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riversedge

(70,303 posts)
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:21 AM Aug 2021

Dean: Covid-19 will end mini-Trump's Florida career like it ended Trump's presidency

We can only hope #deathDeSantis will
fade away. But my guess is -he is like Trump--he will make trouble for decades.





As Florida's Covid-19 caseload breaks the state's own all-time records, doctor and former governor Howard Dean appraises the troubled record of Florida Governor DeSantis, giving him an 'F' on substance. Dean says Desantis, who has styled himself after Donald Trump, will find Covid-19 dealing him the same political fate as Trump in this interview with MSNBC's Ari Melber. (The interview was part of a longer reported segment documenting DeSantis' record.)Aug. 11, 2021



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SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
1. Sure It Will
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:24 AM
Aug 2021

I have little doubt that the brilliant constituents in Floriduh will elect him to a new term next year, and give him a platform from which to run for President in 2024.

He hasn't come all this way to let some angry voters stand in his way. If he has to rig the votes, he'll do it. He does it every day with the Covid #'s, which I'm sure has been good practice for the election.

jimfields33

(15,954 posts)
2. A year is a lifetime in politics
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:29 AM
Aug 2021

I do wish we heard more from Val demmings. She’s so great. I’d like to see her on tv everyday.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
6. I Sure Hope So
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:42 AM
Aug 2021

But I have very little faith in Floridians to do the right thing and elect him.

I have more faith that DeSatan will do whatever he must, including rigging the election, to ensure he retains his power. He wants to run for President, and that's not gonna happen if he gets voted out of office.

I have little faith in the future of this country, unfortunately.

SheilaAnn

(9,709 posts)
11. If I weren't 81 years old I'd definitely be looking to move to England. Grandmom left that legacy
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:58 PM
Aug 2021

for me. LOL.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
14. Britain Has It's Own Problems, Unfortunately
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:08 PM
Aug 2021

They may not be as screwed up as we are, but they elected a Doofus in Boris, and voted for Brexit, against their best interests IMO.

PortTack

(32,793 posts)
10. Oh I agree with Dean..his approval rating dropped from 55% to 44.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:53 PM
Aug 2021

The orange mass ended his career doing the same.

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
12. Hope You're Right
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 12:59 PM
Aug 2021

But honestly, I have Zero faith in FL voters, much as I do with TX voters.

I don't doubt that DeSatan will do everything he can, legal and otherwise, much like his cult leader, to remain in power, and continue his quest to run for President.

It's a Cult, and we're not followers, so we may not understand it, but that does not mean they don't exist. He maintains a lot of support. He should be polling at 24%, not 44.

hlthe2b

(102,360 posts)
9. Looking at the numbers that are 99.99% the result of the RW-induced ANTI-VACCINATED!
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:57 AM
Aug 2021

DO YOU really blame Biden for that? REALLY?

SoCalDavidS

(9,998 posts)
13. Are You Going To Blame Dr. Fauci Next?
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 01:01 PM
Aug 2021

How the hell is President Biden going to get the people who HATE him and everything he says, to get vaccinated?

If anything, their fucking goal is to make Biden look bad. They'll take a 100,000 more deaths, if it Owns The Libs.

CrispyQ

(36,516 posts)
4. With the exception of the word sentient, I have to agree with Dean.
Fri Aug 13, 2021, 10:31 AM
Aug 2021
He (Dean) has said Republican members of the House of Representatives were particularly inept. “There are some House Republicans who are basically a sentient YouTube comment section,” Dean said. “They have nothing to contribute, frankly, to American politics, except for incendiary and sometimes delusional public statements.”

After the Jan. 6 insurrection, Dean said the need to keep these people from power has become all-encompassing, and he called on members of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party to follow the lead of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in moderating their language while continuing to push their agenda within the Democratic framework because the alternative—a Republican administration containing the likes of Sen. Josh Hawley and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo—is too alarming.


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