Ron DeSantis Announces Presidential Campaign

May 24, 2023 Hunter Wallace 2024 Presidential Election, Conservatism, Politics, Populists, Progressives 49

UPDATE:

It’s on.

Meh.

I don’t really have a dog in this fight.

In a contest between who is the bigger Zionist suck up, it is a wash. Donald Trump was “the most pro-Israel president” in history. He gave Israel everything it wanted up to and including Jonathan Pollard. He put Jared Kushner in charge of the White House. Ron DeSantis has traveled to Jerusalem twice to sign anti-free speech bills in Israel. Both Trump and DeSantis are in the pocket of Jewish donors.

If you look at their record and positions on other issues, DeSantis appears more likely to continue funding the war in Ukraine. Trump has vowed to end the war, but he says all kinds of things and fails to follow through on his promises. To his credit, DeSantis has done some good things in Florida. He probably has a better chance of winning Independents than Trump. Neither Trump or DeSantis will get much done with such a polarized Congress. Both will appoint the same judges. Trump ended Roe.

Ultimately, I think the primary comes down to which wing of the Republican Party you would rather live under for four years. MAGA or the Reaganites? DeSantis has to consolidate the Never Trumpers and Reaganites and peel off enough disaffected MAGA voters to secure the nomination. Trump has to rally his base and prove that he is capable of winning Independents with his baggage train.

For all of their flaws, I think either Trump or DeSantis would be an improvement over Joe Biden, especially on immigration which is just completely out of control with no end in sight. I’m just not really invested in who wins the primary because I don’t care for either of them. It is not worth fighting about.

Note: Aimee and Michael Tracey have some good points.

49 Comments

  1. “a contest between who is the bigger Zionist suck up”

    Because of their wealth, cohesion and media control they have a clamp on national politics.

    • Brad- I think you are being unfair and downright false in your reporting. Padraig Martin has listed a number of things that clarify (esp. for FL Voters) what Ron De S. is about. When Padraig cleared up some of the same misconceptions “I” had about RON, I at least apologized to him…. I’m just going to list three posts he’s made over on GAB.

      Here are some:

      1) DeSantis is terrible – according to MSNBC – because of the following laws he pushed through:

      1. Abortion restrictions at 6 weeks.
      2. Mandatory school prayer allocation.
      3. Constitutional carry/opened gun rights.
      4. Banned Critical Race Theory in schools and businesses.
      5. Banned gender and sexual orientation education at all grade levels (through 12).
      6. Death penalty for child molesters and rapists.
      7. Banned vaccine mandates.
      8. Went to war against Norwegian Cruise Lines, Disney, and Florida’s largest employer, US Sugar, showing a disdain for big business.
      9. Restricted or eliminated mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting.
      10. Defended Confederate monuments by law.
      11. Made it legal to use your car to escape a protest in the streets.
      12. Made it legal to apply “stand your ground” laws in protests that turn violent.
      13. Removed two Soros-backed elected officials from office.
      14. Banned transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports.
      15. Banned transgender people from using women’s bathrooms.
      16. Banned Transgender “Affirmation Therapies” for children.
      17. Imprisoned hundreds of antifa leaders throughout the state.
      18. Mandatory “Victims of Communism” education in schools – every year from 1st to 12th.
      19. Created a State Guard that does not answer to the federal government and procures its own weapons/equipment.
      20. Ended Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity programs in all state run institutions, including universities.
      21. Banned Affirmative Action for state funded university admissions.
      22. Removed three black Congressional Districts – two of which were majority black/one plurality black.
      23. Stopped all state and federal block grant subsidies to illegal aliens.
      24. Made hiring illegals a felony.
      25. Imposed a statewide homeless law that compels the homeless to be remanded to shelters or jails and recieve mental health treatment. (Camps are being built to accommodate overflow).

      Not to mention that Florida is the only state in the US with a Triple-A credit rating, a budget surplus, and no income tax.

      The Alt Right says DeSantis is terrible because he banned so-called “hate speech” on an individual’s private property (i.e., you cannot go onto someone else’s property and attack them for their faith or political creed).

