As regular readers of our blog know, I’m a Floridian and I, along with nearly ever single fellow citizen of the greatest state in the union I talk to, have nothing but good things to say about the way DeSantis has lead the Sunshine state through his terms.
Let us not forget that his tenure included the ‘Covid era’ in which he was one of the only Governors with the balls to stand up to the federal tyranny that the nation was experiencing at the time.
However, after learning more about his connections to, and reverence for, RINOS like John McCain, Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney, I have to admit, I am concerned.
Apparently, I am not the only one experiencing trepidation …
Joe Hoft of The Gateway Pundit reported:
The donors behind Ron DeSantis for President in 2024 are now asking him to sit this one out, according to recent reports.
(We heard this rumor last week that the big money behind DeSantis for 2024 were abandoning ship.)
According to CF:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s donors and supporters are beginning to question if the potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate should run in the next election cycle — a bid that would put him against former President Donald Trump — or wait until 2028, according to reports.
According to a report from NBC News, donors and supporters of DeSantis are having second thoughts on the prospect of the governor’s potential presidential bid. Per the report, one main issue seems to be the governor’s ability to take Trump — who has been criticizing the governor for months — head on.
NBC reports:
Ron DeSantis may be missing his moment.
A number of the Florida governor’s donors and allies are worried his recent stumbles suggest he may not be ready for a brutal fight against Donald Trump. Some feel DeSantis needs to accelerate his timeline to run for the GOP presidential nomination and begin directly confronting Trump if he’s to have any chance of thwarting the former president’s momentum. Others believe DeSantis should sidestep Trump altogether and wait until 2028 to run.
At a Sunday luncheon following the annual Red Cross ball in Palm Beach, Florida, a group of 16 prominent Republicans, described by one attendee as a mix of DeSantis backers and Trump “skeptics,” discussed misgivings about the governor’s standing for the future if he tussles with the former president.
“They liked him — many of them might even support him,” the person who was at the event said of DeSantis. “
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