DeSantis: Trump Using Biden's 'Basement' Strategy

[libertybele]

DeSantis: Trump Using Biden's 'Basement' Strategy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says former President Donald Trump can't win the 2024 presidential election by adopting President Joe Biden's "basement" campaign strategy of 2020.

Appearing on Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures," DeSantis appeared to lambaste Trump for choosing not to take part in either of the first two debates involving Republican candidates running to head the party's national ticket.

Polls show Trump with a large lead over second-place DeSantis in the GOP primary field.

"I think that with all due respect to Donald Trump, we're not going to beat the Democrats by adopting Joe Biden's basement strategy," DeSantis told host Maria Bartiromo. "You can't just be missing an action, you have got to show up, you have got to earn people's votes and if you're not willing to do that, voters will take notice as we get closer to these contests."

Although Trump was campaigning in Iowa on Sunday, DeSantis said someone running for the Republican nomination should be doing more.

"You show up, you make the case. You don't mail it in, you don't go missing in action," DeSantis told Bartiromo. "You meet voters on the ground in the early states, Iowa, New Hampshire in particular, and tell them about the future of the country and why you're the best candidate. And so, I think that I'll be the guy.

"I have been the most dependable leader the Republican Party's had in recent years. I've delivered, I haven't just talked, and that's what we need in Washington. The time for excuses is over 2024 is make or break. We're not getting a mulligan on this one. We either get the job done, or we're going to be in a hole in this country for the next generation."

DeSantis was asked why is he the best Republican candidate to defeat Biden.

"We need somebody that can serve two terms," DeSantis said. "We need somebody that can win states like Georgia and Arizona, which President Trump cannot do or did not do, even though candidates like [former Sen. John] McCain and [Sen. Mitt] Romney had no problem winning those states..........................

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/ron-desantis-donald-trump-2024-election/2023/10/01/id/1136561/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says former President Donald Trump can't win the 2024 presidential election by adopting President Joe Biden's "basement" campaign strategy of 2020.

Project much, Ronny?  It's been two weeks since you last saw "heaven" (aka: Iowa).  It seems your campaign has figured out the best way to slow your slide into obliteration is to keep you away from the voters.  If any campaign is taking a page from the Biden's campaign playbook, it is yours.

You show up, you make the case. You don't mail it in, you don't go missing in action," DeSantis told Bartiromo.  "You meet voters on the ground in the early states, Iowa, New Hampshire in particular, and tell them about the future of the country and why you're the best candidate. And so, I think that I'll be the guy.

Says the meatball who's been too busy meeting with his donors begging them not to bolt and spouting talking points on entertainment shows instead of "meeting voters on the ground".  It's been two weeks since this jackass stepped foot in Iowa.

In five days Trump's had multiple stops in Michigan, California and Iowa.  When not meeting the voters on the ground, Trump's meeting with groups and organizations in Bedminster and Mar-a-Lago, giving interviews from podcasts, radio shows, legacy and new media to gaggles on Trump Force One.  He never stops.

Meanwhile, DeSanctimonius spends his time begging for money and finding new avenues to whine about President Trump not sharing his stature with him.

Ronny's campaign is starting to resemble a Shakespearean tragedy, a political suicide in three acts.  It's a pity Ronny doesn't have a best friend who could stage an intervention and take him home.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"We need somebody that can win states like Georgia and Arizona, which President Trump cannot do or did not do, even though candidates like [former Sen. John] McCain and [Sen. Mitt] Romney had no problem winning those states."

The native son's true deep state bloodline is starting to ooze from Ronny's every pore.

[LMAO]

Donald Trump is not confident that his lead will hold if he were to risk debating. He has made a lot of false and exaggerated claims when it comes to his record. He would not be able to stand up to the scrutiny , and he knows it.  As do his supporters. That’s why they’ve been reduced to talking about Ron DeSantis’s boots.

Trump seeks his own safe spaces, such as rallies, were he won’t be challenged

What’s funny is because they mocked Joe Biden’s similar 2020 strategy.

When employer hires someone, they look at that persons résumé, and then they conduct an interview to determine who, from pool of applicants, is best suited for the job. We’re being told to hire Trump just because

I have seen here the claim that Donald Trump is afraid to debate Ron DeSantis. He’s actually afraid to debate anybody that threatens to challenge his record

If there are claims that Ron DeSantis has made regarding his Covid record in Florida that are exaggerated, that’s fair game. Then Trump should be willing to debate him so that he could confront him on this and expose them.

But he won’t. Because Trump is also very vulnerable on that issue, and others. That big lead he has in the polls could easily whither away just like it did for Hillary in the 2008 Democrat Party

[Kamaji]

Donald Trump is not confident that his lead will hold if he were to risk debating. He has made a lot of false and exaggerated claims when it comes to his record. He would not be able to stand up to the scrutiny , and he knows it.  As do his supporters. That’s why they’ve been reduced to talking about Ron DeSantis’s boots.

Trump seeks his own safe spaces, such as rallies, were he won’t be challenged

What’s funny is because they mocked Joe Biden’s similar 2020 strategy.

