Tucker is pissing off a few ppl
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Not gonna lie they are getting REALLY annoying as of late. They're attacking Trump on the most petty shit that it's hard to tell them apart from the Dems which at that point you need to reevaluate yourself if you're sounding like the bumfuckers party.
I don't know exactly what Tucker means, but I did always get the impression that the DeSantis keyboard warriors were dragging him down more than anything. You do need to go after Trump in the primary so I'm not sure the correct approach but they always go about it in the worst way.
Ironically, I think the Dems have made it impossible to attack Trump in any way if you're a Republican nominee. Their over attack in the courts, his businesses, his associates and his family have made any attacks on him seem like your supporting their witch hunts.
Combine that with trying to get the spotlight, 2024 has sunk everyone running against him on the Republican side unless they tried to use it more as a VP nominee audition and didn't attack him whatsoever.
Which is exactly their strategy- encourage everyone to rally around Trump in the primary while weakening him in the general. Sad that Trump is helping them by trying to nuke their best governor and damage someone who could run & win, even if that isn't til 2028.
If this was said 2 years ago or even last year, I MIGHT go along with this.
Now? Trump could shoot a baby in the face and wouldn't hurt his poll numbers that bad. Biden is SO hated that even on the Dem side they go 'voting for the party' NO ONE is saying they're voting Biden. Especially if there's a third war America gets involved with Venezuela.
We're at the point where we're actually out of 'election fuckery can stop Trump' to the only way they can stop him is to assassinate him. The Urbanites hate Biden, the Jews hate Biden, the Blacks and Latin think it'd be gangster to have Trump walk out of a jail into the White House, the Muslims hate how much support Biden is giving Israel, the white women are REALLY hating how much trans shit is stepping on their stuff.
And what's the main story they are trying to bury? One of their staffers making gay porn in a Senate room. I'd be more looking out for hitmen and deep state assassins than some poll reversal at this point..
Involving with Venezuela will cause the towelheads to get pissed at us again since they're part of OPEC.
Yet thanks to Monroe doctrine, he HAS to get involved if Venezuela attacks their neighbour.
And if that happens, Trump's going to do this victory dance because that's the election over.
The Monroe Doctrine is not a treaty ... it's a policy meant to scare Europe away from our side of the world. It doesn't work in a modern society with sea power other than sail.
There's still a huge segment of the population who HATE Trump and will NEVER vote for him no matter what. Biden can be on video helping Hunter get away with gun crimes and making backdoor deals to China while he's molesting his own daughter and they'll still vote for him over orange man because he bad.
Immigration becoming a big issue is a boost for Trump though.
The problem with Trump is almost everyone has a formed an opinion on him, there's not really anyone on the fence with him and the strength of those feelings is far more on the anti side. The people who hate him seem to really hate him, they'd vote for the reanimated corpse of Hitler regardless of how shitty Joe turned things or how bad immigration is.
You're forgetting, RFK Jr is running on a spoiler ticket by saying he's in favour of reparations etc, the Trump hate voters will vote for him instead because it's WAY easier to justify voting for a Kennedy than voting for Biden.
RFK is going to take away more votes from Trump than Biden, and many Trump haters hate him too because he's "anti-vax"
I've never seen anyone who makes this argument establish exactly which segments of the population have grown to hate Trump since 2016 who didn't before then. The idea that, for example, he's done something to alienate female Boomers who weren't already turned off by "Grab em right in the pussy" is ludicrous. The only people I've seen turn against Trump in the years since 2016 are the Conservative Inc and neocon "influencers" who only supported him to begin with because they're a bunch of ambulance-chasing grifters, and hitched their ride to DeSantis because Trump didn't provide them with the attention or compensation they felt they deserved.
Wouldn't be an issue if you didn't run against President Trump.
Choose your enemies wisely. Desantis chose poorly...
There was no reason for Desantis to even bother running. His popularity was at an all time high, his position as Governor all but guaranteed for the next decade.
What a dumb decision.
Should have focused on the job President Trump helped him get elected for, Keeping Florida Great, instead of stabbing our President in the back.
He's termed out in 2026 anyway. He either has to run in 24 or somehow stay relevant between 26 and 28.
That's true. I did not think he should run this time, especially considering we think Trump was cheated out of 2020 and want revenge.
TBF Trump & his fanboys have been insane and absurdly attacking Ron since before he even announced he was running. And the Trump fanboys have been far more petty than Ron's team has ("OMG GURL, look at his shoooooes!")
Reminder that Trump took DISNEY'S side against Ron and also attacked him on his abortion laws, literally attacking Ron from the left.
I think Ron's problem is that he's been trying to act as someone he's not and thus it's come across as fake. Matt Walsh had good points about this- instead of trying to be Mr. Personable he should instead own what he's good at and what he's not. Say something like "I'm not as outgoing and charismatic as Trump, I focus on policy and results like turning Florida from purple to red, taking on big corps like Disney, standing up for parents rights and against sexual indoctrination of children, etc. I stood up to the left not just with Disney but sending a small handful of illegals to Martha's Vinyard, exposing the Dems on their immigration hypocricy. Unlike Trump I hire good, qualified people and have taken serious action, making Florida the most attractive state for people to live and do business. I may not seem like a fun guy to be around, but I get things done."
