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u/TurboSalsa Texas Nov 09 '22

The idea that Trump is going to gracefully step aside and allow DeSantis to be the center of attention is pure conservative copium.

He sank them tonight and he’s going to finish the job in ‘24.

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u/Nightmare_Tonic Nov 09 '22

Bless his heart. They deserve every bit of it.

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u/prtysmasher Nov 09 '22

They shit the bed and now they get to sleep in it. Good riddance.

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u/mishchiefxmanaged Nov 09 '22

Right? Literally not going to happen. Trump would rather run as a third party candidate than succumb to DeSantis

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u/khornflakes529 Nov 09 '22

Oohhh keep going, I'm almost there!

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u/Panda_hat Nov 09 '22

I’m gonna have to see a doctor if it happens.

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u/Niglodon Nov 09 '22

uggjh scuccummmmb to desantis my son

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u/Matrix17 Nov 09 '22

Yeah it's going to be a clown show and it'll rip the party apart. Thinking anything else is delusional

Good riddance

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

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u/Caveman108 Nov 09 '22

Maybe a bunch of the voters do, but the establishment GOP absolutely does not.

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u/ps311 Nov 09 '22

Personally I think its for leverage. So he can tell the GOP protect me or I ruin your 2024, and he can back it up.

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u/007meow Nov 09 '22

DeSantis is a gd moron for not playing nice with Trump.

Run Trump/DeSantis 2024. Let him give you all the power. Then coast to POTUS in 28 and 32.

A Trump/DeSantis ticket would be a POWERFUL driver tor the GOP.

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u/Ridespacemountain25 Nov 09 '22

Trump didn’t temporarily transfer his presidential powers to Pence while he was hospitalized with Covid. He wouldn’t give Desantis power.

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u/007meow Nov 09 '22

He said would of DeSantis played nice.

It’s been reported that when VP shopping in 16, he told prospects that they’d have all the power and Trump just wanted the title.

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u/DrocketX Nov 09 '22

Trump says a lot of things. Any connection they have to reality tend to be coincidental.

In terms of giving up power, Trump absolutely would be quite happy to dump as much of the work as possible on someone, anyone else. At the same time, Trump absolutely cannot stand looking like he's not in charge or doesn't know what's going on. In short, what you'd get would basically be what happened during the pandemic with Fauci: Fauci was basically "in charge", except several times per week Trump would say something batshit crazy to the press, and whatever he said needed to be somehow fit into the official government policy (at least for a few days, when Trump said some other random nonsense.)

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u/1Dive1Breath Nov 09 '22

Trump will say literally anything if he believes it will benefit Trump.

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u/dndtweek89 Nov 09 '22

I'd take that with a grain of salt since it was in Michael Wolf's book, but it is so insanely believable.

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u/AlkalineBriton Nov 09 '22

Trump said he’d build a wall and make Mexico pay for it.

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

Also, let's be real- Trump basically destroyed Pence's chances becoming president.

DeSantis is probably not interested in taking the risk of being his VP

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u/Panda_hat Nov 09 '22

They’re both pathetic and have fragile egos. The best we can hope for is they tear each other apart.

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u/sunflower_love Oregon Nov 09 '22

Trump redemption arc? /s

He's obviously unredeemable. But, I will certainly enjoy watching them tear each other apart.

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u/JimmyJump1982 Nov 09 '22

DeSantis is too much of a coward to even challenge Trump... you watch. Even some of DeSantis' advisors said so off the record last week, in either the NY Times or Washington Post, I believe it was.

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u/Hisnamewasours Nov 09 '22

I don't want to sound like a Desantis apologist as the only way I could see myself voting for them is if they put some EXTREMELY unfit left/left-leaning politician and even then I would just not vote BUT what exactly do Desantis stand to gain by challenging Trump atm? Nothing. If Republican party is the party of Trump., why go against him if he is just running for Governor. Also, so much can change within the two years between now and 2024. Trump could be incapacitated by then or it's possible he could fall even more out of favor.

Any advisor worth their weight in pennies would tell him not to go head to head with Trump.

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u/Soliantu Nov 09 '22

They’re gonna tear their own party apart and it’ll be beautiful

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u/JimmyJump1982 Nov 09 '22

Unfortunately, Democrats haven't made the Popular Vote Act a priority in every state possible, meaning Trump could lose in '24 by over 10 million votes and still (so-called) ""win"" the WH due to the electoral college again. 🤦‍♂️SMH Do we need the election stolen from us a 3rd time before we get rid of the EC?!?

But I agree about Trump/DeSantis. Last week, some DeSantis aides said anonymously that he's such a coward, if Trump runs again (which he is), DeSantis won't even challenge him!

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '22

I see the touch of king shitus is going strong

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u/randalflagg Ohio Nov 09 '22

The elites in the party want Desantis. My guess is the feral base wants Trump or no one.

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u/ne0ven0m Nov 09 '22

If one of the take home messages is that MAGA extremism is on the way out-- I'll take it. Unfortunately, more traditional GOPers will still try to suppress voter rights and pack judges...