When employer hires someone, they look at that persons résumé, and then they conduct an interview to determine who, from pool of applicants, is best suited for the job. We’re being told to hire Trump just because

I have seen here the claim that Donald Trump is afraid to debate Ron DeSantis. He’s actually afraid to debate anybody that threatens to challenge his record

If there are claims that Ron DeSantis has made regarding his Covid record in Florida that are exaggerated, that’s fair game. Then Trump should be willing to debate him so that he could confront him on this and expose them.

But he won’t. Because Trump is also very vulnerable on that issue, and others. That big lead he has in the polls could easily whither away just like it did for Hillary in the 2008 Democrat Party

[catfish1957]

Trump is truly the coward we all thought he was.   How better to hide your hard left turn and fiscal irresponsibility  than mimic your last opponents strategy.

I really regret my prior support.

[Wingnut]

Basement?  More like Jail Cell, Locked Up strategy.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"You meet voters on the ground in the early states, Iowa, New Hampshire in particular, and tell them about the future of the country and why you're the best candidate. And so, I think that I'll be the guy." ---- RDS

Jason Miller
@JasonMillerinDC

Rob DeSanctimonious hasn’t been to Iowa in more than two weeks.

This new polling shows what happens when you abandon a state.👇

The Results:

Trump: 50%

DeSantis: 15%

https://insideradvantage.com/new-ia-poll-trump-leads-by-35-following-debate-desantis-and-haley-statistically-tied-for-second-in-gop-presidential-contest/

2:10 PM · Oct 2, 2023

[Right_in_Virginia]

The REAL Politically Savvy
@patriot_savvy

Where’s Ronnie???




2:12 PM · Oct 2, 2023

[libertybele]

Trump is truly the coward we all thought he was.   How better to hide your hard left turn and fiscal irresponsibility  than mimic your last opponents strategy.

I really regret my prior support.

Ditto.

[LMAO]

Trump is truly the coward we all thought he was.   How better to hide your hard left turn and fiscal irresponsibility  than mimic your last opponents strategy.

I really regret my prior support.

Should be an interesting campaign

Both both men hiding  in 2024 from scrutiny of their records

One of the purposes that these GOP primary serve is to force the candidates  to think on their feet and prepare them for what the opposition party will do. Back in 1988, it was Al Gore in the Democrat primary that brought up Michael Dukakis’s forlough program. Dukakis had to of known that that would end up in the general election when the Bush campaign got wind of it, and turned it into a thorn in Dukakis’s side that he seemed unprepared for that helped cost him the election.

What Donald Trump would have gotten in the Republican primary debate would be a minor slap on the wrist compared what the Democrat machine is going to do with him. They’ll take many of the statements he’s made, tweets that he’s put out, ect ect.

They’re going to tear him up. And don’t think that the events of January 6 are not going to be ineffective against him, either.

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I still don't think he's being a "coward".  He's just making the smart strategic choice.  If you're that far in the lead, the last thing you want to do is give your opponents even a potential opening.

Even if you're sure you can "win", you still have to worry about bias and spin.  It's just the smart play for Trump - at least in terms of winning the primary.

[LMAO]

I still don't think he's being a "coward".  He's just making the smart strategic choice.  If you're that far in the lead, the last thing you want to do is give your opponents even a potential opening.

Even if you're sure you can "win", you still have to worry about bias and spin.  It's just the smart play for Trump - at least in terms of winning the primary.

 There are parts of his record that make him vulnerable and a Republican primary that could erase is lead. Strategic thinking or cowardice? Maybe a bit of both. You could call it, strategic cowardice.

Hillary Clinton had a huge lead in the 2007/2008 democrat primary season and still debated. She ended up losing to Barack Obama.

Trump is afraid of history  repeating itself. And Trump knows that there are many aspects  of his presidential record that would not stand up to scrutiny.

In the Republican primary, the other candidates can hit him on things like the deficit, inflation, corruption, his divisiveness

But Biden can’t. If Biden tries to attack Donald Trump on the debt and deficits, he’s got his own problems with that. He can try to get Trump on his contribution to inflation. But Biden is also vulnerable on that.

Biden can’t hit Donald Trump on his legal problems. He’s got problems of his own. He could try to go after Donald Trump on his divisiveness. But Biden has the same problem.

So they might as well both go in the basement and let us just flip a coin

[catfish1957]

I still don't think he's being a "coward".  He's just making the smart strategic choice.  If you're that far in the lead, the last thing you want to do is give your opponents even a potential opening.

Even if you're sure you can "win", you still have to worry about bias and spin.  It's just the smart play for Trump - at least in terms of winning the primary.

I think your assertion is good for a sports analogy, but in politics, and especially the case of Trump, I don't think he can win by alienating the conservative base by dodging our questions, and the ability to vet him against alternatives.   Yeah, he'll win bigly in the primaries going "full-yellow-belly" , but I am guessing there are close to 5M of us who are just itiching to give him the finger in November 2024 for that.

[DefiantMassRINO]

 

Wrong!  Tangerine Mussolini is using a Penthouse Strategy.  Basements in New York City have recently flooded.

[Fishrrman]

Catfish lays on the criticism with:
"Trump is truly the coward we all thought he was.   How better to hide your hard left turn and fiscal irresponsibility  than mimic your last opponents strategy."

Au contraire.
Mr. Trump made the wise move by refusing to participate in the "debates".

His "strategy" reminds me of Napoleon's observation (paraphrased):
"Never interrupt your enemies when they are making mistakes" ...