrats.
I think the next Governor will definitely be Democrat, the people are sick of the Republican’s who have done a horrible job in a red state.
The legislators think they are divine gods passing crap bills that no one wants.
I believe the base will stay home and the Demoncrats will win.
” nothing about the DeSantis campaign was grassroots, authentic, natural or real. ” My thoughts exactly as I was listening to that video. I have never heard him sound so fake.
Agreed 100%.
The Fat Lady Has Sung…
DeSantis let people not his friends talk him it to running. At the time just before him announcing his run, Florida had a hurricane and he got praise to high heaven from all corners of the earth, so TDS kicked in and off he went, they breathed on him and he caught the TDS bug. DUMP!
His true path should have been no I’ll wait, let Trump do his best and I will back him. 2028 is my time. Did you hear the difference in his voice. It sounded like relief of, thank God I can go home and take it easy!
Absolutely. He looked like he was emerging from a nightmare.
I remembered the time, a long, long time ago and had a job that turned out not the right fit. I was let go and although it worried me to lose the job, I felt like the weight of the world had lifted. I’m sure that is what DeSantis is feeling, but still doesn’t discount his actions
I agree with another poster. Conservatives will get payback in Florida
Yep. I had exactly the same experience. When they told me I was being downsized, I practically reached across the table and kissed the HR lady.
Casey is going to get several pounds of flesh on her way out.
Yes, her job is done, she can exit, but she’s never going to forgive him for losing her that role as the next incarnation of Jackie O.
Her lifetime dream role . . . Gone. Kaput. Over. Sayonara.
(And that’s just if it doesn’t turn out she and her family were grifting like everyone else.)
Ahem. Jackie- ho
No more dieting, or wearing high heels, and being with normal people.
Are you talking about Ron or Casey?
Now Nikki has that deer in the headlights look, she must be super pissed at Ronnie, like she was supposed to coast in as his VP ala Kamala, and now she has to do all the pretending to average America, including trying to remember to say US instead of THEM
Political consultants i.e. “campaign experts” lead their clients into disaster time after time. They are just like the “vaccine experts” and the “climate experts” and the “military experts” who keep delivering disastrous results but somehow keep getting paid big bucks. One reason Trump does so well is he trusts his own instincts instead of being led around by expert clowns.
I think having Karl Rove hating your guts is a good thing! Is this the finish for the Rove-Bush power duo, have they latched onto Nikki, the taller & angrier Hillary or will they go home & stomp their little feet until 2026?
Just a thought. It
s possible Trump
s opponents were black mailed into running against him. A lot of people in Congress are!So does that just leave “what’s her face” in the race?
The serial, lying adulterous and war pig? Yes.
Maybe we should start calling her SLAWP for short!
She was polling in the “30% range to Trump’s 52%” in NH today before DeSantis dropped out (polling 6% in NH). I don’t think she’s polling as high in SC. And she’s on the caucus list for Nevada but not the ballot.
More like “what’s THAT face??!!” 🙂
Nymphrata “Hotwife” Haley!
https://imgflip.com/i/8cyb56
Birdbrain Hayley.
The fat singing lady has been employed…
“Either way, cunning or stupid, I do not want to camp with them.”
Ever.
And what’s with all the spit in the corners of Ron’s mouth?
Rabies?
it’s fun to stay at the YMCA!
And dilated eyes (beady).
I thought it was a back handed endorsement. The Fauci reference was factually erroneous, hypocritical and totally unnecessary, unless the goal was to serve red meat to the Never Trump base.
The Fauci reference was very telling. It was pure insult. DeSantis wouldn’t even be Governor if not for Trump, and this is how DeSantis repays Trump.
Ronnie has a weight problem, within two years he will be as big as Christie. Sundance may be right, not only is he short even with the lifts, but he will be short and fat, a big turn off for the slender Casey.
Yeah, he needs to get on the Mounjaro pronto…..
Ticket has been punched surely. Its says “loser”.
👊 His power phrase…
Let me say that first and foremost I am a diehard supporter of our true President Trump. I would literally crawl through barbed wire and broken glass to vote for him.
Sorry, but I am not one to kick RDS out of the fold, especially since, like the Prodigal Son, he has repented and come back home to MAGA .
We should be at least as gracious and forgiving as our President Trump has been with those he vanquished.
We cannot afford to keep fighting amongst ourselves which seems to be the hallmark of conservatives and Republicans. This is a wartime situation and we must have a united front as we go into battle to save our lives and our country.
President Trump will figure out how he wants to handle his former opponents and I will be glad to support whatever he decides to do. But it benefits no one if we alienate our fellow countrymen and women as we enter the fray.