      Trump says DeSantis is terrible because he is disloyal for running in 2024.

      Rick Scott, Asa Hutchinson, Nikki Haley, Jeb Bush, and Paul Ryan say DeSantis is terrible because he picks fights with woke corporations like Disney and US Sugar.

      DeSantis sounds like a monster!

      2) On his announcement to Run on Twitter, PM wrote:

      DeSantis’ live feed crashed Twitter servers with 700,000 logins in less than a minute. The Trump team says that is a disaster for DeSantis. I do not see how that kind of demand is a disaster for any candidate.

      He had 4.2 Million viewers in less than an hour.

      Regardless as to what you think about DeSantis or Trump, take a candidate with those kinds of numbers seriously.

      3) And the DOR podcast that explained that it was Caruso and Fine that did the ‘sign a bill in Occupied Palestine, NOT Ron De…..
      On tonight’s episode of Dixie on the Rocks, Padraig Martin cuts deeper into HB 269, what and why the bill emerged, the challenge with the South’s Israel worship, and what a Southern Foreign Policy look like if there was a Free and Independent Dixie.

      Do the Jewish people enjoy “co-chosen” status with Christians?

      How will HB 269 likely get used in a presidential election year?

      Why does the South love Israel and how would that get expressed in international affairs?

      What is “semitism”?

      How does our Christian social and political identity impact foreign policy?

      Can the US military learn from Bud Light?

      The show concludes with thoughts regarding the Bud Light Boycott and similarities to military recruitment.

      By the way – did you know that you have the right, since 2021, to run over protesters who occupy the streets in Florida? Learn more… come have a listen.

      https://sites.libsyn.com/429303/dixie-on-the-rocks-4-
      Merely presenting both sides….

  2. What do you think of RFK Jr.? He says he’ll shatter the CIA and unveil their secrets. The democrats he’s running for seem to despise him. Dump and DeSantis……i’m not interested in more MIGA. They won’t do anything about immigration unless it’s to Israel. DeSantis banning ant-semitism in the vein of hate speech horseshit is bad, unconstitutional and a sign of weakness and insecurity. We all know it’s also a smokescreen to weasel out legitimate criticism.

    • @Black Label…

      Yes, Sir … RFK Jr. looks best to this Southerner. I wrote more extensively of my feelings, below.

    • He says a lot of good things, but the hard truth is that his voice alone will stop him from getting anywhere. It’s too bad for him, but it makes him seem weak. Of course, Gropey Joe didn’t exactly project power, either.

  3. I think a lot of people feel Desantis is the ideal 2028 nominee but in 2024 Trump should be the nominee. They don’t hate Desantis but feel he can afford to wait. It’s too early though to say Trump has already won it, given that other front runners have collapsed. Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton, they were leading polls and then didn’t win. I’d like a candidate that is progressive on economics but moderate on social issues.

    • @DB..

      Given that I do not not see a Republican Candidate like a John Tyler or Andrew Jackson, I do not see anyone who would be perfect.

      That said, the GOP field of 2024 is worlds better than what it was in 2008 or 2012.

      I thank President Trump for that, and, perhaps incidently, Presidents Clinton, Bush Jr, and Obama for that.

  6. MAGA is just a variant of Reaganism/Neoliberalism, it’s just a bit less globalist/militarist than paleo-Reaganism.
    You could call MAGA nu, neo or national Reaganism.
    And Reaganism is basically just about making money + spreading Americanism, the religion of making money, around the globe at gunpoint.
    It’s crony capitalism with just enough social welfare to keep the working class from revolting, just enough economic mobility to keep the middleclass from revolting, and just enough social conservatism to keep real conservatives from revolting/defecting.
    Neoconservatism is also a variant of Reaganism, it’s just a bit more globalist/militarist.
    Really American conservatism hasn’t changed much since Reagan.
    Reagan, Reagan and Reagan, that’s all it’s been for 40 years now.
    Really Dixiecrats were the least real conservatives in America.

