I honestly thought I might be the person on the podium on this one, but I am far from alone.
Watching Trump’s rally in PA on Saturday, I got disgusted and angry.
There was Donald Trump taking a cheap shot at Ron DeSantis for no other reason than he fears DeSantis may run against him if he decides to run for president.
Bad Move, Donnie
If Trump can keep it about the issues, he wins.
He would get overwhelming support in the party.
Trump wanted to slap himself on the back for his poll numbers in the GOP when he was supposed to be talking about two congressional candidates.
While rattling off the numbers, he took a shot at Ron DeSantis…
It makes no sense.
DeSantis is, by far, the most effective Republican governor in this country, and he is an ally, yet Trump is slapping a nickname on him like he is RINO or Democrat… and it was not funny in the least.
If I sound pissed, I am.
Trump has a massive nut in his Save America PAC that should be going to support his candidates in these tight races, but he is not spending a penny.
I get him spending money on rallies, but the majority of the money is going to pay his legal bills.
After betraying his donors, now he is going to take a shot at DeSantis? Sorry, no… I cannot get behind that, and I am far from the only one…
Also, nice job launching your public attack against the most popular conservative governor in America three days before the midterms when we’re all supposed to be showing a united front
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) November 6, 2022
What an idiot. DeSantis is a far more effective leader of the Right than Trump was, if, that is, you expect a leader to get a lot done, rather than just talking about it and owning the libs. https://t.co/HNIFFGx6mT
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) November 6, 2022
Bad mouthing the most effective governor who’s pushed nothing but conservative wins is a bad look for Trump. No idea who he’s taking advice from but it’s bad advice.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) November 6, 2022
This tells you EVERYTHING about why Donald Trump should not be the nominee in 2024. https://t.co/CdT5FUG9iL
— Ben Kew (@ben_kew) November 6, 2022
Quote from major GOP donor: “You’ve got Lindsey Graham campaigning with America First Trump endorsed candidates and hard right donors supporting Dr. Oz. The only a*sholes attacking Republicans are Liz Cheney and Donald Trump.” https://t.co/XDI5sxBDYB
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 6, 2022
This is not about you, Mr. Trump; you would think that you would have learned that by now.
And we all know you are doing well in polls, but how are your candidates doing?
Well, every one of the battleground candidates could lose and if they do, it will be your fault for talking about yourself when you should be talking about Mehmet Oz, JD Vance, Herschel Walker, and Blake Masters.
You also have to do more than just win the primary. That only gets you to the dance. You MUST win the general election or it is a fail.
If you continue to have this need to take down everyone in your path, including allies who are pushing your MAGA agenda because you deemed they wrong you in some way, you will have no shot.
The situation could not possibly be better for Trump right now, yet he still figured out a way to screw it up and piss off the very people that have supported him from the outset.