He hasn’t repented anything. He’s the enemy. He did what he did in order to save what little is left of his political career, which is dead.
Wake up.
He stood by and let an illegal unlawful federal government raid go down against his primary opponent.
AND WAS HOPING THE DEMOCRATS WOULD SUCCEED IN RAILROADING HIM OFF THE BALLOT, SO THAT HE COULD SWOOP IN AND TAKE AN UNEARNED NOMINATION WITH LITTLE PUBLIC SUPPORT.
Yeah, ummm scram Little Ron.
“We cannot afford to keep fighting amongst ourselves…”
But that’s the thing, Seneca, we are not fighting among ourselves, we are fighting those who sneak into our camp and pretend to be one of us, only to make us and our movement — President Trump’s movement — seem like a disaster.
We need to get them out, and yes, we can be — and for sure I can be — more gracious once they have gone.
Just like President Trump.
Would you welcome back John McCain too? We have to stop allowing these people to get close enough to stab us in the back. We’ll take their votes, but no RINOs in MAGA.
I don’t think there’s any comparison between RDS and McLame. Before RDS made his tragic mistake, he was on track to be a great governor. Living in Nueva York as I do, I am in awe of some of the things he did in Florida.
The problem is, he wasn’t being a great governor for any reason other than to run for President. And being a great governor isn’t that hard when you have a Republican legislature in control in the state.
IMO DeSantis only went for the Governor spot in order to be a presidential candidate. Remember Trump said DeSantis begged him (Trump) for his endorsement, but after DeSantis won he turned on Trump. How can you think anything good about a guy who does that? Remember his copycat rallies? His secret meetings with anti-Trump donors and the massive amount of money that poured into his Florida Governor campaign, including after he won his second term election? His pathetically weak statement after the Mar-a-Lago raid, in the state he governs? And his state legislature changed the law to allow him to run for President without resigning as Governor. It’s all bad.
No, RDS was worse than McStain…. He blended in better, actually, and fooled more people. We will take his followers back, but not him.
If he becomes loyal and stays loyal, give him a living.
But never anything important. Never discuss family business with him.
(Give him the Carlo Rizzi treatment)
Well said.
DeSantis has not come back home to MAGA. He was never MAGA, and he’s only endorsing Trump because he’s planning to run in 2028.
Here’s what DeSantis said in his statement:
While I have had disagreements with Donald Trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of Anthony Fauci, Trump is superior to the current incumbent, Joe Biden. That is clear. I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee and I will honor that pledge.
So he’s endorsing Trump because Trump is better than Biden? Who says crap like that?
We don’t need to fight amongst ourselves to reject DeSantis now and forever in the future. Just reject him. He’s a traitor, a user, a grifter, and a very very stupid man.
Not exactly a full throated, genuine endorsement….. reminds me of Ted Cruz.
It’s also disingenuous of DeSantis to say that about Trump and Fauci. It’s a grotesque endorsement, one we shouldn’t accept. I like the Trump is being diplomatic about it though, instead of telling DeSantis to f off.
Here, let me quote FlyoverAlinCT‘s down thread:
“Like El Rushbo said, ‘I don’t want to find common ground with these people, I want to defeat them.’”
And then there’s Sundance’s quote: “Never trust a Never Trumper.”
Nope! Ron needs to shut up and go away.
I welcome RD’s support for the common good, but trust is another matter. It would be very hard for him to win that back.
Fighting with the RINOs, neo-cons, and neverTrumpers is not “fighting amongst ourselves”. They’re not us.
Trikki Nikki is not us. DeSantis isn’t us, or he wouldn’t have did what he did. Bringing him back into the fold is like letting the wolf back amongst the sheep.
Once you realize and accept that they do nothing but drag down and undermine us, you see we’d be better off without them.
Fighting with the RINOs, neo-cons, and neverTrumpers is not “fighting amongst ourselves”. They’re not us.
You are correct. But I think the DeSantis supporters believe themselves to be kin of Trump supporters, pro-MAGA. I think they don’t realize that DeSantis is fake MAGA, pretends to be MAGA when it serves his own purposes. His entire Florida Governor time has been spent doing things to make himself look good. I’ll bet he never runs for Florida Governor again, he could after sitting out a term but the Governor position isn’t of interest to him any more because it’s clearly not a viable stepping stone to the presidency.
SD, thank you for this Bigly True reminder:
“The next few days will be fraught with demands to unite the clans. However, please remember the proven and demonstrably accurate axiom: Never Trust a Never Trumper.
