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DeSantis Suggests RNC Not Nominate Trump
If He's Convicted

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Posted By: SouthTxRat, 11/2/2023 4:47:06 PM

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested former President Donald Trump should be removed from the GOP primary if he is convicted in any of the cases against him. “Do I think somebody under those circumstances could get elected president? The answer is no,” Mr. DeSantis told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Thursday. “That will not happen. I think that Republican voters will understand that as we get closer to voting. But it is—it would be fatal in a general election, and I don't think the party should—should nominate in that situation.”

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He finally admits the reason he's running in this primary in lieu of waiting until 2028. In the words of Trump, 'no loyalty'.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: thethirdruffian 11/2/2023 4:59:10 PM (No. 1590598)
Meh. He did this all wrong.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Catherine 11/2/2023 5:01:44 PM (No. 1590601)
Well I just bet he does. Is he aware he is doing every single thing wrong? He's a great governor but as a presidential candidate, he seems to have no clue what he's doing. Bad advisors, aka Bushes.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Namma 11/2/2023 5:05:37 PM (No. 1590604)
Ronnie. So this is how you think your going to win. Get PRESIDENT Trump out of the race! Sorry. Still won’t vote for you.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Hazymac 11/2/2023 5:13:16 PM (No. 1590614)
Every one of the charges against Trump is bovine scatology. Every corrupt prosecutor political one of them should be tossed out of court with prejudice, and the prosecutors themselves should be disbarred and jailed for their unconstitutional behavior. Then Trump and his prosecuted legal advisors should be awarded every cent of their legal fees, out of the budgets of the cities and prosecutors trying to put him away. Put THEM on the defensive, then push it all the way to the proper conclusion, which will see some leftist Democrats persecutors in the hoosegow for a long time. Gov. DeSantis has been nearly perfect as governor. His presidential ambitions are premature but justified. Next time he shouldn't lean on the GOP old timers like the Bushes. They always give bad advice, as they have done here. The dastardly charges against Trump are all in violation of the Constitution. They should be overhead smashed away.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: smokincol 11/2/2023 5:23:49 PM (No. 1590616)
I'm all washed up with comrade desantis and not only for his invective rhetoric concerning our President but for spewing his garbage dialogue on a Pravda channel, that is beyond the limits of tolerance I have for anyone who speaks ill of our President, Donald J. Trump, in my opinion
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Reply 6 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 11/2/2023 5:34:25 PM (No. 1590621)
Only path open for a Ron DeSantis victory is the 'Indict Trump' path. DeSantis is getting desperate. it's a quiet admission he cannot win the primary. If he cannot win the primary, how well would he do in the general election? 2024 is not his year. Joe Biden's zombie presidency continues.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: FleetUSA 11/2/2023 5:35:01 PM (No. 1590623)
Totally tone deaf.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Quigley 11/2/2023 5:35:43 PM (No. 1590625)
I guess that as a conniving beneficiary of Dim corruption he’s de facto a Dim. Yes, all wrong. One would presume clueless, but i would have thought smart. I was wrong.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: SouthernYankee 11/2/2023 5:36:29 PM (No. 1590626)
Ron keeps giving me reasons to hate him. He started as an alternative. He is somewhere near Christie for me now.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Right Time 11/2/2023 5:39:09 PM (No. 1590628)
What little inclination I had to vote for DeSantis is gone, I'll be dead soon, so I don't care. Ket my grandkids worry about the Deep State.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: FormerDem 11/2/2023 5:55:18 PM (No. 1590635)
If Trump is removed from the ballot we will write him in. If hte GOP take it on themselves to run a primary and then remove Trump who got the hugest vote, then it will be Biden/Harris four more years. I don't know why De Santis thinks he can speak for the rest of us on this. As a Governor he is great, as a candidate this takes him into Liz Cheney territory.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Amanoftwistsandturns 11/2/2023 6:02:09 PM (No. 1590637)
He just lost my support and respect. He should be defending Trump and any American who is the victim of politically motivated prosecutions. DeSantis obviously can’t see the forest from the trees.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: msjena 11/2/2023 6:02:42 PM (No. 1590638)
In other words, he's hoping Trump gets convicted. I don't think that is going happen. He has moved to dismiss the DC case and at least one (liberal) legal expert I heard said he could appeal it if/when the judge denies it. That would stay the DC proceedings until, probably, the Supreme Court rules. The same arguments in the DC case apply to the Georgia case, so that would have to be stayed, too. That leaves the documents and the NY case. I think he will move to dismiss the NY case, too, and that would be appealable if he lost. I hope the Florida judge delays the trial until after the election. There is a possibility. Now someone tell me where I am wrong.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Moritz55 11/2/2023 6:03:52 PM (No. 1590639)
Another unforced error
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Reply 15 - Posted by: bighambone 11/2/2023 6:09:57 PM (No. 1590642)
