Jeff Timmer of The Lincoln Project was reacting to the 2024 hopeful saying he would be in favor of axing four federal agencies if elected president.

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    1 year ago

    Over time it seems like his extremist lunacy is a coordinated attempt at making Pence look like a moderate and acceptable candidate in comparison. As if they are trying to pull a Biden with Pence, even though Pence is as complicit in everything Trump did as Trump himself.

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      1 year ago

      How can anyone who lived through Trump actually believe this? DeSantis isn’t some kind of psy-op to make Pence look good by comparison. That’s ridiculous.

      Given how Republicans vote these days, DeSantis has a very real chance of winning, and you’d do well not to write him off like that. That’s how we ended up with Trump in the first place.

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      1 year ago

      I live in Democrat majority Central Florida. Last week I had reason to drive out to the Gulf Coast, through very Republican areas.

      I spotted more Trump 2024 banners and flags than I cared to count, but only 1 DeSantis sign.

      DeSantis can’t even drum up support in his home state.