Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign has been having some issues lately with staffing and momentum, but as far as we can tell, he's still in the race and still Donald Trump's most formidable rival for the 2024 GOP nomination. DeSantis' record is pretty consistently conservative, which can't be said about Donald Trump. Temperament-wise, eloquence-wise, fitness-wise, and even age-wise, DeSantis blows Trump out of the water.
You'd have to be significantly cognitively impaired not to see that.
And speaking of significant cognitive impairment, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman has some thoughts about the 2024 GOP presidential race and Ron DeSantis' prospects. Sorry, I meant Top Democrat John Fetterman:
“Fetterman said no other GOP presidential candidate stands a better chance against Biden than Trump, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. He cast DeSantis as extreme, citing his staunch anti-abortion stance and his focus on waging culture wars” https://t.co/8hWYYAsB6A
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) July 26, 2023
“Donald Trump can’t beat President Biden in Pennsylvania but, assuming it will be President Trump, it’s going to be closer,” Fetterman said of the current Republican presidential front-runner.
“Trump has to perform above his ceiling,” he explained, adding that the former president is still very popular in the state. “You still see Trump signs everywhere in Pennsylvania, and you have to respect Trump’s strength.”
Trump won Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes in 2016 by a narrow margin but lost the state resoundingly to Biden in 2020. Democrats are looking to repeat that kind of performance next year, especially with blue-collar voters in deep-red counties.
Fetterman said no other GOP presidential candidate stands a better chance against Biden than Trump, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. He cast DeSantis as extreme, citing his staunch anti-abortion stance and his focus on waging culture wars, including over transgender rights.
First of all:
“Top Democrat” 😂
— Cheryl B (@Cheryl707) July 26, 2023
Top Democrat? Hahahahahahahaha
— thedude (@dosgloves) July 26, 2023
Top democrat? lol
— r pro (@rjp1208) July 26, 2023
Now Fetterman is a "top Democrat"?
— Ge🌞rge Wept (@GeorgeWept) July 26, 2023
😄😄😄😄 https://t.co/4H2g7z24Es
Just because towers over other Democrats doesn't mean he's at the top of the heap.
And maybe Fetterman's right that Trump still has the edge in Pennsylvania, but if that's the case, it's not likely because Ron DeSantis is "extreme." And Fetterman's characterization of DeSantis as extreme seems extra silly considering the sorts of extremism that have become mainstream in the Democratic Party. Or Donald Trump's own special brand of extremism, for that matter.
Donald Trump , famously neutral in the culture wars.
— Phil (@RealPhillyP) July 26, 2023
Fetterman's brain may still be damaged after his life-threatening stroke last year, but he's smart enough to understand how important it is to the Democrats that Donald Trump ultimately run away with the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. A Trump nomination all but guarantees a Biden (or Harris) victory in 2024. So it makes sense that from a purely political standpoint, he (and the rest of his party) would have a vested interest in talking up Trump's prospects and talking down DeSantis'. With some help from his trusty iPad, of course (HuffPost's Igor Bobic reported that Fetterman used his iPad to transcribe his conversation with reporters in real time — no word on what role, if any, the iPad played in cleaning up Fetterman's trademark verbal stumbles).
Fetterman said no such thing. There are too many words and ideas in this sentiment for him to string together.
— The Rancor Keeper (@ohnotherancor) July 26, 2023
That theory may not be nice, but that doesn't mean it's not fair.
In any event, when it comes to honest, objective assessments of the 2024 GOP presidential field, we shouldn't look to Democrats, Top or otherwise, to provide them.
I'm willing to bet this isn't what Fetterman said verbatim. But now they're gone from hinting that they want Trump to stating it outright. https://t.co/vjtnIN9JWZ
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) July 26, 2023
They might as well put it in neon. https://t.co/RTTF2mDmqW
— Cindy Cooper (@CindyCoops) July 26, 2023
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