DeSantis stood up to the establishment regarding vaccine manadates and lockdowns. He stood up to one of the state's largest employers, regarding wokism. He stood up to the education establishment when it came to protecting children against classroom groomers. He fired a DA who wouldn't enforce the law.
Indeed that is true, however, those things do not equate to economic nationalism. And that does not mean his actions will mirror those things at the national level. To say otherwise is placing hopeful speculation over a known promise keeper who has proven that He will put America first by his actions doing so in his first term. That isn't opinion, thats fact. Focus on hot button social issues does not indicate an overall America first agenda what so ever.
I watched a press conference when some reporter tried a "gotcha question," and DeSantis calmly tore her apart with facts. Didn't scream, "You're fake news!" or call her a name.
He should have. Kari Lake does it too, and she's right to. Why shouldn't the fake news be called fake news? Why shouldn't participants in their shenanigans be called names and be made fun of?
We aren't going to 'nice' our way out of the mess we're in. We're in a bare knuckle fight for this country, and the uniparty would like nothing better than for us to talk ourselves onto wearing gloves against their bare knuckles. Don't fall for it.
He trolled Biden by holding an event at a place called Brandon Toyota, in Brandon, FL. I can't wait for him to debate the senile old fool.
mcconnell mcdaniel and mcarthy have said things about biden too, that doesn't make them any less uniparty.
If, and it's a big if, Trump gets the nomination, and if (bigger if) he wins the election, he could only serve four years. DeSantis could serve eight.
Desantis could serve 8 after 4 more years of Trump too, providing he proves himself America first. The thing is, he wont, because he can't, because the uniparty who stands squarely against putting America first has bought and is paying for him.
I don't care who endorses DeSantis, or who he gets funds from. He needs BOTH, and would be foolish to turn anything down at this point.
I don't even know how to respond to that, except to say that the battle we're fighting isn't a simple left vs right battle, as we've been led for so many years to believe. The uniparty, like the mob, doesn't just throw money around with out returns involved on that money. Some info about one of his chief funders:
While he’s supporting one of this cycle’s biggest culture warriors in DeSantis, Griffin said most hot-button issues — abortion rights, battles over sex education and LGBTQ rights — don’t define his interests. He wants to improve the diversity of the GOP and blunt the vein of populism that has complicated the party’s relationship with the corporate world — two things he’s consulted with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy about.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/11/06/desantis-megadonor-billionaire-head-of-citadel-investments-ken-griffin-explains-why-he-purchased-ron-desantis-for-2024-and-what-he-expects-from-his-investment/
So you see, what I'm saying isn't mere speculation, it's right out of the mouth of one of his chief funding sources.
"Blunt the vein of populism" means tea party and maga types can shut up and go back to being overlooked, along with anything resembling an America first agenda. Forget anything resembling immigration control beyond token appearance efforts - as it was before Trump. Forget jobs not being outsourced as they were before Trump. Forget anything resembling the economy under Trump that primarily benefitted mainstreet instead of wall street.
THIS is what the three Mcs want, and it's what all establishment politicians wearing both uniforms in DC want, and what we should be solidly against. The use of social issues at the state level to establish bona fides is not a new thing, nor are politicians who play one game at the state level only to show their true stripes at the national level. Mark my words, if we try to run and kick that football, we'll end up flat on our backs, just like we did with ryan, romney, mccain, mcconnell, mcarthy, mcdaniel, graham, and every other uniparty type who we allowed ourselves to believe in, only to be disappointed.
My view, is that turning your back on a 100 percent known quantity and pinning your hopes on a new shiny thing who is well groomed and well funded by the people that HATE the previously mentioned known quantity is just asking to be bent over. Don't fall for it.
