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Why Florida’s DeSantis could be the cure for an ailing America
July 26, 2022

Why Florida’s DeSantis could be the cure for an ailing America

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Vengeful Democrats investigating the January 6 riots may help elect Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis president in 2024. Good for them; the nation is grateful.

In spending weeks and months conducting their one-sided hearings into the riots at the Capitol, Democrats have undermined the standing of former President Donald J. Trump. There is no question that the made-for-TV show trial has taken a toll; polling confirms that Americans, including many Republicans, are disgusted by Trump’s behavior during those consequential hours.

Trump increasingly has baggage, the kind of baggage that caused Hillary Clinton to lose in 2016. When you run for president, it is not helpful if a majority of the country considers you dishonest and untrustworthy. That’s where Clinton was in the summer of 2016; that’s where Trump is now.

Democrats are congratulating themselves on this achievement. A recent Bloomberg piece was titled: “Good news for Democrats: Even Republicans are Tiring of Trump.” The story says the hearings have turned off a lot of “soft Trump” voters and Independents who are ready to “move on.”

But in possibly sidelining Trump, Democrats have unquestionably furthered the fortunes of DeSantis who, on many matrices, could be a much tougher opponent that Trump. They may in fact have cost themselves the White House in 2024.

To say that Democrats are vulnerable in 2024 is an understatement. Unless things change drastically, Democrats are in for a contentious primary season, as Democratic politicians like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer position themselves for a run.

President Joe Biden’s epically low approval ratings and seeming mental decline make a primary challenge almost inevitable, if indeed he is still in office two years from now.

Not only is their party’s leader failing, but Democrats have zero record to run on.

According to a recent Monmouth poll, in which Biden scored a miserable 36% approval rating, voters’ top concerns are inflation, gas prices and everyday bills. Those issues are followed by abortion, gun rights, health care costs, job security, college tuition, housing costs and crime.

On which of those issues have Democrats moved the needle? None. They talk a lot about what they are going to do, but voters are asking…where have you been? You control all three branches of government and our problems have only gotten worse.

As a result, Democrats are chiefly campaigning against Donald Trump, even in this midterm season when the former president is not on the ballot. That’s what the January 6 hearings are all about; that’s why there is prime time coverage. They want voters to connect GOP candidates to Trump while blackening Trump’s reputation. They are even throwing money into the primary campaigns of Trump-endorsed candidates, hoping the connection will make them unelectable.

If Democrats are successful in pushing Trump aside, other Republicans will step up, including DeSantis, who is the clear front-runner at present.

As opposed to Democrats, DeSantis will have a popular and convincing platform. He will run on bringing back common sense law enforcement, restoring effective control of our southern border, pushing for energy independence and encouraging businesses with sound regulatory and tax policies.

In other words, he will run on America First policies.

He will also campaign on facing down the howling leftists who have coopted the Democratic Party and their allies in the teachers’ unions and the media.

A recent Quinnipiac poll showed 71% of voters do not want Biden to run again; 64% said they do not wish Donald Trump to run again.  Only 35% of those surveyed have a positive opinion of Joe Biden while 58% do not; 37% approve of Trump and 55% disapprove.

In the same survey, DeSantis scores only a 31% approval rating but 35% say they don’t know enough about him. He has room – and time – to grow.

In the next two years, voters can get to know the Florida governor, who formerly served five years in Congress. His CV is impressive: he is a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. He joined the Navy in 2004 and served in Iraq.

Since (barely) being elected governor in 2018, DeSantis has burnished his reputation as a fearless opponent of today’s woke culture warriors, banning gender indoctrination from Florida’s schools and taking on Disney for kowtowing to the left.

More important, he successfully guided his state through the challenges of COVID-19 without resorting to the draconian shut-downs that plagued blue states like New York and California. Florida’s schools mostly stayed open, masks were recommended but not mandatory and ditto for vaccines. Treating residents like adults paid off: the elderly, which comprise a large share of Florida’s population, had a higher vaccination rate than California, and – age-adjusted – COVID deaths were roughly the same between the two states.

DeSantis was pilloried for what the liberal media characterized as reckless and dangerous management of his state during the pandemic. But a National Bureau of Economic Research paper ranked Florida 28th in mortality (compared to California which placed 27th), third in the least school days lost to the pandemic and 13th in its economic performance. California’s lockdowns, by comparison, placed the state 40th on its economic outcome and 50th on in-person schooling. No comparison.

DeSantis has a record to run on, and his 2024 campaign is underway. First he must be re-elected governor this November. Polls show he will likely face off against Democrat Charlie Crist, a former Florida governor, who is leading the primary race, and that DeSantis is ahead by about 8 points. DeSantis has raised over $100 million; insiders suggest he may raise as much as $200 million in this cycle, a good amount of which can go toward a presidential run.

That he is gearing up for 2024 is obvious. In a recent speech, DeSantis blasted President Biden, saying “He came in and cranked the printing presses, kneecapped American energy, and he also opened our southern border.”