    • Trump’s whole MO is negotiating the sellout of his base for personal gain. Trump is the biggest enabler of censorship of the Right in history. He’s the biggest pusher of the deadly vax in the Republican party. Trump is 100% kike-owned and operated. Even if the same is true of DeSantis, he’s more of a standard politician. He’s not going to go out of his way to sell us out the way Trump has. How can anyone believe he’s going to pardon the January 6th trespassers, when he refused to do it at the time. The WHOLE MO OF TRUMP IS HIM NEGOTIATING OUR BETRAYAL. OUR VOTES ARE HIS LEVERAGE FOR PERSONAL GAIN.

      Those of us who have seen the extremely dangerous effects of the vax in their families are done with Trump! 100% kike stooge rat!

  7. As for DeSantis, he may be a bit more globalist/militarist than Trump, more likely to stay in Ukraine, but he may also be a bit more socially conservative than Trump.
    Since averting WW3 is priority number 1, I guess Trump is the better pick.
    He’s a bit more likely to defund Ukraine than DeSantis.
    But RFK Jr, who’s polling better against Biden than DeSantis is polling against Trump, might be better than all 3 of them.

  9. No one likes DeSantis, except Washington people. Anyone else to vote for? Just those two turds?

  10. Gallagher Plastic Surgery in Miami is still open. Dr Sidhbh Gallagher is still doing sex change surgery on teens in Florida.

  11. “Trump has vowed to end the war, but he says all kinds of things and fails to follow through on his promises.”

    The Orange Clown has the emotions of a child.

    He lashed out in a jealous rage against Musk for hosting DeSantis.

    Embarrassing.

    He talked big but folded quick when The Great Satan showed him who was in charge. Horrible appointments, failed promises, horrible compromises, and endless leftist and neocon appeasements. Not even Assange could catch a break while the worst Schlomo’s under the sun were pardoned because of Kushner’s directives.

    The injustices committed against Trump and his supporters by the Regime are unforgivable but it’s hard to feel empathy for the narcissistic and corrupt boomer who refuses to listen to and follow the commands of his voters while continuing on with his charade of even defending appointing Wray and his Covid policies.

    All he had to do was appoint fighters who believed in the cause and they would’ve gone all in but instead his former appointees are on The View trashing him daily.

    DeSantis is a good governor besides signing hate speech legislation in Florida. I think he’s more of a man of his word which maybe we need to get back to.

    No one is toppling the Regime/ZOG any time soon and it would be interesting to see what DeSantis could do.

    • Trump said Kushner is out as far as advising him again. While campaigning neither Jared nor Trump’s idiot daughter will be within a million miles of him. If Trump wins Jared Kushner and Trump’s idiot daughter will both be back in the White House as soon as Trump is sworn in.

      The guy never learns a thing.

      • It’s not that he doesn’t understand that Jared and Ivanka harm his brand and thwart his “policies.” He is going to try to benefit his daughter and serve the Jew because that is what he lives for.

    • It still amazes me how many people claim Trump accomplished so much. A loudmouth trash-talker is all he is. I’m fed up with his sorry act.

  12. I wish Governor DeSantis the very best.

    He’s been one hell of a governor – a model to other governors, most of whom seem to be clueless as to how much power a governor really has.

    That said, I cannot support Governor DeSantis in his bid for the presidency, because of the following…

    #1. His presidential candidacy is funded by the very oligarchs who have screwed up what was once a truly great nation.

    That he would accept their support, makes me terribly suspicious that he is a Trojan Horse.

    I am sorry to be old enough to think that, but, alas, time in grade walking through history forces me to do that.

    #2. Governor DeSantis does not eschew what I regard as the Master Race view of The United States – that we are to forever attempt to force our views of life on everyone.

    God, how I so hate that so many of my fellow Americans have such little knowledge of themselves, or the world, that we think ourselves up to that.

    Certainly this view of The US, as the world arbitre, has absolutely zero to do with what our Founding Fathers gave us, not to mention that it has no sense.

    #3. The Jew England Yankee United States’ Government hates Trump, but, not DeSantis, or so it seems, and that tells me everything I need to know.

    #4. The Governor, unlike both President Trump or RFK Jr, does not say the things about the situation we are in that need to be said.

