DeSantis beats Trump in conservative group straw poll for 2024 nomination

[iemanja]

Conservative activists in Colorado have again placed Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis, a rising star in Republican circles, above former president Donald Trump in their preference for their party’s 2024 presidential nomination.

DeSantis won 71% of the vote to the former president’s 67% in the straw poll, which was taken during the weekend’s Western Conservative Summit in Denver and means little in itself.

But there is a growing perception that Trump is losing his previously impenetrable grip on the Republican party, having achieved mixed results in endorsements in recent primary elections ahead of November’s midterms.

And a NBC analysis published Sunday suggests Trump is mulling a third run at the White House which he is considering announcing imminently, in part to deter a growing field of likely other Republican candidates, some of whom might be sensing blood in the water.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/desantis-beats-trump-in-conservative-group-straw-poll-for-2024-nomination/ar-AAY87mG

This is why he's been such an asshole.

[OLDMDDEM]

1. Hmmm

I disagree with you. He's an asshole because he has always been an asshole.

[iemanja]

3. Well, true

It's in his nature, AND he finds it politically expedient.

[OLDMDDEM]

5. It's pretty sad

that someone has to step so low to become popular with his cult. I have seen him over the past 30 or so years proving to everyone that he is nothing but a con artist liar and will never be anything other than that.

[Oneironaut]

2. This sadistic Fascist would cause even more harm then Trump did.

His governing style is psychotic.

[exboyfil]

6. I agree

Like Trump he can demagogue any issue, but he has more restraint and more political intelligence.

I might put a wager in for him being the next President because I think he is the odds on favorite. All he needs is to be anointed by Trump to have the complete fascist package. He will probably promise Ivanka a tasty Cabinet position (Commerce for example).

[Mike Nelson]

4. Well...

... if an attempted rape surfaces, he'll go higher! Punching a transexual would make him unbeatable.

[Oneironaut]

7. lol

[newdayneeded]

8. I think this is a great thing

I think these two could split votes pretty easy, then carry it over to the general, with the others base staying home.

[apcalc]

9. DeSantis is downright scary- fascist through and through.