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General Category => Elections 2024 => Topic started by: mystery-ak on February 02, 2023, 10:50:45 pm
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Trump: DeSantis ‘Begged Me for an Endorsement’ – ‘There Were Tears Coming Down from His Eyes’
Jeff Poor 2 Feb 2023
During an interview that aired on Thursday’s broadcast of Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show, former President Donald Trump, now a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, took a shot at his possible rival in the contest, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
Trump recounted his version of DeSantis seeking his endorsement in the 2018 Florida Republican gubernatorial primary against then-Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
According to the former president, DeSantis begged for the endorsement. Trump also claimed he had to help DeSantis in his run in the general election against then-Tallahassee, FL Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic Party’s nominee.
“[R]on DeSantis got elected because of me,” he said. “You remember he had nothing. He was dead. He was leaving the race. He came over, and he begged me, begged me for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out. I gave him an endorsement, and as soon as I gave that endorsement, in fact, I said you’re going to have a hard time. He was running against Adam Putnam, the commissioner of agriculture, who had a massive lead. He was running for eight years while he was commissioner. He had $40 million in cash. I believe it was forty, and he was up in the poll massively by, you know, tremendous, but not catchable, not even catchable. He said if you endorse me, I’ll win. And there were tears coming down from his eyes. He said if you endorse me, I’ll win. I said you know what, Ron, Ron was one of 150 people that was on television. I mean, Jim Jordan was the best, and others were great. But he was one of 150, Hugh, that was on television, and he was supporting me on the impeachment hoax number one and a little bit on the impeachment hoax number two. And I said, I don’t know Adam Putnam, so we’ll do it. So I end up doing it, and he wins. They say it was like a bomb went off, just a bomb just totally went off. From the moment I endorsed him, he went from losing by numbers that are not catchable to winning easily.”
“Then I got him past the crackhead who was the hottest person in the entire Democrat Party at the time,” Trump continued, referring to former Tallahassee, FL Mayor Andrew Gillum. “You know, he slightly took a different position afterwards, but that’s all right. Him and Stacey Abrams were the two hottest politicians that, they were going to be the party of the future, the Democrats of the future. And I got, I did two rallies, two or three rallies, average size like massive. They were massive. I said you’re going to win, Ron, and he said I don’t think so. Nobody thought he could win. First of all, I got him the nomination and purely got it. And people who know the campaign of Adam Putnam will tell you because they say everything collapsed the moment I pressed that trigger. And then I got him into the general, and then they say will you run against the president like two years later. Will you run against the president, and he says I don’t want to talk about that? This is not something we’re talking about now. I said that’s not a very good answer.”
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https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/02/02/trump-desantis-begged-me-for-an-endorsement-there-were-tears-coming-down-from-his-eyes/
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Apparently, you can take a child out of the Bronx, but you can't the Bronx out of the child.
2016 Redeaux
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DeSantis paid whatever debt he owed Trump by supporting him in 2020, and by delivering Florida's electoral votes to Trump in that election. But Trump lost nationally anyway, and there is no reason to believe he'd be any more popular with voters in 2024 than he was in 2020.
DeSantis has no obligation to support another losing Trump campaign in 2024. The debt was paid. And certainly, even if he chooses not to run himself, he has no obligation to support a guy who already is attacking him over any other candidates.
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DeSantis paid whatever debt he owed Trump by supporting him in 2020, and by delivering Florida's electoral votes to Trump in that election. But Trump lost nationally anyway, and there is no reason to believe he'd be any more popular with voters in 2024 than he was in 2020.
DeSantis has no obligation to support another losing Trump campaign in 2024. The debt was paid. And certainly, even if he chooses not to run himself, he has no obligation to support a guy who already is attacking him over any other candidates.
:thumbsup:
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Back on planet earth … Donald was unpopular in 2018. The GOP lost 40 house seats, 24 of 35 senate races, and the dems picked up seven governorships. You nearly had a black radical in the governor’s mansion in Georgia and Beta in the senate. The degree to which Trump boosted Ron is debatable.
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Trump the chump has lost his mind. How can anyone but RiV take him seriously?
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Apparently, you can take a child out of the Bronx, but you can't the Bronx out of the child.
2016 Redeaux
Trump is a POS. Time to kick him to the curb.
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DeSantis weeping and begging... I cry Bullsh*t.
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DeSantis weeping and begging... I cry Bullsh*t.
Anyone who thinks Trump can win please stand up.
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Anyone who thinks Trump can win please stand up.
He can't possibly win. Trump is his own worst enemy.
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There's no crying in the Republican Party.
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Trump: DeSantis ‘Begged Me for an Endorsement’ – ‘There Were Tears Coming Down from His Eyes’
Jeff Poor 2 Feb 2023
During an interview that aired on Thursday’s broadcast of Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio show, former President Donald Trump, now a candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, took a shot at his possible rival in the contest, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
Trump recounted his version of DeSantis seeking his endorsement in the 2018 Florida Republican gubernatorial primary against then-Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam.