    The situation is dire because our institutions have been usurped, and Governor DeSantis seems to think that it is Wokeness that is the problem.

    Yes, Wokeness IS a grave problem, but, no, it is not the core of the problem, but, rather, harnessed by those alien to us, both within the government and without, to further their misanthropic and anti-Americans aims over us.

    For these reasons I will not be supporting the governor, unless he addresses the issues.

    For me, RFK JR. is the most serious and redoubtable candidate, his courage unsurpassed in talking of this situation.

    That said, I will probably wind up supporting President Trump, a reluctant 3rd time, because I do not believe that the institutions that killed RFK Jr.’s daddy and uncle will ever stomach him.

    Of course, in this era, lacking control over the media, they, those institutions, would not dare to do what they would in the 1960s, so, I believe they will just do to RFK Jr. what they did to Senator Sanders in both 2016 and 2020 – refuse to count the actual votes.

    Still, I wish Governor DeSantis well, and pray for the health of his wife, who, unfortunately, is in the hands of the profiteering and irrational oncologists.

      • @SouthAfrica…

        If you modify your statement to, ‘those in control of America are trying to make it a gay version of the Soviet Union’, I would agree.

        They won’t succeed however, because there are tens of millions of Americans now mobilizing against their efforts to sovietize us.

        Yes, many of these Americans, now mobilizing against being sovietized, are armed and others in militias, uncountable, but, none of that is quite so powerful as having a collective mind mobilized, which is exactly what is occurring.

        Though there are many difficulties ahead, these will sort themselves out, and not to the liking of those currently in control.

        Bud Light and Target are just the first baby steps that show that.

  14. DeSantis is fake, gay, establishment. With him, you get, nothing. No big changes. No reigning in of the intelligence agencies and the FBI. Nothing. Same old Jew controlled deep State. With Trump, it’s hard to say. Appearances are that Trump is a fake Hitler,( a ringer to appease those that want deep dramatic change, which would of course entailed reigning in the Jews). He talks a lot but doesn’t do anything. On the other hand, them cheating him like they did…maybe he’s not fake. Maybe he flubbed so bad because his satanic son in law whispering into his ear constantly got him to put into place ringers that screwed up his whole ball game.

    The key is that with Trump there’s a chance, a small one, but a chance that he will blow the whole damn thing to smithereens. Put into place serious people who will arrest all these people who are making our country, and lives, miserable. It is possible. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say the last election was stolen from him in a big way. Now people say there’s no way he can win because they will steal it again. Maybe they will try, but all the court decisions and the tricks they used last time…this time people will be watching, much closer. The courts may be crooked, but there are limits. They are pushing them, very hard, right now. Some of the rulings in Arizona are so mindlessly corrupt and stupid that it’s getting harder and harder for them to pretend it’s anything but serious corruption. At some point, the legislature may start removing some of these judges. We can hope. Another stolen election with huge turn out might go over the limit where people get fed up and some serious consequences follow. I don’t think they can continuously steal elections with such blatant disregard for the rules and not eventually have some serious havoc on their hands.

    So it’s Trump all the way. And just to note I’m not, and have never been, a “Trump all the way” supporter until now. I’ve criticized him constantly. Mostly since he let Gen. Flynn twist in the wind. That REALLY pissed me off. If anyone knew where the deep State hid its secrets, it would be him as former DIA chief. With support, he could have unraveled the whole edifice of evil. If Trump had supported Flynn and got Sessions to crack down, we could have done the deep State some real damage. But, sigh, it didn’t happen. Every since that time I’ve been on the fence on whether Trump was a ringer brought in to be a fake Hitler (bringing change) or he was just a fuck up.

    My hope is that there’s a massive, stupendous turn out for Trump. I hope you people will do so and try to get as many people as possible to vote for him. At the worst, Trump was always nothing but a fake Hitler. Electing him would be no different from any of the other fake and gay Republicans. Even if they steal the election, it will be even more obvious this time, further bringing into disrepute the global homo State. This can only be good. There is no real downside to a huge outpouring of support for Trump.