The Ron DeSantis campaign was built upon a foundation of fraud. Long planned as an effort to destroy the threat that MAGA represents to the Republican apparatus, nothing about the DeSantis campaign was grassroots, authentic, natural or real. The Sea Island organized campaign was a specific and detailed approach driven by the professional political class. Ron DeSantis was a vessel, a willing vessel, for the deliberate schemes and Machiavellian intents of the worst elements in USA Republican politics.
WE CANNOT UNITE with that group.”
TPTB are probably hoping the DeSantis NeverTrumpers will now support Trikki Nikki in New Hampshire. Doesn’t matter. The Trump Train is rolling full steam ahead now.
It will be interesting to see if this helps Trump, or Nikki on Tuesday!
I am grateful to the Lord for every little victory.
DeSantis is one of the snakes that Trump reads about.
Like El Rushbo said, “I don’t want to find common ground with these people, I want to defeat them”.
I still feel like his win numbers as governor were less. I suspect they inflated them to make him look better than he really is.
If his numbers were as reported he would stay in the race. He knows the true numbers and they are no where close to what’s being reported. That’s why he folded. Good riddance.
Why is he not endorsing Haley?
He’s probably pissed that Haley entered the race. Without Haley DeSantis could have hung in longer.
Love the last one sentence paragraph 😀
Charlie Kirk…
Jenna Ellis snarky response…
Snarky is a valid description.
Is this snarky version, the real Jenna or was that affable, smiling, cheerful Jenna of the past the genuine original but then changed by the DOJ persecution. Has she been bought? The ruinous costs accrued defending yourself from the corrupt DOJ could change anyone-that is not rich.
What’s up with Charlie Kirk? I thought he was all-in for DeSantis? The guy moved to Florida, and he hosted those copycat rallies that were allegedly supporting other states’ candidates in 2022 (like Kari Lake).
This rally was held on August 15 2022, just one week after the raid on Mar-a-Lago. https://www.azcentral.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/elections/2022/08/15/photos-blake-masters-kari-lake-ron-desantis-phoenix-rally/10327597002/
Charlie Kirk has been butting heads with DeSantis for awhile now. Charlie’s a Trump man.
We should never forgive DeSantis and never give him our votes. For now, however, he can try to make up or his deceit by helping President Trump eject Biden from the White House.
sundance is correct of course that DeSantis “was a vessel, a willing vessel, for the deliberate schemes and Machiavellian intents of the worst elements in USA Republican politics.”
Is this a devious attempt to provide Haley with more votes in N.H. so she can continue dragging out this race knowing that he would be crushed in N.H. and then S. Carolina.
Is it possible for Gov. DeSantis to realize he was “willingly and stupidly bought” and that it was a horrible choice not only because it ensured he would lose but because it was wrong for the future of Florida and the USA. Or has there never been a case where a willing vessel in politics changed its spots back to what is best for the country?
Anyway, he has some work ahead regaining the support of Floridian Trump supporters. His sources of political donations in the future will provide clues.
I wish SD had not written–“Ron and Casey will be divorced within two years.” I hope it is not so for the sake of the kids esp. but also for their parents.
I seriously doubt that Casey will divorce meatball so soon. He has already said that he will run in 2028 so for Casey, that ship has not yet sailed.
The mega donors will not be there for Meatball in 2028. The ship is half way to Europe by now.
“Ron and Casey will be divorced within two years.”
You’re always right, Sundance, but I hope you’re wrong here for their kids. I hope not EVERYTHING is politics with Casey.
Trump philosophy is if someone can help it is OK if not you are not wanted. So long as you support him. Unfortunately some people he nominated were so lacking in morals and ethics he was snowballed from the rear. Politicians say one thing but the money and lobbyists say something else. Bought and sold, that is one thing Trump has shone the light on. Rove has switched rhetoric again. People talking politically on opinion shows should be forced to show who they support in their interviews. Note the DeSantis people in the shadows. Now the push is on where chaos is created by them and now push that people will vote against chaos. Got to love it.
Yeah, I called it, either drop Ronnie before NH or let Nikki continue battling both him n Trump. Love the spotlight will be on her alone now, with her inability to relate to the common man. Her Elitism will stick out like a sore thumb and everyone associated with her, donors, supporters, backers, will be looked at as fake anti-MAGA pretenders.
“Ron and Casey will be divorced within two years.”
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LMAO. At least there’s still hope for Casey.
Don Jr. is still unmarried, amirite? /sarc
What has Don Jr. Being unmarried got to do with the price of beans…AND I’ll raise you one/S
‘but the cowboy boot’s….’ mrs. patrick mcmanus.
Yes, there is the backhanded reference to Trump n Covid making us all cringe remembering T saying the vaccine is good, but what defines the show is how freakin giddy Ronnie is 😀
will Trump treat RdS as good as Nork Kim?
