POTUS 2024 declared candidates

**Brian4Liberty** · 05-22-2023, 03:56 PM

Pence was doing the media circuit last week and releasing a book. He is trying to portray himself as a fiscal conservative, but still supports the “emergency” Covid spending and stimulus checks under Trump...

Mike Pence Gears Up for Presidential Run as Supporters Launch Super PAC
5/16/23

Supporters of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC in preparation for Pence's expected challenge to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.
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The pro-Pence super PAC will reportedly be co-chaired by former GOP Representative Jeb Hensarling, a close Pence ally, and long-serving Republican consultant Scott Reed, who previously served as the manager of Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign.
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"People know Mike Pence, they just don't know him well," he added. "This campaign is going to reintroduce Mike Pence to the country as his own man, not as vice president, but as a true economic, social and national security conservative—a Reagan conservative."
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More: https://www.newsweek.com/mike-pence-...er-pac-1800492

**Occam's Banana** · 05-22-2023, 08:05 PM

https://twitter.com/axios/status/1660790506849181696

**Occam's Banana** · 05-23-2023, 11:33 PM

The butt-hurt is strong in this one.

Ron DeSantis Will Formally Announce His 2024 Bid With Elon Musk, Because Apparently David Duke Wasn’t Available
Launching with the Twitter owner is certainly a choice.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023...4-announcement
[archive link: https://archive.is/ijgcU]
Bess Levin (23 May 2023)

After many months of refusing to confirm what so many people already suspected, Ron DeSantis will reportedly announce on Wednesday that he is running for president. And that’s not all: He is said to be planning to formally jump into the 2024 race during a conversation on Twitter with Elon Musk, because apparently other neo-Nazi sympathizers weren’t available.

Yes, NBC News reports that the Florida governor’s formal announcement will occur tomorrow night on Twitter Spaces—during a live audio chat that will begin at 6 p.m. ET and be moderated by Musk’s longtime friend David Sacks. According to the outlet, DeSantis’s campaign will “release a launch video” on Wednesday evening, which the governor will follow up with visits to a number of early states after Memorial Day. As for how this all came together, DeSantis’s team has reportedly “been in talks with Musk for at least the last few weeks,” according to a person familiar with the matter—and during those discussions, Musk has indicated that he doesn’t think Donald Trump will be able to win a second term. While Musk said last year that he would back DeSantis if the governor were to run for president, on Friday, the billionaire praised an ad by Senator Tim Scott, who announced Monday that he is also running for the White House.

As NBC News notes, aligning with Musk and his 140 million followers could give DeSantis a “significant boost,” but there’s also an obvious downside to teaming up with a guy who has said and done terrible things—and who has turned Twitter into a safe haven for hate speech; given a new home to Tucker “Great Replacement Theory” Carlson; and made remarks about George Soros that the Anti-Defamation League said would “embolden extremists.”

On the other hand, it’s very possible that that’s exactly why DeSantis wants to align himself with Musk. Per NBC News:

Musk has carved out an intense following after he purchased Twitter with the promise to return “free speech” after years of complaints from the right that the site had tried to censor conservatives…. One of the sources familiar with the plans told NBC News that DeSantis’s aides have been watching Twitter become an increasingly friendly space for conservative firebrands under Musk’s leadership, allowing them to speak directly to their conservative audience and bypass traditional media—something that was once Trump’s superpower.

Anyway, just as a reminder, a DeSantis presidency is as terrible a prospect as a Trump one.

**Occam's Banana** · 05-23-2023, 11:43 PM

Added Tim Scott (declared Monday May 22) and Ron DeSantis (expected to declare Wednesday May 24).

**Brian4Liberty** · 05-24-2023, 04:26 PM

https://twitter.com/USAB4L/status/1661498085753892864

**dannno** · 05-24-2023, 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty

https://twitter.com/USAB4L/status/1661498085753892864

Did he ever get to announcing?

Even the replay is royally $#@!ed...

**Brian4Liberty** · 05-24-2023, 04:50 PM

Thomas Massie talking right now on Musk-Desantis Twitter broadcast.

**Brian4Liberty** · 05-24-2023, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by dannno

Did he ever get to announcing?

Even the replay is royally $#@!ed...

I'm hearing a Q&A right now. I don't know if it's a replay or live.

**69360** · 05-24-2023, 05:58 PM

I wonder if the DeSantis people have info about Trump's legal issues that isn't public knowledge. I'm surprised he got in the race this soon.