That's a weird criticism considering you are also criticizing Trump for his electability. DeSantis's abortion laws were going to hurt him in the general.
Trump can always shrug and say that all his role in overturning Roe did was kick it back to the states and then cite Ginsberg's own acknowledgement about Roe being bad jurisprudence to dodge that bullet.
Not really, since Trump can't claim he's more electable.
No examples, please.
I've said it before, when DeSantis first declared his intent to run as President. It was a bad move. He was the most popular governor in the US, he'd pushed great policies, he had the support of most Republicans. Now look at him. He should have publicly supported Trump, continued being a great governor instead of completely losing his focus on his job, sat this one out, and run in 4 years with the full support of the entire Trump base. By choosing otherwise, his future political career is now at risk. He will not win the nomination, and he should have quit weeks ago, or even long before. Did he really just ignore the letter from his colleagues telling him to get back to work at the public service job he was nominated for?
He was in a fucked up spot where he'd be out of the governor's office and irrelevant in 2028, but also running against Trump after an election that was obviously stolen from him and during an election where Trump either wins or dies in federal prison.
Why would he be irrelevant? He would have been elected as Governor again, at the very least, no doubt about it whatsoever. Or before his term ended, he could have openly declared his intent to run as President in the next election, and said that he would now spend the remaining time preparing for it, researching his future duties, becoming familiar with all the issues, in order to be the best President there can be. Even if the election itself happened 2 or 3 years later, he could have still remained relevant, just by showing up to various interviews and shows like Tucker's, Shapiro's, Crowder's or Info Wars. Basically doing a bit of what Vivek has been doing so successfully. He would have had options.
But instead, he made the worst tactical decision of all, and has made multiple blunders since then, on top of it.
He seems pretty level headed so for the life of me I can't figure out why he decided to run. I half think he was goaded in to it to harm his chances at being re-elected governor.
People are pissed at Florida for being a sane state but with the massive influx of people fleeing insane states it would not take much to push it blue. Doesn't matter who the Dems run if they get in there they will repeal fucking everything day 1.
I think the deep state whispered in DeSantis' ear that Trump wasn't going to be allowed to run, so he thought well I better position to be the #2 choice.
He thought Trump-lite would poll low since why not get the real thing, so he went after the never-Trump in order to secure the clear #2 position.
His problem is that there is no fallback second choice. Trump is so popular that nobody is in the #2 spot.
Like if it was 50 Trump / 30 DeSantis and Trump gets Kennedy'd the party would just hand it over to DeSantis before anybody could say otherwise. But when he's at 10% and tied with other also-rans, the Trumpers (assuming we're not in full-on civil war) will make it a contest and probably go for Trump-lite Ramaswamy.
He would have been term limited in Florida.
Oh? I see. Well, my point still stands. He would not be a nobody.
I think that's fair, but imagine Desantis as AG. If Trump is smart he will reconcile and use Desantis where he's good.
If DeSantis is smart, he'll try to reconcile with Trump and he'll provide the people a reason explaining why he was so hesitant to discredit the obviously bogus accusations levied against Trump. I think that comes before giving him any official position.
Also, although I'm not 100% on the specifics, isn't DeSantis still going to technically be Governor of Florida for several months after the presidential election? He should finish that term before he becomes AG, at least. It's what the people voted for.
What accusations has he been hesitant to discredit? I've always heard him calling out the legal attacks on Trump as being BS and saying he wouldn't let the state of Florida do that against him.
After all the attacks from Trump he'd seem like a pussy ala Ted Cruz. I think it would be smarter to say attacks from both sides have hurt our party and our chances to take America back- ask Trump if he's willing to let bygones be bygones, bury the hatchet and move forward since they have more in common than differences.
He refused to say whether he would pardon Trump. "If the facts fit" or something like that. Lawyer speak.
Don't disagree. Losing him in Florida would hurt, but we need someone who is going to come out swinging for AG. Tough call to make
AG seems like a big step down from Florida gov, is it not? I don't think it would be politically smart for Ron to take that position.
Agree with Trump needing to reconcile, problem is his personality is against that kind of thing. It's especially lame since Trump is whooping everyone in the polls combined so it's not even a tight race where you could justify the attacks as somehow being politically necessary. I think he could do it without losing too much face if he blamed his competitive nature, say something like "You know me, I love winning and I fight like hell because I know you need a tough fighter to stand up for you. But this fight with Ron isn't going to help you, the forgotten Americans, so we need to stop and focus on our real enemy."
AG moves him to national stage rather than just Florida Man. A step up in prestige and power for sure.
AG would be in charge of the FBI, incumbent Garland.
Call them "Uniparty stooges" and watch them start frothing at the mouth.
Fun times.
They pretty much ruined r/conservative on plebbit for me. Nonstop shilling and any excuse to mention their lord's name is a good one. They also massively down vote anyone that supports another candidate.
All the remaining DeSantis people really are bitter, spiteful, unbelievably smug retards and watching them mentally justify voting for Biden out of pure spite is going to be super funny next year.
/r/conservative is not happy being called out
Desantis has really showed what he is actually about with that presidential run, and I'll never vote for him for a federal post because of it.