Cue the tiny violin 🎻
But the donors were already dumping DeSantis and shifting over to Haley. And hey, throwing millions at someone in hopes that they can become President is a risky investment. If the donors are outraged then maybe they should stop trying to control elections.
Maybe DeSantis can join the No Labels Party. He alienated the MAGA vote, which is now the majority within the GOP, but he also pissed off his GOPe puppetmasters and the donor class by wasting $300 million and making Trump an even stronger candidate.
MAGA will simply ignore RDS, but the GOPe is going to make life miserable for him for throwing all their money down the drain and failing to stop Trump. RDS is showing us all why he will never be president. Poor judgement and lack of real intelligence. We dodged disaster.
RDS is showing us all why he will never be president. Poor judgement and lack of real intelligence. We dodged disaster.
I keep thinking that! If DeSantis had actually played this correctly and waited til 2028 we might have elected him. I’m actually glad we found out who/what he is now instead of finding out after he moved into the White House.
Bottom line.
No one likes a double crosser (XX), no one, except another double crosser.
“Ron and Casey will be divorced within two years.” Excellent prediction, and I absolutely agree.
Just like MM was going to divorce Harry in 2 years. These predictions make me laugh. These women know what side their bread is buttered on; these men are their meal tickets. I predict Casy will stay married to Ron.
DeSantis needs to be nowhere near the Trump administration. He has proven he cannot be trusted. He is not loyal to Trump. He’s still Florida Governor, let him do the job the voters are paying him to do. His term ends in Jan 2027.
I will leave it to ones far smarter than me but have read multiple places today, that is not a quote by Churchill. I haven’t had time to research. Any treepers Churchill scholers?
The International Winston Churchill Society has written this quote is , NOT a quote from Churchill… Poor runt…
That is hilarious. He can’t even name who he borrowed the phrase from correctly. Everywhere you look, he shot himself in the foot.
Shot himself in the ‘BOOT’
Yes we should unite, but DeSantis is NOT a great patriot.
I’m disappointed in James Woods. I’d thought he had better discernment than to think DeSantis is a hero, et al.
DeSantis carefully planned and scripted campaign fooled a LOT of pro-MAGA people. Have to give him credit – his acting and carefully curated “conservative” actions while in his ‘stepping stone” temporary role as FL Governor, have people thinking he is the next Trump (savior of America).
It is seriously head-shaking to watch the gullibility of otherwise sincere American voters who are apparently blind to the huge Uniparty CON that has been pulled on them. Trikki Haley cannot pull the same CON as DeSantis because she is not nearly as good an actor as Ron D, and has recently made some outright asinine & offensive statements about pro-MAGA conservatives.
Never trust a never Trumper. That was me in ’15 about Marc Levine
DeSantis is the best chance that America had to not loose Freedom, I know so many people in Pennsylvania that will not vote for Trump And you have to know that the Democrat want Trump cause he is easy to defeat
Please.
LOL. ok.
DeSantis was bought and paid for and would have deliberately lost to Biden, just like McCain did and just like Romney did.
That makes so much sense. lol The Democrats want Trump, so that’s why they are so aggressively harassing him with lawsuits and trying to remove him from ballots and urging Dem voters to crash the GOP primaries to make Haley win.
Florida folks….anyone know what happened to the funds Casey raised for the hurricane victims? Never heard.
It looks like it was DeSantis’ pathetic response to the Mar-a-Lago raid was the beginning of his downfall. It’s interesting to read this site’s articles back in August 2022. I’m posting a link to the first one, the others you can easily find by moving forward in time.
Aug 8 2022
As a Citizen of Florida Ron DeSantis Calls FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid “Another Escalation”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/08/08/as-a-citizen-of-florida-ron-desantis-calls-fbi-mar-a-lago-raid-another-escalation/
Aug 10 2022
The Silence of DeSantis – Florida Governor Ducks Media Appearances, Records Statements, Seeking to Avoid Questions About Trump Raid
Aug 12 2022
The Managing of DeSantis, Five Days in the Bunker and a New Press Secretary
Aug 14 2022 (just one week after the Mar-a-Lago raid)
After Six Days of Silence, Ron DeSantis Surfaces in Arizona During TPUSA Rally for Kari Lake and Blake Masters – 8:30pm ET Livestream
Aug 22 2022
Team Behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Purchase First National TV Campaign Ad
Note about this one: DeSantis was running for Florida Governor but purchased national ads. Sundance said in the article “DeSantis has unofficially entered the 2024 campaign race”. DeSantis didn’t officially announce his candidacy until May 24 2023
Aug 30 2022
DeSantis Pulls Out of Lee Zeldin Fundraiser After Meeting with Billionaire Donor Who Just Gave More Than $400,000 to Kathy Hochul
If you look at the comments you can see that some people were pretty upset with Sundance for posting any unflattering info about DeSantis even though it was true. I wonder how those people feel about him now. I think Sundance did a great service to conservative voters in flagging DeSantis early, and keeping on top of all of the bad news that came after.
