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Meadows says DeSantis won't run against Trump in 2024

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Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows thinks the public can add Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the list of Republican presidential hopefuls who won't run against former President Donald Trump in 2024 should he enter the race.

DeSantis recently edged out Trump in the Western Conservative Summit's presidential straw poll, but Meadows, in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner that took place ahead of the poll's release, danced around DeSantis's popularity and the notion he might challenge another White House bid from the 45th president.
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"Gov. DeSantis has made it very, very clear that he is running for reelection as governor of Florida, but he doesn't shy away from being very bold in terms of the initiatives that he's putting forth," the former House Freedom Caucus chairman stated, citing three days he recently spent with DeSantis in California. "His reelect for governor is a platform to show that the policies, and the boldness, and, quite frankly, the courage."

"You know, I think Ron DeSantis is identified across the country now for the courage that he shows for conservative solutions, and he would be the first to say that if President Trump gets in, that he would win the nomination and would clear the field, and so I don't ever see it being a 2016 primary scenario," Meadows continued. "That being said, Gov. DeSantis won't even — he's asked over and over and over again every time I'm in his presence — he's been asked, 'Are you running in 2024?'"

"His answer has been consistent: He is running for reelection for governor of the state that not only he loves, but one that is, quite frankly, well run because of his leadership."
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EXCLUSIVE: Meadows says DeSantis won't run against Trump in 2024

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows thinks the public can add Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the list of Republican presidential hopefuls who won't run against former President Donald Trump in 2024 should he enter the race.
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It's freakin' hilarious how predictable Trump and his goons in the GOP are. As I'm sure many know by now, very recently supposedly DeSantis placed ahead of Trump in a "poll" of 2024 GOP contenders. This would be the first time this happened of course, and despite the narrative Trump and his thugs in the GOP and right wing media tell their idiot base about polls being "fake", Trump cares very much about polls. Trump and his team took notice of said poll. Trump also created DeSantis. Prior to 2018 nobody knew or gave a shit about Ron DeSantis. Then Trump endorsed him, and suddenly DeSantis became popular among the MAGA radicals. Everything from DeSantis's rhetoric, mannerisms, fighting with the media, making appearances on radical right wing "news stations" like Newsmax, etc, DeSantis has modeled his entire political career after Trump. DeSantis is a smart man (much smarter than Trump actually). He knows where his bread is buttered. DeSantis is undoubtedly the "compromise" candidate between the establishment GOP and Trumps MAGA goons, because he has the ability to appeal to the MAGA clowns while at the same time kissing up to his corporate masters and donors, and towing the GOP tax cuts for the rich economic agenda. The belief among the establishment is DeSantis is Trump without the craziness and lunatic tweets.

But, as I've said many times, the moment Trump gets any inkling that DeSantis is stealing his thunder...It will be all over for Ronnie boy. Which is why DeSantis will NOT make any announcement about 2024 until he fully knows what Trump is going to do. He isn't going to go against the man who literally made him relevant.
 
Coward. No one wants the Low Energy treatment I guess. As long as no one dares to challenge Trump he rules the party.
 
I too, saw the poll with DeSantis polling just above Trump.

I also believe DeSantis is a stronger national candidate, than Trump. I believe Trump is too damaged to ever win another Presidency.
 
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Trump will likely be eliminated early on in the Republican primaries so this doesn’t matter.
 
Chomsky said:
I too, saw the poll with DeSantis polling just above Trump.

I also believe DeSantis is a stronger national candidate, than Trump. I believe Trump is too damaged to ever win another Presidency.
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Then he should challenge Trump (and tbh we don't know for sure whether he will or won't), but the GOP are full of people that runs and hide when Trump appears right now. I think Trump is actually kind of a weak candidate for 2024, and several Republicans could beat him in a primary, but the way they behave like now you'd not think so.
 
joluoto said:
Coward. No one wants the Low Energy treatment I guess. As long as no one dares to challenge Trump he rules the party.
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2024 will demonstrate how little support he gets from his own party. By Super Tuesday he will be so low in delegate count that it will be impossible for him to recover. Maybe even sooner.
 
joluoto said:
Then he should challenge Trump (and tbh we don't know for sure whether he will or won't), but the GOP are full of people that runs and hide when Trump appears right now. I think Trump is actually kind of a weak candidate for 2024, and several Republicans could beat him in a primary, but the way they behave like now you'd not think so.
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I'm not saying DeSantis could challenge Trump within the Party. But, he definitely would be superior among the wider general electorate.
 
Chomsky said:
I too, saw the poll with DeSantis polling just above Trump.

I also believe DeSantis is a stronger national candidate, than Trump. I believe Trump is too damaged to ever win another Presidency.
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I'm not so sure about that Chromsky. On one hand, DeSantis would probably be able to get back the "never Trump Republicans" that either voted for Biden in 2020, or didn't vote at all. But let's be realistic, they were a tiny group at most. I'm not really convinced DeSantis can pull those non political voters that Trump pulled. I've met people who never voted before, or rarely voted, who came out for Trump in 2020.

Regardless of who's a stronger candidate on a national level, no way DeSantis runs in 2024 if Trump runs. I also disagree with the assertion that Trump wouldn't win the primaries in 2024, he would easily.
 
