Et tu, Kellyanne?
The person largely responsible for Donald Trump‘s 2016 election victory and one of his most diehard loyalists appears to be switching sides… within her own party, of course.
In a recent appearance on Fox News (ugh), Kellyanne Conway suggested that, like so many in the Republican party, she’s caught feelings for Florida governor Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis, who is expected to announce a 2024 run for the White House sometime in the very near future.
Speaking to Martha MacCallum, Conway said she saw a clear DeSantis “lane” in the 2024 Republican presidential field. Not only that, but she offered him all sorts of free advice on how he might keep that lane open and defeat her ex-boss.
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“He’s the only candidate out there who can have his own lane,” Conway said of DeSantis. “I think everybody else is competing for that non-Trump lane and it’s going to bottleneck and be crowded very quickly. His best path is to have the Ron DeSantis Lane.”
“I think this is all about competence but he needs to show he’s not Joe Biden more than he’s not Trump. I think he’s got Trump in his head. Nobody wants to go to the Reagan library and hear you talk about leaking and drama and palace intrigue. That’s the most insider baseball stuff you can talk about.”
Conway then went on to offer DeSantis some talking points he might use to help secure the Republican nomination.
“Talk about the economy in Florida and how it’s one of the few states left that doesn’t have a state income tax,” she suggested. “People love it there for lots of reasons. Talk a little bit more about the economic miracle in Florida. I don’t think woke and COVID are two things that are going to win the nomination and ultimately the presidency.”
“But I think the more he says that, the more he’s detracting from what’s been a pretty good Republican message: ‘Make America Florida.’ Don’t we all wish? I think the people in the Dakotas wish they could have Florida weather and we all wish the President could have a supermajority to help pass legislation.”
We can only image how Trump reacted when he saw his former campaign manager/chief propagandist speaking so fondly of his biggest threat in the 2024 Republican primary. (Sorry, Nikki Haley!)
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Giving credit where credit is due, Conway’s suggestions for DeSantis aren’t bad. In fact, they’re actually quite good. We could see the strategy working well for him.
Of course, a DeSantis presidency would be terrifying for LGBTQ+ people. In addition to being the founding father of the “Don’t Say Gay” agenda sweeping the nation right now, DeSantis holds a “0” rating from HRC for his voting record on queer-related issues and legislation and his steady drumbeat of policies targeting the Black, transgender, and LGBTQ+ communities, as well as students.
In an appearance on CNN on Sunday, Gen Z congressman Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost went so far as to accuse DeSantis of engaging in “fascism.”
“This is what we’re up against in Florida right now and it’s hard to keep track of because it seems like there’s a new victim, there’s a new bill every day,” he told Jim Acosta. “But we have to call it for what it is: He is abusing his power and using the state to target political opponents and political enemies. And there’s a word for that, and it’s fascism, and we have to be honest about it.”
Frost went on to say that, while DeSantis’ political tactics are a problem right now in Florida, they could very well become a problem for the nation, should he win the Republican nomination in 2024 or, worse, the general election.
“It’s just a problem for Florida now, sure. But in a few years, it can be a problem for the nation,” he warned. “We need everybody to pay attention and talk about how he’s targeting trans folks, targeting not just Black history, but Black people in general, which is American history, and targeting marginalized communities across this entire state.”
“And here’s the sad, sad part, Jim,” Frost added. “He’s doing it because it’s polling high for him in the Republican Party. And I think that says a lot about the state of that party right now.”
abfab
…..they all want Florida weather. My God, this woman is completely out of her fukkking mind.
Mack
In Tallahassee Mussolini (and Trump) they want Fascism. They want to control everyone.
BGreen1963
No silly, just the survivors.
Mister P
Oh! You mean under a figurative bus.
DBMC
Three terrible people.
moviemag
So she’s divorcing her husband AND her boyfriend…
Richpontone
I despise Trump, DeAnus and Conned Way but Trump’s nicknames for Racist Ron as “Meatball Ron” and “Tiny D”, the latter not being Democrat are “Right On”.
Heard a story that Ronnie would date Women and they went for Thai food. He called it “Thigh Food” and when his date corrected him, he would immediately dump her as he never wanted a Woman to correct him.
abfab
A Jarhead…an empty Jarhead.
bachy
Like all bullies, Failure 45 comes up with the most demoralizing nicknames.
FreddieW
I’m so happy for George Conway.
bachy
The Totalitarian Trifecta.
LumpyPillows
We need to figure out how to beat these fools. It depends on keeping a focus on our winning topics: their war on women, blowing up the world economy with the US budget game, attacking voting rights, destroying Social Security and Medicare (did you see them go ballistic when called out on this one? and did we follow up? no), expanding the wealth gap with their gifts to the wealthy, and banning books. It is not by focusing on their winning topics: drag queens reading to children, transitioning children, and trans women invading women’s spaces – things they love to talk about because they win them votes.
abfab
Please don’t or do, take this the wrong way. Please. Another 9/11 would completely wipe the slate clean again. We will no longer be the terrorists that they paint us as. They will forget us. So will the media.
The Patriots will realize they dropped the ball (again) and the focus will shift. The Church will blame us for it, again, but that’s tired.
Recall all the bullshit sex scandal shit and the affairs of horny congressmen. It all got erased after 9/11. Who the fuk was concerned with drag queens or hormones?
We are so totally fukked right now. May the pendulum swing back ASAP. All of this shit is getting annoying. KEEP THE HOMELAND SAFE!!!
dbmcvey
What votes do you think we lose by protecting drag queens and trans women?
The people you’re trying to pacify will not be voting for Democrats under any situation.
abfab
Pills, stop the cowering!
LumpyPillows
Votes we lose? The independents we need to win.
Protecting trans women when the battle is now between women and trans women because of the mistakes the radicals made? You have to pick women if you want to win an election. The radicals – many probably paid republicans – skillfully pushed us into a losing position.
Drag queens? I don’t care where they perform, I don’t care if parents want to take their child to drag shows. It is not a winning position with most parents.
All this is stupid to focus on when we should be grilling republicans on health care costs and availability, SS and Medicare, etc. Instead we chose to play defense in the bottom of a valley with no escape route. I’m going to say it, you are one dumb puppy.