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The left picture was released by the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down PAC. The right picture is reality. (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2023 OP
Tiny-D al_liberal Aug 2023 #1
. dalton99a Aug 2023 #2
Both photos show the crowd size sucks! One just has more cattle crammed into the pen. Alexander Of Assyria Aug 2023 #10
Here is the story............... riversedge Aug 2023 #3
Glad they know where to put that BS in the heartland IbogaProject Aug 2023 #4
Please clap. Ray Bruns Aug 2023 #5
DeSantis is a horrible person and horrible campaigner but Freethinker65 Aug 2023 #6
Politics is manipulating people for votes with personal profit motives! Brainfodder Aug 2023 #7
The problem, as always is that once this campaign dies the true death Arthur_Frain Aug 2023 #8
DeSatan reminds me of that 80s sci-fi series, "V" -- where the aliens arrive on allegorical oracle Aug 2023 #9

riversedge

(80,805 posts)
3. Here is the story...............
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 12:33 PM
Aug 2023



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Desantis Campaign Circles the Drain With Embarrassingly Small Crowds
Ron Desantis' campaign is an embarrassment, even by the standards of the Trump era

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/desantis-campaign-circles-the-drain-with-embarrassingly-small-crowds

Troy Matthews
22 hours ago

Ron Desantis, the once touted viable Trump alternative within "sane" GOP donor circles, has certifiably crashed and burned.

After a series of blunders ranging from his disastrous Twitter campaign launch, to his unpopular war with Disney, bizarre campaign videos and tragically idiotic pro-slavery comments, the once so-called better option now looks more and more like a cautionary tale.

All of these unforced errors, combined with a retail campaign presence that makes Jeb Bush look like Mick Jagger, are playing out in real time with donors running for the hills and fewer and fewer people attending Desantis campaign events.


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Desantis has been struggling in his attempts to define his campaign messaging and lay out specific policy proposals that set him apart from the field. In the MAGA cult era, he could separate himself from the racist and divisive rhetoric of Trump and position himself to pick up never-Trumpers and moderate Republicans who are sick of the chaos.

Instead, the Desantis strategy has been to push hard to the right of Trump as evidenced by his recent bizarre obsession with waging a "war on woke", resulting in an unpopular 6-week abortion ban in Florida, and attacks on the LGBT and POC communities that resulted in a travel advisory against Florida by the NAACP.

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Freethinker65

(11,203 posts)
6. DeSantis is a horrible person and horrible campaigner but
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 01:40 PM
Aug 2023

But, honestly, commenting merely on the size of the rally is silly and Trumpworthy.

Brainfodder

(7,781 posts)
7. Politics is manipulating people for votes with personal profit motives!
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 01:44 PM
Aug 2023

Talk of policy and reasonable laws? HUH?



Arthur_Frain

(2,354 posts)
8. The problem, as always is that once this campaign dies the true death
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 01:53 PM
Aug 2023

The next heir apparent will be even more of a bad choice.

The devil you know….

allegorical oracle

(6,479 posts)
9. DeSatan reminds me of that 80s sci-fi series, "V" -- where the aliens arrive on
Mon Aug 7, 2023, 02:13 PM
Aug 2023

Earth and look like us. But (spoiler alert) they turn out to be lizards. This guy has never shown the public who he really is. But his eyes have vertical pupils.

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