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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-shocks-party-drops-out-of-2024-gop-presidential-race-endorses-trump-meta/ar-BB1h2fue
He was riding high after a landslide victory in the Florida governor's race in 2022 and seemed like a formidable challenger to the Donald but he's out after one distant second place finish.
Theories, speculation and mocking welcome.
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Before people start saying it was always a foregone conclusion that Trump would easily beat back DeSantis consider that one year ago today the Real Clear Politics aggregate of polls had the Republican nomination race as Trump 44%, DeSantis 31%, certainly leaving the latter within striking distance. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/republican-primary/2024/national
So what went wrong for the Florida Governor?
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@no1marauder saidI'd like to think his campaign was tanked by poor policy decisions, an excessive focus on the culture war, banning books, free plane rides for migrants, the Disney battle etc., all in lieu of any policy substance.
Before people start saying it was always a foregone conclusion that Trump would easily beat back DeSantis consider that one year ago today the Real Clear Politics aggregate of polls had the Republican nomination race as Trump 44%, DeSantis 31%, certainly leaving the latter within striking distance. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/republican-primary/2024/national
So what went wrong for the Florida Governor?
But nah, it's probably the nickname "Meatball Ron". Once you hear it, it's all you can picture whenever you see him. That damage can't be repaired.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/22/ron-desantis-book-the-courage-to-be-free-donald-trump
Ron DeSantis has praised former US president Donald Trump for his “unique star power”, derision of the media as “the enemy of the American people” and decisive role in helping DeSantis win election as a state governor.
The flattering comments appear in DeSantis’s book The Courage to Be Free, obtained by the Guardian prior to publication. They are likely to disappoint Republicans urging the Florida governor to jump into the 2024 Republican primary race soon so he can aggressively take on the former president.
Instead DeSantis, 44, who has already drawn fire from the ex-president – earning the nickname “Ron DeSanctimonious” – expresses support for Trump’s “Make America great again” (Maga) agenda and pulls punches where they differ.
Democrats are likely to seize on the book as evidence that potential Republican candidates are still wary of assailing Trump directly because of his power over the party base. Last week Nikki Haley, a former US ambassador to the UN, entered the primary with a speech that mentioned Trump by name only once and did not rebuke him.
DeSantis spent more time praising and pussyfooting around Trump than attack him while Trump had no problem deriding Ron at every turn.
Spending all your time kissing your opponent's ass while he constantly trashes you makes losing no surprise.
@no1marauder saidlib-dem-tard-ocrat TDS is what went wrong for DeSantis.
Before people start saying it was always a foregone conclusion that Trump would easily beat back DeSantis consider that one year ago today the Real Clear Politics aggregate of polls had the Republican nomination race as Trump 44%, DeSantis 31%, certainly leaving the latter within striking distance. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/republican-primary/2024/national
So what went wrong for the Florida Governor?
It's to a point where it's hard to imagine people like sunstroker and suziman are not actually double agents. Of course it's much larger than two ijit posters here at RHP and their constant Trump threads and their constant diversion of non-Trump threads to Trump. But they are an extreme example of what's happening on a greater scale in a much larger arena TDS has back fired.
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@no1marauder said"So what went wrong for the Florida Governor?"
Before people start saying it was always a foregone conclusion that Trump would easily beat back DeSantis consider that one year ago today the Real Clear Politics aggregate of polls had the Republican nomination race as Trump 44%, DeSantis 31%, certainly leaving the latter within striking distance. https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/republican-primary/2024/national
So what went wrong for the Florida Governor?
he thought being crazier than Trump and peddling anti-woke crap is going to appeal to someone other than florida man
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@no1marauder saidNikki did say he spent a lot of money with little to show for it. I guess she was right about that much. I will speculate this will help Trump more than Nikki. I cannot imagine many DeSantis supporters voting for Nikki instead.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-shocks-party-drops-out-of-2024-gop-presidential-race-endorses-trump-meta/ar-BB1h2fue
He was riding high after a landslide victory in the Florida governor's race in 2022 and seemed like a formidable challenger to the Donald but he's out after one distant second place finish.
Theories, speculation and mocking welcome.
I am disappointed DeSantis dropped out. I think he was the lesser of the 3 evils.
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@no1marauder saidNope. It was still a foregone conclusion.
Before people start saying it was always a foregone conclusion that Trump would easily beat back DeSantis consider that one year ago today the Real Clear Politics aggregate of polls had the Republican nomination race as Trump 44%, DeSantis 31%, certainly leaving the latter within striking distance.
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@no1marauder saidAt the next TV debate will she be the only candidate on the podium?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-shocks-party-drops-out-of-2024-gop-presidential-race-endorses-trump-meta/ar-BB1h2fue
He was riding high after a landslide victory in the Florida governor's race in 2022 and seemed like a formidable challenger to the Donald but he's out after one distant second place finish.
Theories, speculation and mocking welcome.
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@divegeester saidHaley last week she would no longer participate in any Republican debate this year that didn't include Trump.https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republican-debates-haley-desantis-trump-e8ac6bdfd37f1f959ea254a60c233614
At the next TV debate will she be the only candidate on the podium?
A questionable decision since it led to a cancelation of last Thursday's debate which was sponsored and would have been carried by New Hampshire's most watched TV station.
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@no1marauder saidBefore she knew about De Santis.
Haley last week she would no longer participate in any Republican debate this year that didn't include Trump.https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republican-debates-haley-desantis-trump-e8ac6bdfd37f1f959ea254a60c233614
A questionable decision since it led to a cancelation of last Thursday's debate which was sponsored and would have been carried by New Hampshire's most watched TV station.
Pity, it would have been both amusing and hugely impactful for her if she’d stood there alone with a hour of free TV airspace.
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@no1marauder saidHow can that man support trump?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ron-desantis-shocks-party-drops-out-of-2024-gop-presidential-race-endorses-trump-meta/ar-BB1h2fue
He was riding high after a landslide victory in the Florida governor's race in 2022 and seemed like a formidable challenger to the Donald but he's out after one distant second place finish.
Theories, speculation and mocking welcome.
trump does nothing but mock him and give him names.
He truly is a little bitch.