According to the former president, DeSantis begged for the endorsement. Trump also claimed he had to help DeSantis in his run in the general election against then-Tallahassee, FL Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic Party’s nominee.
“[R]on DeSantis got elected because of me,” he said. “You remember he had nothing. He was dead. He was leaving the race. He came over, and he begged me, begged me for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out. I gave him an endorsement, and as soon as I gave that endorsement, in fact, I said you’re going to have a hard time. He was running against Adam Putnam, the commissioner of agriculture, who had a massive lead. He was running for eight years while he was commissioner. He had $40 million in cash. I believe it was forty, and he was up in the poll massively by, you know, tremendous, but not catchable, not even catchable. He said if you endorse me, I’ll win. And there were tears coming down from his eyes. He said if you endorse me, I’ll win. I said you know what, Ron, Ron was one of 150 people that was on television. I mean, Jim Jordan was the best, and others were great. But he was one of 150, Hugh, that was on television, and he was supporting me on the impeachment hoax number one and a little bit on the impeachment hoax number two. And I said, I don’t know Adam Putnam, so we’ll do it. So I end up doing it, and he wins. They say it was like a bomb went off, just a bomb just totally went off. From the moment I endorsed him, he went from losing by numbers that are not catchable to winning easily.”
“Then I got him past the crackhead who was the hottest person in the entire Democrat Party at the time,” Trump continued, referring to former Tallahassee, FL Mayor Andrew Gillum. “You know, he slightly took a different position afterwards, but that’s all right. Him and Stacey Abrams were the two hottest politicians that, they were going to be the party of the future, the Democrats of the future. And I got, I did two rallies, two or three rallies, average size like massive. They were massive. I said you’re going to win, Ron, and he said I don’t think so. Nobody thought he could win. First of all, I got him the nomination and purely got it. And people who know the campaign of Adam Putnam will tell you because they say everything collapsed the moment I pressed that trigger. And then I got him into the general, and then they say will you run against the president like two years later. Will you run against the president, and he says I don’t want to talk about that? This is not something we’re talking about now. I said that’s not a very good answer.”
12 likely lies, distortions, and implausibilities in a 2 paragraph blurped interview. This has to be a record for this blow hard. Does he realize conservatives are laughing their asses off at him? Yep, the implosion continues.
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Lol
He’s collapsing
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Anyone who thinks Trump can win please stand up.
Anybody who thinks his story is true please stand up
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Anybody who thinks this story is true please stand up
:raise hand:
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Prayers for Trump to grow a filter for that mouth of his, or a zipper for his lips.
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Anybody who thinks his story is true please stand up
Even if it was true, Trump doing this is exactly why he doesn't have any political allies of real significance. And you can't govern effectively or implement long-term solutions by yourself, even as President.
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Even if it was true, Trump doing this is exactly why he doesn't have any political allies of real significance. And you can't govern effectively or implement long-term solutions by yourself, even as President.
And to add to that point......
The mere fact that Trump gave Fauxci free reign over the pandemic response is a good enough reason for me to question his judgement on critical matters. Tony boy was a poliitical hack on the Big Pharma take, and once its really looked into in depth, might have a lot to do with creation of the disaster itself.
I say we don't reward failure.
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Even if it was true, Trump doing this is exactly why he doesn't have any political allies of real significance. And you can't govern effectively or implement long-term solutions by yourself, even as President.
Been saying that all the way along, @Maj. Bill Martin ... That's why this messianic populism never works out. :shrug:
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Been saying that all the way along, @Maj. Bill Martin ... That's why this messianic populism never works out. :shrug:
That's an excellent descriptor.
It's also been one of the problems with Central/South American politics for a long time. There seems to be a cultural predisposition to the "caudillo" style of leader. The "man on horseback". The mindset that some particular figure is "the only one who can save us" is a perversion of the republican ideal that the people themselves are the real source moral strength and virtue, and don't need to rely on any particular one person. The rejection of that mindset that flowed from Washington's refusal to serve more than two terms is still the single most important decision made by any American President, and why he still has to be on the top of the list of our best Presidents. Basically, the message he sent was "you will be fine without me because it has never been about me".
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Trump the chump has lost his mind. How can anyone but RiV take him seriously?
Denial?
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There's no crying in the Republican Party.
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lol
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That's an excellent descriptor.
It's also been one of the problems with Central/South American politics for a long time. There seems to be a cultural predisposition to the "caudillo" style of leader. The "man on horseback". The mindset that some particular figure is "the only one who can save us" is a perversion of the republican ideal that the people themselves are the real source moral strength and virtue, and don't need to rely on any particular one person. The rejection of that mindset that flowed from Washington's refusal to serve more than two terms is still the single most important decision made by any American President, and why he still has to be on the top of the list of our best Presidents. Basically, the message he sent was "you will be fine without me because it has never been about me".
Very, very well said. :beer: