A.G. Gancarski
Donald Trump is now calling Ron DeSantis a “rocket man that’s crashing,” in his latest attack on the Florida Governor, suggesting that DeSantis may not run in 2024 after all.
On the Full Send Podcast, Trump talked about how his competition in the GOP is “fading fast, fading very, very quickly,” with particular attention to DeSantis and the possibility that a presidential campaign may not happen.
“When I endorsed him, He went like a rocket ship, like that song ‘Rocket Man,'” Trump said. “But now he’s a rocket man that’s crashing. His polls are terrible. I’m leading him in every state … everywhere.”
Trump even jabbed at DeSantis, floating the idea he may decline to run for President this cycle.
“Now, he’s out campaigning. I assume he’s going to run. But I think the numbers are so bad now that a lot of people are assuming that he won’t run,” Trump said.
Trump told the story again of how his endorsement lifted DeSantis in 2018 from “3 points” in polls, “nothing,” through the Primary and the General Election, only for the Governor to offer “no comment” when he was asked if he would run for President.
“He was dead politically. I endorsed him and saved him,” Trump said. “He was losing by like 25, 30 points very shortly before the election.”
Asked if he would consider DeSantis as a running mate, Trump was succinct.
“I don’t see it.”
While DeSantis may or may not be running for President, every indication is that he has a campaign raring to go.
The supportive NEVER BACK DOWN Super PAC sent out autobiographical five-page mail pieces Thursday in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada, including descriptions of the Governor’s “blue-collar backbone forged with steel” and DeSantis’ “honor, courage, and commitment.”
The mail piece presumably will help DeSantis recover from recent doldrums in the polls. Recent New Hampshire surveys show DeSantis anywhere from 20 points to 33 points behind Donald Trump.
The former President doubles DeSantis’ support in South Carolina, where Nikki Haley is within the margin of error of a tie for second place.
In Iowa, meanwhile, Trump is up by 30 points over DeSantis in the most recent polling.
However, some national polls suggest that Trump is fading in recent weeks.
7 comments
Family Values Houdini Bill McClure
April 20, 2023 at 7:26 pm
All these FGOP politicians are endorsing Trump supposedly because of his “winning policies” and because he’s supposedly “the best man to save us from Biden.” Even if that were true, which it’s not, what about all the stupid far right garbage and the fact that he crashed the clown car? They must hang around a close knit bandwagon to keep up a delusion that heavy. Like, how do you think the guy looks nationally? Shame on these people and their amoral leadership. Consequences will continue to roll in as younger people get to voting age and watch Trump clown show reruns.
Dont Say FLA
April 20, 2023 at 9:18 pm
I want to avoid generalizations and say that not all men in Florida are a Florida Man, but the men of Fleur D’uh be lining up to prove otherwise. I must say I will enjoy watching Trump eat Rhonda’s Panties for dinner (well done and no spices!) and burning each other’s books that neither of them actually wrote in the first place.
Michael K
April 20, 2023 at 10:59 pm
Eugene Robinson at WaPo described DeSantis’ fevered obsession with Disney like “Ahab chasing after the Little Mermaid.”
The more people see of Florida’s governor, the less they like. However, it’s going to take years to repair the damage he’s done.
PeterH
April 20, 2023 at 11:15 pm
Failed California Republican grifter wingnut larry elder has jumped on the 2024 Republican Klown Kar…..
Rich Lather
April 21, 2023 at 5:00 am
We left St Augustine a few months ago and returned to Manhattan. Seven years of lovely people mixed with rabid anti-Semitism (your billboards and laser displays), naked and unabashed racism (‘our culture here’) and hatred of law enforcement (a SJCSO Deputy saved my life so I treat LEOs w respect) sent us running back to the big city for safety. Gl with all that. ☮️ Keep your guns and your hate here.
Dont Say FLA
April 21, 2023 at 7:25 am
If you want barbed wire beaches, vote for candidates who promise to build that wall. Illegal immigration isn’t stopped. It’s displaced. Same as crime. Crime isn’t solved by police action. Crime is merely displaced. If you live in the country but vote for the candidate promising to end crime in the city, you are voting for crime to be displaced to where YOU live. If you live in Florida but vote to build that wall, you’re voting for barbed wire beaches all along the Gulf of Mexico.
thelastbesthope
April 24, 2023 at 12:47 pm
Don ’24 – Ron ’28 &’32 .. the agreed upon plan. Both will win.
–> Big Media lives on ratings/viewers/readers. They’ll cover all things Don & Ron. The headlines are free media everyday, month and year. They can’t stop themselves.
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