Chomsky said:
I'm not saying DeSantis could challenge Trump within the Party. But, he definitely would be superior among the wider general electorate.
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Running a Hispanic for president would be a great choice for the US Republican Party. Hispanics tend to be social conservatives and would be a dangerous voting block to the Democrats if they pivot Republican.
Cuban Americans in particular might be able show AOC in full sunlight. As hostile to American values.
 
Sagittarius83 said:
Running a Hispanic for president would be a great choice for the US Republican Party. Hispanics tend to be social conservatives and would be a dangerous voting block to the Democrats if they pivot Republican.
Cuban Americans in particular might be able show AOC in full sunlight. As hostile to American values.
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In the general a Hispanic Republican would be a strong card, not sure it would work in a primary. Too many people hesitant to vote for someone they don't consider white in the Republican base. Then again there are some Hispanic Republicans that basically run as whites, and they are doing well.
 
joluoto said:
In the general a Hispanic Republican would be a strong card, not sure it would work in a primary. Too many people hesitant to vote for someone they don't consider white in the Republican base. Then again there are some Hispanic Republicans that basically run as whites, and they are doing well.
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Cuban Americans seem to bridge the gap between European Americans and Hispanic Americans and I think would be attractive to both groups. I also think they would siphon off voters from heavily Hispanic states. Not enough to win California or New York but other states that with large Hispanic populations.

I think Hispanics may be a pillar of the US Republican Party in the future.
 
Sagittarius83 said:
Running a Hispanic for president would be a great choice for the US Republican Party. Hispanics tend to be social conservatives and would be a dangerous voting block to the Democrats if they pivot Republican.
Cuban Americans in particular might be able show AOC in full sunlight. As hostile to American values.
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But, I'm not sure any Hispanic Republican has the gravitas of Trump or DeSantis . . .
 
Chomsky said:
But, I'm not sure any Hispanic Republican has the gravitas of Trump or DeSantis . . .
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People think I am a true Trump supporter and I am not. I think he is an oaf so I see no gravitas.
I still think the US Republicans circled around him like they did Sarah Palin because what else are they going to do at the top of the ticket?
I think they will largely ignore him in 2024. I can’t imagine Biden running again due to his age unless the Democrats are willing to run a caretaker government like the Republicans did for Reagan in his second term.
I can’t see Harris being electable in 2024.
It seems like a younger Hispanic candidate may be the best hope for Republicans but we will see.
 
Sagittarius83 said:
Cuban Americans seem to bridge the gap between European Americans and Hispanic Americans and I think would be attractive to both groups. I also think they would siphon off voters from heavily Hispanic states. Not enough to win California or New York but other states that with large Hispanic populations.

I think Hispanics may be a pillar of the US Republican Party in the future.
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What does that mean?
 
Sagittarius83 said:
People think I am a true Trump supporter and I am not. I think he is an oaf so I see no gravitas.
I still think the US Republicans circled around him like they did Sarah Palin because what else are they going to do at the top of the ticket?
I think they will largely ignore him in 2024. I can’t imagine Biden running again due to his age unless the Democrats are willing to run a caretaker government like the Republicans did for Reagan in his second term.
I can’t see Harris being electable in 2024.
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Why not?
Sagittarius83 said:
It seems like a younger Hispanic candidate may be the best hope for Republicans but we will see.
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Well, Ted Cruz fits that bill.
 
Chomsky said:
But, I'm not sure any Hispanic Republican has the gravitas of Trump or DeSantis . . .
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Gravitas? Not in the same sentence with T****, surely.

I think DeSantis has gone too far right to win the general election. Anti-vax, anti-protesters, pushing the scapegoat of the moment, immigrants, at the border. The majority of America is not going to be impressed with DeSantis. No one but T**** himself could win with a platform like that.

With all the craziness Republicans are exhibiting lately with more audits of the election, this new Fauci-is-Dr.-NO business, and refusing a 1/6 Commission, they desperately need to find someone more sane to represent them. I thought early on it might be Rubio or Ryan, but Ryan apparently has no intention of getting involved with these crazy people, and Rubio fell under the sway of the One Ring long ago.

I enjoy feeling like I have an actual choice when I vote, but so far, the RNC is coming up zip.
 
joluoto said:
Coward. No one wants the Low Energy treatment I guess. As long as no one dares to challenge Trump he rules the party.
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Ron DeSantis only cares about worshiping Trump the Terrorist.
 
I'm sure more than a few Republican leaders wouldn't mind seeing Trump drop dead. They could march under the banner of his martyrdom. "He established our vuctimhood."
 
Funny, I thought DeSantis was Italian. He looks like a gangster to me.
 
I'm quite surprised that so many people still believe that Trump will run in 2024. The odds would seem 100 to 1 against that possibility. No matter what Trump himself says, he has no intention of running for a second term. If he says he will, he lies - again!

It took him more than 7 months of violent retching before he could even get the words out of his mouth that he lost the last election. The idea that he'd be willing to suffer that humiliation again is unthinkable. Any hints that he's even willing to throw his hat in the ring again are just meant to exploit the stupidity of his cult for financial reasons.
 
I am more and more inclined to think its Trump that won't run in 2024. Nice try Mr Meadows. Nobody believes the worst Chief of Staff in history anymore anyway.
 
Sagittarius83 said:
Trump will likely be eliminated early on in the Republican primaries so this doesn’t matter.
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Trump will cry that the primaries were rigged (as he did against Cruz in Iowa in 2016), then get Crackhead Pillow Guy to run around spouting jibberish. It'll be a sad watered down version of the 2020 election.
 
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