De Santis is out of line calling for Trump to not be the Republican nominee if he is convicted in one of the leftist Democrat law fare cases that are now pending in State and Federal Courts which most likely would still be on appeal in the higher courts on election day. As De Santis should think ahead because if the Democrats are successful through their law fare cases against Trump and he was then ruled ineligible to be the Republican Presidential nominee, the Democrats would allege all sorts of criminal charges against likely future Republican Presidential candidates to keep them from being nominated by the wimpy RNC, and one of them might well be him.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: SkyKing1222 11/2/2023 6:12:10 PM (No. 1590643)
I guess if you don’t understand that your constituents elected you to be Governor, not a Presidential candidate, then you can’t understand much else. Are all politicians this stupid?!?!?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: formerNYer 11/2/2023 6:26:21 PM (No. 1590652)
You are right #1, he should have stayed Trump's friend and run against Biden and kept his mouth shut some. I think he might have screwed up his chance in 2028. If it was him or his advisers, it was stupid.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: stablemoney 11/2/2023 7:18:24 PM (No. 1590676)
The more DeSantis talks, the lower he falls in the polls.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: earlybird 11/2/2023 7:26:06 PM (No. 1590682)
That little weasel. He should never ever be president of our great coduntry.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: DVC 11/2/2023 7:29:50 PM (No. 1590687)
I suggest that DeSantis keeps his mouth shut about the FAKE criminal charges against Trump. He'll do a LOT better if he does that.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Citoyen 11/2/2023 7:45:33 PM (No. 1590699)
While DeSantis was foolish to suggest that the RNC remove Trump if he is indicted he is hardly the only one, including Trump supporters, who worry that Trump is on track to losing the general election. A conviction can hardly help his chances. Nonetheless Trump is on track to win the nomination. I’m not a fan of coronating him but it seems pretty clear that none of his competitors are gaining traction. It is time for DeSantis, Haley and all the rest to withdraw. They and Republicans everywhere, at all levels, must get behind the man who will face Biden next November.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: padiva 11/2/2023 8:50:47 PM (No. 1590733)
It's too bad. DeSantis could have been useful to the Trump administration when he is done being gov of Florida. Perhaps a big time judge, ambassador, cabinet sec'y or a czar (like BO did to avoid Senate confirmations). It's too bad. PDT treasures loyalty.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: danu 11/2/2023 9:11:06 PM (No. 1590747)
deesantis deerangement of dee donald syndrome may require serious meds
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Reply 24 - Posted by: mc squared 11/2/2023 9:18:37 PM (No. 1590752)
Very disappointing.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 11/2/2023 9:50:03 PM (No. 1590766)
Bad move, Ron. Get better advisers.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Sully 11/3/2023 4:46:17 AM (No. 1590816)
DeSantis is an intelligent man. He knows this is a ludicrous statement which will incentivise using lawfare to affect the US election process. The man is destroying his reputation and excluding himself as an inheritor of the "America First" base. He has denied the cheating in the 2020 and now wishes to deny the lawfare in the 2024. Doing so he negates himself.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: 49 Ford 11/3/2023 6:01:37 AM (No. 1590844)
Kurt Schlichter has a good column touching on this subject at Townhall, "Nikki's Pseudo-Surge". I suggest that everyone here give it a read. Governor DeSantis understands that Trump cannot win a general election contest. Bitter gruel, but (IMO) true.That is why he made his early debut in presidential politics. It has nothing to do with the Bushes or Karl Rove or whatever other deep-in-the-weeds baloney is being peddled on the internet. The Left is flexing its fascist muscles and Trump deserves to be completely exonerated. But nominating him is not the way to bring that about. We need a fresh-faced solid conservative with the electoral elbow room to grow. That ain't the Donald. And "loyalty" is not the issue, as many here seem to believe. The issue is winning in '24 Going down in flames may make for a great movie script, but in reality it means Game Over for the republic.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: Rumblehog 11/3/2023 6:46:20 AM (No. 1590849)
Sadly, DeSantis has blown his entire career in the GOP by being untimely in aggressive manner, and sniping away at President Trump from the sidelines. Instead of focusing 100% of his energy on the job for which he was elected, as Governor of Florida, he has done what most schemers and frauds do, which is to begin pushing for a promotion before earning it through their current job performance. Working the back channels of fund raisers and political jackals is what weak candidates do, just ask Governor "Krispy" Christie (RINO-DNUT).
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Reply 29 - Posted by: southcarolina 11/3/2023 7:24:43 AM (No. 1590859)
Shows clearly that he was never a TRUMP friend. He is and has always been a user. Smart enough to act and do conserveative actions where it shows. promised to be Govenor and promtly running for president was an early indication of his true charter. He snowed me, but never again.
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Reply 30 - Posted by: RedWhiteBlue 11/3/2023 8:37:08 AM (No. 1590895)
And I suggest you drop out of the running! He's wasting too much air and admitting too much hot gas adding to global warming. I have no use for this critter.
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