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That might be super possible but usually folks like DeSantis need financial backing by people who actually WANT stuff and I don’t quite see how that scenario benefits them and if it doesn’t benefit them I don’t see how he becomes the nominee.
“Despite the governor's description of the jury, FloridaPolitics.com notes that there were three jurors, not just one, who refused to impose the death penalty.”
Typical Republican. >

I am old enough to remember that movie.  His constant deception and projection is very typical of Republicans in this day and age.  I agree that DeSantis is terrifying…he is a racist fear-mongering piece of shit like Trump but  smarter. He sees what awful things conservative voters will allow an elected (Republican) official to get away with and I suspect he will double down on that. >


He sees what awful things conservative voters will allow

want >

He worked at Guantanamo. In 2006. Think about that. >

It’s so obvious he’s a soulless sell out who’d say and do anything to be in power.
We need psychopaths and sociopaths out of politics and business and we instead need them locked up in forensic psych wards >

Absolutely agree with you >

Holy shit, this guy just won't fucking stop trying to stir shit up. >

It's like he's desperately trying to get the normies to notice he's bad but they're determined to think of him as a moderate alternative to Trump. >

It’s likely because he polled below trump recently, however what’s particularly weird and bizarre is that he MUST have pollsters telling him this shit doesn’t fly if he’s planning on running for president, it likely doesn’t even fly with conservatives around the country, and yet he’s going through with it anyway.  Which means either A) it’s his own idea and he’s refusing to listen to advice, which is bad enough for him in its own right or B) he’s so wrapped up in yes men telling him increasingly authoritarian shit and he’s too cowardly or weak to resist them which is bad in an entirely other direction.
Either way, it’s bonkers to think nonsense like this won’t bite back when on presidential ballot.  Trump had to appeal to moderates and SOME democrats to win… this is like speed running the opposite. >

Alternate theory: Republicans have very very very dim odds anyway in 2024 so winning the general is off the table. Instead the grift is to secure the repub nom and then lose and cry foul and ride the endless money train like Trump has for 4 years.