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  So...poorly?
context: "Ron 'Stupid Doodoo Head' DeSantis," and the Republican voters go, "Well we can't vote for a Doodoo Head" and that's that. >
  
  Saddest part is this is spot on. >
  
  The saddest part is that it worked and got him elected- and is now a model some in the fascist conservative line are following.
  What scumbags do for money, and no law can stop them. >
  
  Exactly. Trump created the mold, but Republicans will move on to someone just as shitty as long as they are "winning". Trump knows he is in trouble since he lost that edge. He still has a chance for the moment, but he's never really been a winner.
  Personally I want him to stay in the game as long as possible. There is more chance of infighting if he still has a sizable base that thinks he can win in 2024. >
  
  I actually enjoyed the 15 rounds of voting McCarthy took to get himself elected speaker. Or specifically, I enjoyed the Republican infighting. >
  
  I didn't.  Because now, you have fucksticks like MTG, Boebert, Gaetz, and others that are literally where the power lies in the Republican party.  People who can't be trusted around minors, kitchens, or searching on the internet themselves are now the ones who are the power base for the GOP. >
  
  
  I didn't.  Because now, you have fucksticks like MTG, Boebert, Gaetz, and others that are literally where the power lies in the Republican party.
  
  True. For short time it was fun, for the long run its much harder to get rid of all these assholes now. >
  
  Nope just two year to start, or less than a box of ammo(sarcasm for those upset) >
  
  Genuinely easy to forget that Trump is already a Presidential candidate. >
  
  I love the fact that the response to his announcing his 2024 run was a collective yawn. I can imagine his tiny little fists clenched in anger. >
  
  And his fast food thrown at the wall >
  
  Hamberders you say? >
  
  He only orders sliders to make his hands seem bigger >
  
  Ineptly and then blame someone else. >
  
  "Poorly"
  Seriously, though, the most charitable reading of the statement is that he has no idea how he will handle that at the time but started the sentence before he knew how it would end. >
  
  What do you mean he doesn't know?
  Can't you remember how often he said he is an expert in every field imaginable? >
  
  His uncle! Very smart man. Some say the most geniusest man ever. No one has ever seen anyone smarter before. Told him he was right up there with Einstein. >
  
  Read that as Epstein, and it somehow still made sense >
  
  I remember the stories about his beauty pageants.
  Going backstage unannounced  to gawk at women...some creepass shit >
  
  Miss Teen USA contestants too. Most of them were probably underage at the time. >
  
  Trump today on Desantis: “I got him elected, pure and simple. And there was no reason to go wild about endorsing him .. So, now I hear he might want to run against me. So, we’ll handle that the way I handle things.” >
  
  By losing >
  
  “Get in, Loser, we’re going losing” >
  
  Trump will handle it by lying, cheating and stealing. But hopefully by the time the campaigns go into full swing Trump will be indicted on at least one off the many crimes he has committed before, during and after he was president . >
  
  Gonna be honest, as a Floridian I hope the charges are held back just long enough to split the MAGA and DeSantis votes hard enough to sabotage the Republicans. Trump 100% will not sit out this election even if he fails to secure the nomination, and DeSantis is too high of a risk to go unchecked. Trump running 3rd party, at almost any level of support from his diehards, will deny DeSantis the presidency entirely.
  This has the added benefit of getting DeSantis out of office 2 years early. >
  
  
  This has the added benefit of getting DeSantis out of office 2 years early.
  
  He doesn't have to give up the governorship to run; only if he wins.
  And last time I looked, he was trying to get a law passed so that he can be governor and president at the same time, so maybe not even then. >
  
  actually?? do you have a source for this? that is extremely troubling if true >
  
  Looking into this, it looks like it's a little weirder, less severe, and somehow even more partisan than the earlier headlines I had read.
  Florida has a law that says if you run for office while holding office, you have to resign from your current office at the start of that new term, even if you don't win.  That way, the appropriate changeovers and such can be put into place.  It's had this law for a long time.
  Except, back in 2008, they abolished that law so that (then Republican governor) Charlie Christ could run for vice president without giving up the governorship.
  Then after the race, the (GOP) Florida legislature re-enacted that law.
  Now that, once again, they have another Republican going for high office, they want to revoke that law again.  No doubt temporarily.  Because rules for thee, not for me.
  Sorry for the confusion; that's on me for having only read the initial headlines and not followed up until now. >
  
  got it. what's even the point of the law then if they temporarily remove it in situations where it applies? might as well permanently abolish it without putting on the appearance >
  
  
  what's even the point of the law then if they temporarily remove it in situations where it applies?
  