**Anti Globalist** · 05-24-2023, 06:35 PM

Pretty obvious that DeSantis's candidacy for POTUS is just an attempt to split the GOP vote. Don't expect any unity at all during the general election.

**unknown** · 05-25-2023, 11:59 AM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JHUt8O5Hz9w

**Occam's Banana** · 05-25-2023, 08:25 PM

**Occam's Banana** · 05-25-2023, 09:51 PM

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT BY RON DeSANTIS!!!
https://rumble.com/v2pt8f0-bam.html

**Occam's Banana** · 05-27-2023, 12:31 AM

https://twitter.com/TheCalvinCooli1/...89958713176065

**Occam's Banana** · 05-27-2023, 10:06 PM

Week-in-Review: Americans Reject Biden—Show Huge Support for RFK Jr/Anyone-Else, World Revolts Against US Hegemony, Feinstein Shielded by Clinton/Pelosi—Why? | SYSTEM UPDATE #89
https://rumble.com/v2q7soy-system-update-show-89.html

CLIP:

Americans Reject Biden—Show Huge Support for RFK Jr/Anyone-Else | SYSTEM UPDATE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBBUempOB-c

**Brian4Liberty** · 05-30-2023, 11:25 AM

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/sta...73559044702210

**Brian4Liberty** · 05-30-2023, 11:28 AM

https://twitter.com/hrkbenowen/statu...97930836525108

**TheTexan** · 05-30-2023, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Brian4Liberty

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/sta...73559044702210

Self righteous $#@!, "we are in Ukraine because we are a good people, helping these brutalized Ukrainians"

**acptulsa** · 05-30-2023, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by TheTexan

Self righteous $#@!, "we are in Ukraine because we are a good people, helping these brutalized Ukrainians"

Considering he used it as a lead-in to, "What are our government's objectives..?" I file it under you get more flies with honey...

"That is completely antithetical to a humanitarian mission."

**TheTexan** · 05-30-2023, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by acptulsa

Considering he used it as a lead-in to, "What are our government's objectives..?" I file it under you get more flies with honey...

"That is completely antithetical to a humanitarian mission."

Kind of makes him look like a pussy though.

It's, like, "this is a super righteous war and the Ukrainians really need our help because they are being brutalized by an evil invader, but it's like, not in our national interests to help them, so we shouldn't".

When has that argument ever worked in America lol

**Occam's Banana** · 05-30-2023, 09:59 PM

CLIP from SYSTEM UPDATE #90

Absurd Media Struggles to Discern Who Is Worst: Trump, DeSantis, Putin, or Literal Hitler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji-VspBqSDI

**jmdrake** · 05-31-2023, 02:11 AM

Originally Posted by TheTexan

Kind of makes him look like a pussy though.

It's, like, "this is a super righteous war and the Ukrainians really need our help because they are being brutalized by an evil invader, but it's like, not in our national interests to help them, so we shouldn't".

When has that argument ever worked in America lol

His position is imminently logical. So logical that in Star Trek it confounded a Vulcan.

And it should resonate with democrats, especially when juxtaposed with the memory of the Iraq war. Interestingly enough a slight majority of Democrats supported the Iraq invasion, but most have amnesia about their support.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/24760/r...rt-troops.aspx

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/p...g-the-iraq-war

If RFK Jr. ever gets to debate Biden he'll wipe the floor with Biden on this point alone. And that's another reason Biden is scared to debate.

**TheTexan** · 05-31-2023, 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by jmdrake

And it should resonate with democrats, especially when juxtaposed with the memory of the Iraq war. Interestingly enough a slight majority of Democrats supported the Iraq invasion, but most have amnesia about their support.

The "logical" position of peace should resonate but it doesn't. Never has.

Regardless of how logical the peace part of his position is, anyone who's got their tongue so far up Ukraine's butthole is a moronic douchnozzle

**jmdrake** · 05-31-2023, 10:40 AM

Originally Posted by TheTexan

The "logical" position of peace should resonate but it doesn't. Never has.

Regardless of how logical the peace part of his position is, anyone who's got their tongue so far up Ukraine's butthole is a moronic douchnozzle

Yeah. Reminds me of the "electability" trope Fox threw at Ron Paul in 2008.

While it didn't help in that election cycle, Ron Paul eventually made it safe for Republicans to be anti-war again. Maybe RKJ Jr's impact will be felt years later if not now. One can only hope.