We dodged a bullet. If DeSantis hadn’t been so greedy, if he had issued a strong condemnation of the Mar-a-Lago raid, if he had pretended to be supportive of Trump for 2024, he might have actually won the 2028 nomination and perhaps the subsequent general election too. And then we’d be stuck with a President beholden to anti-MAGA donors. After 4 years of Biden ruining the economy and enabling wars, we could hardly afford it.
For some unknown reason, people still carry the disdain they had for Trump 30 & 40 yrs ago & say “the man cannot change enough to overcome his bad acts as a husband” or the NJ casino bankruptcy or whatever.
They forget nobody, not even the media, owns him.
They don’t realize how huge that is–not even with one of most corrupt, perverted, destroyer of all things America in the WH.
That’s very sad & very foolish. But it is also cowardly. We are going to need to be braver & stronger than ever in the next year or years to come. And our strength comes from God & each other.
And it’s time to let go of something that happened decades ago. I’m going with this Trump.
For pondering for the near future:
…de$pite the tempta$hun$ to accept easy money for pol campaign – to perform disingenuous theatre for month$…
..
maybe future candidates may become leery of catching $ea ( Island) $icknes$? (the private get away _ plus other places – for the selec $hun fixer$ )
Just maybe, just maybe, over time,
more and more people may realize that too much easy, quid pro quo, money i$, ( short on virtue )
is a big problem?
hmmm…
There are solutions – and pac$ is not it (nor is the ‘ol rnc ).
Making the ratio of money spent compared to votes accrued (way before primary, caucus) – more public can help so as to avert the ‘buying’ (or cheating) for votes (or fake ballots).
imho
imho
Will we find out how tall he really is?
Maybe I am a total conspiracy theorist, but I’m wondering if DeSantis ( as well as his wife) were not threatened into running and putting out whatever talking points his handlers fed him. I’m not ruling out that he is just a narcissist; but I have to say he never looked happy being a candidate and he seemed downright relieved during his speech on stepping away. We will probably never know the motivations for him running now and not waiting until 2028.
I think the donors pushed DeSantis into running for 2024 instead of waiting until 2028.
I’d rather he’d waited until after South Carolina, but it was inevitable either way. Even Nimrata, deranged by the empty promises of globalists whispering in her lying, corrupt ear, must sense that her time is running out.
“China stocks crash again after Ron DeSantis drops out and endorses Donald Trump”…
I’m no China expert but nothing FJB does for China is going to fix their financial problems & right now, Trump is the least of their financial worries. I understand they had to write-off $6.5 trillion recently?
OTOH, if Trump is the cause, I can live with that.
This has to be the worst political decision in the history of politics. What ran through Ron Desantis’ brain to make him run against the man that put him in power? What on earth made him think he could usurp the mantle that Trump had woven across the country? There may never be a situation where a man was less introspective or less able to be objective about a situation. It reminds me of Hitler ordering units to the front who had long ceased to exist as fighting forces….thinking something to be real that simply no longer or in Ron’s case, NEVER existed. He was probably going to be considered as a front runner in 28 and is now a laughing stock in 24.
💃💃💃💃💃💃💃👏👏👏👏
Holy mackerel. I got lost in the comments again. But no matter the resignation speech, etc (the puffy eyes that looked like he had been crying) etc., I still am left with the feeling that I do NOT TRUST HIM. I certainly would not hire him as caregiver for my kitty family when I go away from home for a few days at a time, let alone be a caregiver for our country. He SMELLS FUNNY,STRANGE and WEIRD.
Whatever the case may be, he may have had Good Intentions. (?!). Think I have to go back to yesterday and watch Pershwa 2 again to get the slime off. God bless us, each and every one.
Beware meatballs bearing spaghetti. RDS thinks if he’s humble and conciliatory now, by 2028 he might be forgiven. NEVER!
Always remember, G-d sent PDJT, and chose him as His warrior.
It just goes to show that politicians are mostly in it for self agrandisment and all that is required to lead them down a corrupt path us a few bucks and some shallow compliments. I also helps the fall if there is an overly ambitious women partner hanging on the coat tails. Of course if they’re corrupt to begin with like the Clintons it’s a slam dunk.