    • @Charles…

      I do not think that DeSantis and Trump are compatible, on a daily basis.

      If President Trump is again the nominee, my hunch is that his first 3 choices for a running mate would be #1. Kari Lake #2 Marjorie Taylor Greene #3. Tim Scott.

  16. Heads, they win ..tails we lose..
    Yawn.. it’s the same deal always with joos and their philosemetic stooges

  18. One of my fellow White people was asking me who was my favorite for the Republican candidate. I said I don’t care, this country is boned.

  21. I was sure that assclown Dump was kaput with the pathetic result of the vaunted “Red Wave” in November, but the other day I was surprised to see the results of a poll that had him beating braindead criminal scum Biden by 9 points if the election were held today. Of course, that would likely mean jack shit if the (((Deep State))) again colluded like they did in ’20 – which they will, since they paid no price for that (they never do), or for thwarting the result of the ’16 election with the Russiagate lies.

    As for De Santis: as you said, he’s an (((Establishment))) lackey who not only truckles for the kikes in the usual fashion, he actually had the gall to sign legislation trashing free speech – IN PISSRAEL, TWICE.

    FUCK him and the dick-nosed tapir he rode in on.

    No matter what you order, you get the kosher shit sandwich…

    • Ironic,

      There is an old American movie called Orca with Richard Harris in it. It is an animal versus man revenge film. It sounded ridiculous but entertaining. Now the ridiculous is true and serious.

  23. Anyone that still thinks, especially at this late date, that we can vote our way out of this mess is delusional.

  24. P.S. An Coulter is correct in this:

    “The problem with the Trump diehards is that they’d read the bad-ass tweets, pump their fists, but then wander off, never bothering to find out what happened next. Here’s what happened: Trump surrendered. Over and over and over again….

    ….How does a Republican president get buffaloed like this by a Republican Congress? Reagan enacted his entire radical agenda (and won the Cold War) without ever, not once, having a Republican House and Senate.

    It wasn’t only Trump’s wall that followed the obnoxious tweet/face plant trajectory. It was everything. Tweeting “LAW & ORDER!” as the country went up in flames; retweeting #FireFauci while never daring to remove King Anthony from his throne; spending months tweeting about “Rocket Man,” then staging a theatrical meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un — to accomplish what exactly?

    I’ll need another column to even begin to capture the horror of this wasted presidency.

    Gov. DeSantis, I’m pretty sure I don’t need to tell you this, but please don’t do any of that.”

    https://www.takimag.com/article/how-not-to-be-president/

  25. Famous economist Martin Armstrong, known for his predictive models, says it is unlikely the 2024 US election will actually take place

    Not only war with China, economic crisis and maybe a new pandemic –

    The Dem-voting normies are losing faith, and RFK Jr in the primaries will make it obvious the system really is rigged, as they sabotage him with triple the scams they used to squash Bernie in 2016 and the other Dems in 2020

    So they will need to flip over the table … Armstrong says the US likely ends by 2032

  26. That “Aimee” talks like there is actually a male writing behind that account? It sounds like “manosphere” kind of rhetoric?

  30. They both love Jews and never say the words White and Race in a sentence…so I don’t like either one. Vote Third Party if you can find a candidate that’s cool with White Nationalist views. Deo Vindice!

  31. Trump is right about DeSantis and COVID. DeSantis let 80,000 people die, over half of which died AFTER the vaccine was available.

  32. Father John,

    I am not sure about number 3 above but the rest I believe I agree with. I loathe Trump of course. Every Mexican I know has views about him that would curl your hair.

  33. Father John,

    May I in depth analyze your points in detail?

    1. Yes except no abortion no exceptions
    2 Mandatory school prayer? No. At my Catholic school yes but with others?
    3 I am uneasy over this but I believe in killing murderers and rapists so I can live with this
    4,5,6,7–Yes. I agree
    8,9 Do not know or care about this
    10 I agree
    11-16 I agree
    17-21 I agree
    22-25 I agree

    So with the exception of number 2 and some unease over number 3 it does sound strong.

    As for running over protesters? If they pose a significant risk to life and property then I would think yes.

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