  The Florida legislature is now one of the most badly gerrymandered in the nation.  The governor's election prior to this one was decided by less than half a percent, but the gerrymandering means that the GOP control of the legislature is secure even if they lose the governorship.
  By leaving it a law, but overriding it each time, they can make it a law that prevents potential democratic governors from running, but which represents no impediment to GOP governors. >
  
  thanks for the explanation. love that. >
  
  Go broke, fail, and then spend years throwing temper tantrums about how it wasn’t his fault? >
  
  The grifting life, blame those around you for doing the things that you do. >
  
  Rudy's gonna do a press conference. >
  
  At Four Seasons Total Landscaping: South Beach >
  
  Its called Two Seasons Total Landscaping because it doesnt get that cold there. >
  
  So basically someone around him will be indicted and go to jail. Or another 12 investigations and a big waste of resources because he handles things like a criminal of which he is. >
  
  He tried to violently overthrow the government and they’re just gonna let him run again. 
  Let’s just normalize that then. >
  
  I hope he tries to overthrow the Republican Party this time around. >
  
  By losing and then inciting violence against the winner? >
  
  So a blitz of cheeseburgers, schoolyard nicknames, cheap taped together suits, pathetic intimidation 'techniques' that havent worked on anyone over age 10 since the 80s, and massive corruption - as usual from the orange ghoul of floridian swamp magalogo tm >
  
  
  pathetic intimidation 'techniques' that havent worked on anyone over age 10 since the 80s,
  
  Look, I think it's silly, too, but are we just pretending these techniques didn't partly vault him to the presidency and a cult-like following that that violently assaulted DC in an attempt to overturn the election? >
  
  Did Trump just threaten to pay Ron DeSantis for sex? >
  
  Trump always sounds like the shitty 1980’s mob boss he thinks he is. >
  
  How is trump going to declare bankruptcy on DeSantis? >
  
  
  'We'll handle that the way I handle things'
  
  So he will invent a funny name for him? >
  
  Already came up with DeSanctimonious, not up to his usual standards. >
  
  Mostly because it uses a word his base won’t understand. >
  
  I feel that's a word Trump himself doesn't understand. >
  
  Yep - feels like it was brainstormed by his aides. >
  
  So basically fuck everything up, set it all on fire, profit as much as possible and walk away and blame everyone else but himself. >
  
  Ge talks like he's a mob boss. All he is in charge of is a group of mentally ill hillbillies. >
  
  By calling him “Ron DeStupid” >
  
  He’s gonna grab him by his ….. ? >
  
  White boots.
  You were going to say, "white boots" right? >
  
  Secretly pay him off with funds from your charity? >
  
  So, Ron DeSantis is going to fall down the stairs and get buried on a Trump golf course? >
  
  With more documents hidden in the coffin. >
  
  That should be fun to watch.  A good old fashioned southern political cock fight!  Yeah! >
  
  Trump is a yankee from Long Island.  His popularity with Southerners is baffling.
  Edit - Queens.  Thanks for the correction, below. >
  
  Nearly everything about him is baffling.  He should have been in jail years ago for any number of crimes in the business and political realms.  Yet, he still waddles about among us.  Just damn odd. >
  
  Money. If you have it you are immune to most legal systems. 
  Even if you don't HAVE money anymore, as long as you've embedded yourself in that system of the 1% you'll always be nearly untouchable.
  Trump is a horrible businessman, but he's very good at pretending he's awesome. Pretending he has money. Pretending he's smart.  
  Apparently, that's all you need to be 'successful' in business. >
  
  Throwing a tantrum and then threatening him with blackmail of some kind. >
  
  Whine and cry and then run to a foreign Dictator for help? >
  
  As a progressive Democrat, this is music to my ears! >
  
  jfc, if trump splits the vote, we could even get AoC elected. >
  
  Looks like she would just barely be old enough, but she would qualify! (AOC turns 35 in October 2024, the minimum age for presidency). >
  
  Republicans proud of the garbage they have to choose from.  Both complete idiots but a solid reflection of what the party has become. >
  
  "I would like you to do us a favor."  I hope the  FBI is "tapping his wires" again.  Cause he is continuing to commit crimes I'm sure. >
  
  Lie about him call him names and pay Russia to trash him on social media. We all have seen that. Didn’t work in 2020 >
  
  Name calling, immaturity, being an asshole, and general embarrassing incompetence. >
  
  So... he's gonna marry DeSantis, then neglect and abuse him?
  He's going to let a novel virus run rampant through the nation because Ron sneezed so he must have it?
  He's going to beg Daddy Vladdy for help? >
  
  Lines a mob boss would say for $400 Alex! >
  
  By suing him? >
  
  Being petty, making shit up, suing, then throwing a baby tantrum when things don’t go his way. >
  
  He will buy him off with money from Russia/China/Saudi Arabia? >
  
  Doesn’t trump live in Florida? Doesn’t maralago’s continued existence as a place of business depend on the cooperation of the Florida state government? Isn’t it possible that Florida might be pressured to extradite trump to face legal issues in Georgia at some point? With desantis retaliating against Disney for the slightest political pushback, I don’t see how  Trump holds very many cards against desantis.   
  Also Florida, why do you treat yourself this way? Two despotic morons with insatiable political ambition, and no sense or system of moral or ethical restraint, and you’re cool with them, well squatting in trump’s case, and governing in desantis’. Look I know it can feel powerful or secure to be taken under the wing of a dragon, but it’s a goddamn dragon, and you’re gonna get eaten at its convenience. You don’t have to choose this system of abuse.