Trump: A DeSantis run would ‘hurt’ and ‘divide the Republican Party’

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Trump: A DeSantis run would ‘hurt’ and ‘divide the Republican Party’
written by Summer Lane April 20, 2023


President Trump issued a solemn warning this week when it came to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s potential presidential ambitions, noting that a 2024 presidential campaign from the popular conservative leader would “hurt and somewhat divide the Republican Party.”

Trump explained in a new video, “Ron DeSantis is a young man who is not doing well against me in the polls, to put it mildly. I believe that if he decides to run for president, which will only hurt and somewhat divide the Republican Party – which we don’t need – he will lose the cherished and massive MAGA vote, and never be able to successfully run for office again. I believe that.”

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https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/trump-a-desantis-run-would-hurt-and-divide-the-republican-party/

[catfish1957]

Divide?

So a fair  election candidate among the two woud hurt and divide the party?  Why kind of garbage is that?

Folks, I see this as a veiled threat by Trump that if the party doesn't hand him the nomination on a silver platter, he'll bolt for a 3rd party run.  That's how narcissitic this SOB is.

Then you really get a chance to see what "hurt" and "divide" is!!!!!!@!

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Divide?

So a fairly election candidate among the two woud hurt and divide the party?  Why kind of garbage is that?

Folks, I see this as a veiled threat by Trump that if the party doesn't hand him the nomination on a silver platter, he'll bolt for a 3rd party run.  That's how narcissitic this SOB is.

Then you really get a chance to see what "hurt" and "divide" is!!!!!!@!

Apparently, this man-child didn't expect a 360 degree fight for the nomination.  Sounds scared.

If he is so worried about a battle for the nomination being divisive, then perhaps he should withdraw.  Otherwise, buckle up fatty! 

[Right_in_Virginia]

Apparently, this man-child didn't expect a 360 degree fight for the nomination.

You really do hang on my every word.  I'm flattered.   

[Maj. Bill Martin]

You really do hang on my every word.  I'm flattered.   

I admit, I am a sucker for blatant hypocrisy because it makes such a tempting target.

[Right_in_Virginia]

I admit, I am a sucker for blatant hypocrisy because it makes such a tempting target.

Or...You've not had an original thought in your life. 

[Free Vulcan]

Then let's get rid of all the primaries and just have the GOP appoint the candidates, if more than one divides the country.

In fact let's just get rid of the GOP because two parties is too divisive.

Somehow we've had more than one candidate face off against each other for our entire history, and we have somehow survived.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Then let's get rid of all the primaries and just have the GOP appoint the candidates, if more than one divides the country.

In fact let's just get rid of the GOP because two parties is too divisive.

Somehow we've had more than one candidate face off against each other for our entire history, and we have somehow survived.

What was it, 16 or 17 different candidates ran in 2015-16?  And still, the overwhelming majority of Republicans rallied around the eventual nominee even if he wasn't everyone's first choice.  To the extent there is concern that Republicans won't rally around that guy in 2024, that suggests to me that it isn't the process but rather that particular candidate that is the problem.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Or...You've not had an original thought in your life. 

Nah -- I really think it's the blatant hypocrisy.