In addition, he wished “Joe Biden a speedy recovery from COVID. And I want to wish America a speedy recover from Joe Biden.” And Ron DeSantis could well be the cure.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/florida-desantis-cure-america

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9 months ago

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Are you better off than you were 2 years ago?
www.foxnews.com/opinion/inflation-hurting-americans-biden-bill-worse-liz-peek
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Inflation already hurting Americans, and Biden's Build Back Better will make things even worse

Are you better off than you were two years ago? That’s what Republicans will ask voters a year from now.

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Inflation is worldwide and COVID induced.

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Swamp Think

Peek's article posted today on the Fox News website did not mention one word about President Trump's accomplishment of not only leading the way to American Energy Independence but for the country to become net exporters of the energy we and our allies could really use now.

Under President Trump, oil was in the low 40s (while on the same page, oil traders are now predicting as high as $200/barrel this month!), gas in our tanks cost below two bucks, inflation was under two percent and gas station attendant Putin with an economy about the size of Italy's and who is totally dependent on the price of energy was placed in an economic cage… by President Trump.

Instead Peek gives credit to media Saint Obama for his "all the above" strategy which consistent with how he operated was all campaign talk with ZERO follow through.

Does Peek not remember that Saint Obama's response to Putin invading Crimea was to send blankets.

If you want a quick read on Swamp Think, check in with Fox News.

From the Murdoch boys and Paul Ryan on down, no one is pushing the self-serving, elite globalists agenda of running the world as their personal piggy bank harder than Fox News.

And how are the globalists doing at managing world affairs?

No Trump, No Trump Doctrine

There's a growing rumble, by the minute, from people all over the planet who are suddenly missing Trump's policies, not necessarily Trump.

First, Trump's policies, domestic and foreign, were clear and common-sense driven which is anathema to the Swamp control freaks who thrive on complication and confusion to mask their real agendas and who they're really working for.

Second, the hypocrites who are now lamenting Trump's policies are the same, domestic and foreign, who fought Trump every inch of the way to prevent the implementation of policies that clearly worked.

Third, without Trump the fighter, no Trump policies would have ever seen the light of day.

And without what is now collectively the Trump Doctrine, what clear metric would we have to truly understand the depth and devastation of the Biden/Swamp debacle?

Don't you know that the global supply chain story is done on purpose for there to be empty shelves at the grocery stores and what not to screw with the public. This is done by the world economic Forum with the likes of Klaus Schwab Bill Gates and George Soros and their ilk

YOU are the delusional personality, dear. Sticking it against the US to please 🖕trump and putin. Disgusting anti American.

Maybe Liz you would support some immigration reform , you bitch about not having enough servers in your entitled selfish world , oh and you are against mask wearing too , how trumpian of you, the pandemic is all a hoax to you , just dont get sick out there might not be any hospital beds for you . The drs and nurses are sick and tired of taking care of anti mask anti vax selfish repubs Go claim your Darwin Award .

President Trump lost the election you are such a dummy he got over 95 million the other yo-yo got about 45 million the rest was fake you're a disgrace. Www.magapill.com

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Liz Peek

9 months ago

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Progressives got hammered on Election Day- but that was only the latest big defeat. What does this mean for Dems? Can Joe pivot? (spoiler-probably not)
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They may not know it yet, but the ultra-liberal cabal that has choked Democrat politics and humiliated spineless party leaders like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has lost its mojo.

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Liz have you not heard latest on the “russia collusion” “steele dossier” Fiona Hill???
Or are you a typical msm reporter?

President Trump lost the election you are such a dummy he got over 95 million the other yo-yo got about 45 million the rest was fake you're a disgrace. Www.magapill.com

Liz Peek

9 months ago

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Joe Biden wanted to be an historic president- and he has done that. Worst ratings slide of any president since WWII.
He (or whoever is running WH) doesn’t care about voters’ top issues – instead Team Biden obsessing about climate change, gender and race.
No wonder he’s in trouble!
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Liz Peek: Biden vs. Americans – his priorities, like climate change, ignore top worries of most voters

Voters are worried about inflation, jobs, crime, education and our open border, while the Biden White House is laser-focused on climate change, transgender rights, racism and reducing inequality.

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The great days turned to very bad days in less than a year.
Congress needs a flip to GOP next year to stop the craziness

Climate change is important.
The GOP may not care about it now, but their children will.
He is trying to get an infrastructure bill through.
He has had issues with Afghanistan, but what else could he do
The people who are taking over Afghanistan were released by the previous administration.
I am sure that Biden is not perfect but he is better than Trump.

Your bias is ridiculous. Makes you a bad writer. Btw avg teacher pay is way above 31000. Sensationalize much?

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Duuuuuh President Trump lost the election you are such a dummy he got over 95 million the other yo-yo got about 45 million the rest was fake you're a disgrace. Www.magapill.com

worst ratings only from a side thats ignorant to the truth. the effects of coming off a pandemic with oil companies profitting off the pumps in order to pay their shareholders back from profits lost. inflation effects the entire world but of course your base doesnt pull their heads out their asses for one second to look around and use common sense. keep spreading bullshit and weakening our country til it no longer functions as a democracy….bc i see through your fake Christian patriotic pow wows. you are the opposite of ehat you claim and you are the definition of what you claim your rivals are. deflection, projection, hypocrisy. 3 words that sum you up

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