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In reply to the discussion: Ron DeSantis ends presidential campaign before New Hampshire primary [View all]LetMyPeopleVote
(180,356 posts)46. Internet mocks DeSantis for quitting with fake Churchill quote: 'It's in books he banned' Sarah K. Burris January 21, 20
DeSantis used a made up quote from Churchill has a key party of withdrawal announcement.
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https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-winston-churchill/
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) ended his 2024 presidential campaign using a fake quote from Winston Churchill and critics are calling it the perfect end to what has been a strange campaign.....
"DeSantis quit with a fake Churchill line! Maybe the actual quote is in one of the books he banned?" mocked activist Christine Pelosi.
Conservative Bill Kristol cited a similar quote more befitting the governor: "Churchill actually wrote, in Their Finest Hour, 'No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.' DeSantis neither deserved success nor had it."
Republican turned Independent Tara Seetmayer at the Lincoln Project explained, "DeSantis campaign is more Greek tragedy than Churchill."....
The International Churchill Society released a statement about the quote, saying: "We can find no attribution for either one of these . . . They are found nowhere in his canon . . . An almost equal number of sources found online credit these sayings to Abraham Lincoln."
"We base this on careful research in the canon of fifty million words by and about Churchill, including all of his books, articles, speeches and papers, the group explains.
"DeSantis quit with a fake Churchill line! Maybe the actual quote is in one of the books he banned?" mocked activist Christine Pelosi.
Conservative Bill Kristol cited a similar quote more befitting the governor: "Churchill actually wrote, in Their Finest Hour, 'No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.' DeSantis neither deserved success nor had it."
Republican turned Independent Tara Seetmayer at the Lincoln Project explained, "DeSantis campaign is more Greek tragedy than Churchill."....
The International Churchill Society released a statement about the quote, saying: "We can find no attribution for either one of these . . . They are found nowhere in his canon . . . An almost equal number of sources found online credit these sayings to Abraham Lincoln."
"We base this on careful research in the canon of fifty million words by and about Churchill, including all of his books, articles, speeches and papers, the group explains.
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Ron DeSantis ends presidential campaign before New Hampshire primary [View all]
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2024
OP
Figured this was imminent when I saw Bloomberg's site starting the speculation
BumRushDaShow
Jan 2024
#7
Once people got a chance to hear this buffoon with no personality speak, they said oh hell no!.
padah513
Jan 2024
#14
It's about time he WOKE up to the fact most Americans have no use for his shit. n/t.
NNadir
Jan 2024
#18
Ron found out people need to like you to become president. he could not handle that. Next step in the plan
ZonkerHarris
Jan 2024
#19
DeSantis' ignominious failure will be looked upon with a certain schadenfreude here in God's Waiting Room.
sop
Jan 2024
#28
"That name is officially retired! - President @realDonaldTrump says of DeSanctimonious
riversedge
Jan 2024
#44
Internet mocks DeSantis for quitting with fake Churchill quote: 'It's in books he banned' Sarah K. Burris January 21, 20
LetMyPeopleVote
Jan 2024
#46
Who gave him the choice to terminate? Shouldn't he be forced to carry it to term?
Novara
Jan 2024
#50
His endorsement of Trump is simply another acknowledgement of how much of an asshole he is because he
cstanleytech
Jan 2024
#51