Examples of GOP Leadership

HGCC

HGCC

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printer said:
Do you think anyone will be fooled?
DeSantis’s biggest donor cuts off funds, demands moderate shift
One of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) most prominent donors told reporters on Friday that he would cut off funds to his 2024 campaign if he didn’t adopt a more “moderate approach.”

Robert Bigelow, the founder of Budget Suites of America and Bigelow Aerospace, told Reuters in an interview that he explained to DeSantis’s campaign that the governor needs to shift his agenda to target moderates or he risks losing his support.

“He’ll lose if he doesn’t,” he said, referring to DeSantis’s chances against former President Trump. “Extremism isn’t going to get you elected.”

He added that his funding wouldn’t resume “until I see that he’s able to generate more on his own.”

“I’m already too big a percentage,” Bigelow claimed. “A lot of his donors are still on the fence.”

When asked what led him to the decision to curb funding, the entrepreneur pointed to what he called the governor’s “extreme positions” on policy, including the six-week abortion ban DeSantis signed into law in April.

He claimed six weeks is too short, as many women don’t know they are pregnant at that stage, according to Reuters.

Still, Bigelow said in the interview that he remains behind DeSantis and believes he is “the best guy for the country.”

The billionaire has already given $20 million to the “Never Back Down” pro-DeSantis super PAC. He is also considered the Florida governor’s largest individual donor.

The news comes as DeSantis’s campaign has struggled to meet financial expectations and amid a reset cut of a total of 38 staffers over the last several weeks. The shake-up is an effort to “streamline operations and put Ron DeSantis in the strongest position to win this primary,” according to his team.

Despite the governor’s efforts on the campaign trail visiting early primary states, Trump is still leading DeSantis by double digits, according to polling averages. A new poll out of Iowa this week shows the former president ahead of DeSantis by 24 points.
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DeSantis’s biggest donor cuts off funds, demands moderate shift

One of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) most prominent donors told reporters Friday that he would cut off funds to his 2024 campaign if he didn’t adopt a more “moderate approach.&#…
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I have been kind of shocked desantis screwed up so badly and keeps trying to run to the right of trump. Thought he would have gone more towards the middle to woo people back that left because of trump.

It would be hard to outdo trump in terms of "hey look at me I'm a shitty asshole, just like you" appeal, but thought he was smart enough to see an opening to woo those that wanted a veneer of respectability. Give grandma some cover so the grand kids come visit again.

The culture war battles he had picked just baffle me.
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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HGCC said:
I have been kind of shocked desantis screwed up so badly and keeps trying to run to the right of trump. Thought he would have gone more towards the middle to woo people back that left because of trump.

It would be hard to outdo trump in terms of "hey look at me I'm a shitty asshole, just like you" appeal, but thought he was smart enough to see an opening to woo those that wanted a veneer of respectability. Give grandma some cover so the grand kids come visit again.

The culture war battles he had picked just baffle me.
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The fact that he put his actions where his far-right mouth is proves that he’d be an awful chief exec. I’m relieved that he didn’t muster more charm.

Those culture war battles are who he is. A white authoritarian exploiting post-slaver grievance and in bed with dominionists. A veneer of respectability would conceal that nature but not change it.

Those planeloads of entrapped and abducted immigrants are his brand.
 
Budzbuddha

Budzbuddha

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Kind of miss all the old trumpers that used to gravitate to this thread and wank .

To be honest , i don’t really even see any red hat wearing yokels out in public anymore either. Out here on the west coast , i do see a lone parking lot guy selling trump flags and t shirts occasionally out of his van.

I routinely wear my “ Karma is Jack Smith “ t-shirt out and about and actually get more people asking where i got it.

LOL.

RedBull gives me Troll wiiiinnggs.
 
topcat

topcat

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Budzbuddha said:
Kind of miss all the old trumpers that used to gravitate to this thread and wank .

To be honest , i don’t really even see any red hat wearing yokels out in public anymore either. Out here on the west coast , i do see a lone parking lot guy selling trump flags and t shirts occasionally out of his van.

I routinely wear my “ Karma is Jack Smith “ t-shirt out and about and actually get more people asking where i got it.

LOL.

RedBull gives me Troll wiiiinnggs.
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He lives in the van down by the river.:p
 
cannabineer

cannabineer

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Budzbuddha said:
Pillow Guy News - Another “ summit “

Nothing Burger Palooza

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Frankenspeech … appropriate venue

Budzbuddha said:
Kind of miss all the old trumpers that used to gravitate to this thread and wank .

To be honest , i don’t really even see any red hat wearing yokels out in public anymore either. Out here on the west coast , i do see a lone parking lot guy selling trump flags and t shirts occasionally out of his van.

I routinely wear my “ Karma is Jack Smith “ t-shirt out and about and actually get more people asking where i got it.

LOL.

RedBull gives me Troll wiiiinnggs.
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DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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Joe: The silence from Republicans on Trump has been deafening

292,145 views Aug 7, 2023 #Trump #Republicans #Politics
Republicans should be standing up to former President Trump's threats against federal prosecutors but they aren't and they're undermining the U.S. judicial system, argues Joe Scarborough.
 
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