Tag: campaign 2024

Don’t Vote for the Job-Killing Moron

Trish

“Governor Ron DeSantis is a job killing moron who cares more about his own political ambitions and culture wars than Florida and our future. According to him, ‘woke makes you go broke’ but this is another example of how it’s actually the complete opposite. DeSantis is not who you want for President — ever.”

— Fla. Rep. Anna Eskamani (D – Dist. 42) reacting to the news that Disney will pull a $17 billion project out of her district. The decision was announced amid ongoing attacks from Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis after Disney objected to the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which punishes any acknowledgement of nonheterosexual orientation in public schools.

DeSantis’s Trump Problem

Buck Banks

“The problem for DeSantis, who appears on the verge of officially entering the 2024 race, is that in order to make the case he is more electable than Trump this time around, he needs to debunk the lie that Trump actually beat Biden last time. … As Republican consultant Alex Conant told Politico: ‘If a candidate can’t dispose of a fake issue like who won the election, how can voters expect them to handle the real issues?’”

— Molly Jong-Fast

Trump Is Beating DeSantis on Three Levels

Buck Banks

“Trump is winning on three levels in his shadow primary against DeSantis. First, to the extent that polls matter this early in the race, Trump has widened the gap between himself and DeSantis since the start of 2023. … Second, Trump has out-hustled and out-maneuvered DeSantis on endorsements from elected officials. … Third, in outworking DeSantis on endorsements, Trump is also making it easy for the press to explain in excruciating detail all of the ways in which DeSantis is blowing it.”

— Dan Drezner

Christie Says He Wouldn’t Run Just to Knock Out Trump

Buck Banks

“I’m not a paid assassin. When you’re waking up for your 45th morning at the Hilton Garden Inn in Manchester, you better think you can win, because that walk from the bed to the shower, if you don’t think you can win, it’s hard.”

— Former Gov. Chris Christie (R), quoted by Politico, on the idea of running for president just to take out Donald Trump.

Christie: Ron DeSantis Is Not a Conservative

Buck Banks

“… as a conservative, the job of government is … to stay out of the business of business. … I don’t think Ron DeSantis is a conservative. … Where are we headed here now that if you express disagreement in this country, the government is allowed to punish you? To me, that’s what I always thought liberals did.”

— Former New Jersey Governor and potential presidential candidate Chris Christie, in an interview with Semafor.