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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,290 posts)
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:42 PM Nov 2021

TFG believes he 'made' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis into a GOP star and expects more appreciation

from him

In late 2017, then-President Donald Trump endorsed the fledgling gubernatorial campaign of then-Rep. Ron DeSantis, pitting the largely unknown Florida congressman against then-state Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, who many Republicans expected to easily capture the nomination.

However, when the GOP primary votes were tallied in August 2018, DeSantis would end up defeating Putnam by nearly 20 percentage points.

There was no question that Trump, who by then had become the most important kingmaker in Republican politics, helped launch DeSantis into the political stratosphere in one of the most important swing states in the country.

DeSantis went on to narrowly win the general election over then-Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, a Democrat, and after Trump's electoral defeat last fall, the governor has become one of the top potential 2024 presidential candidates among Republicans.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-believes-made-florida-gov-194633726.html

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TFG believes he 'made' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis into a GOP star and expects more appreciation (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2021 OP
By any chance, are you able to include an excerpt correlated to headline? msfiddlestix Nov 2021 #1
+1 PJMcK Nov 2021 #3
WTF Skittles Nov 2021 #2

msfiddlestix

(7,286 posts)
1. By any chance, are you able to include an excerpt correlated to headline?
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:48 PM
Nov 2021

Background on the story is understood, but how is tfg expressing his dismay?

Skittles

(153,212 posts)
2. WTF
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:59 PM
Nov 2021

DeathSantis shows his "appreciation" to TFG by literally KILLING people in Florida in the name of "freedom" from logical steps to combat Covid

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