# Ron DeSantis 2024 (Campaign suspended on January 21, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592 "2020-04-12T00:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/582 "2024-01-22T00:51:48Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I’m a bit disappointed. Not because he has failed or was appreciably better than Trump. But this greatly decreases face-eating opportunities in the Republican Party. Does it? It might also make the remaining primary opponents stronger. (Okay let’s be honest, it’s only Haley now.) If Haley drops out it’s a completely different story. He’s effectively running unopposed at that point. Instead of now where nobody is willing to _completely_ oppose him out of fear of MAGA retaliation. But opposition still exists somewhat. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/583 "2024-01-22T03:15:09Z")
Just wanted to say that DeSantis is a toadying shit-weasel. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/584 "2024-01-22T03:16:46Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Just wanted to say… Just wanted to say I keep wanting to pronounce his name ‘Rhonda Santos’. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/585 "2024-01-22T03:59:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Just wanted to say I keep wanting to pronounce his name ‘Rhonda Santos’. For your reading pleasure: > **[Rhonda Santos Is His Secret Drag Queen Name](https://medium.com/the-haven/rhonda-santos-is-his-secret-drag-queen-name-943b73fb3609)** > > Will Ron DeSantis topple off his high-horse heels? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/586 "2024-01-22T04:39:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1749211343184413085) Nelson voice- _Ha ha!_ ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/587 "2024-01-22T05:03:56Z")
Last week: “You can be the most worthless Republican in America, but if you kiss the ring, he’ll say you’re wonderful.” Today, Ron DeSantis endorses Trump. Because of course he does. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/588 "2024-01-22T05:21:42Z")
And guess who took the bait? > **[After more than a year of savaging DeSantis, Trump 'honored' to be endorsed...](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2024/01/21/donald-trumps-campaign-said-it-was-honored-to-be-endorsed-by-florida-gov-ron-desantis-who-suspended/72305274007/)** > > DeSantis endorses Trump after Florida governor suspends campaign for GOP nomination. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/589 "2024-01-22T06:23:46Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Last week: “You can be the most worthless Republican in America, but if you kiss the ring, he’ll say you’re wonderful.” Trump will say it but I still think DeSantis and Haley have absolutely no chance of serving in a second Trump administration in any capacity whatsoever. Having the nerve to run against him at all is a profound betrayal (to Trump) and the Republican primary system falling apart one and a half contests in just feeds Trump’s narrative that he was the only choice all along, he already won before a single vote was cast and anyone who ran against him was only doing it to insult him. He may not be able to remember what day of the week it is but he’ll always remember who crossed him. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/590 "2024-01-22T06:50:28Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > He may not be able to remember what day of the week it is but he’ll always remember who crossed him. Even if he doesn’t remember their name or what their job is. > **['Nimbra': Donald Trump mocks Nikki Haley’s first name; she responds](https://www.wionews.com/world/nimbra-donald-trump-mocks-nikki-haleys-first-name-she-responds-681808)** > > Former United States president Donald Trump, eyeing a return to the presidency in the upcoming election later this year, on Friday (Jan 19) mocked presidential frontrunner Nikki Haley's first name. In a post on his social media platform Truth Social,... > **[After Trump 'Aced' Cognitive Test, He Incorrectly Blames Nikki Haley for Jan. 6](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-nikki-haley-nancy-pelosi-jan-6-cognitive-test-1234950489/)** > > After bragging he "aced" his cognitive test, Donald Trump appeared to confuse Nikki Haley with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/591 "2024-01-22T07:18:43Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > Trump will say it but I still think DeSantis and Haley have absolutely no chance of serving in a second Trump administration in any capacity whatsoever. Why? That hadn’t been a problem in the past for Trump. Lindsay Graham and Ted Cruz attacked Trump viciously but then later completely pulled a 180 after he won the nomination. > **[‘He’s there when you need him’: Trump defends Lindsey Graham at South...](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/01/trump-lindsey-graham-rally-00104520)** > > Trump told his supporters — who booed Graham at his Saturday rally — that the South Carolina senator would help him bring in additional voters. > **[Analysis: How Ted Cruz explains his massive flip-flop on Donald Trump](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/10/24/politics/ted-cruz-donald-trump-flip-flop-the-view/index.html)** > > Ted Cruz's relationship with Donald Trump, is, um, complicated. As long as you suck up to him later, and he thinks he can use you, he’s happy to be your ally. That’s how he works. He doesn’t have any principles. He doesn’t care what you said about him a week ago if you’re now praising him and can do something for him. Remember that Trump doesn’t have people working for him that he _likes_. They’re pawns to him. They’re cannon fodder and people that he’ll push onto a grenade or under a bus when it becomes useful to him. So to him, DeSantis and Haley might have a place in his future plans if they change their tune and sing his praises. Ron is already doing that. He probably thinks the best revenge is to make your enemies lick your boots and jump when you tell them to. And he’s probably not wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/592 "2024-01-22T10:26:57Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > He probably thinks the best revenge is to make your enemies lick your boots and jump when you tell them to. I’m sure that’s true. I remember when Romney dined with him to discuss a role in Trump’s cabinet, and I’ve no doubt that Trump did it in anticipation of Romney groveling for a job Trump had no intention of giving him. But has anyone critical of Trump ever been given a cabinet position or key role in his administration? Some prior critics became allies, but did any ever get inside the inner sanctum? Maybe there were, but I can’t think of any at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/593 "2024-01-22T13:06:53Z")
Guess he was not woke enough. He should have banned ALL Covid vaccinations and banned all books except the Bible and a printed US constitution. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/594 "2024-01-22T13:07:53Z")
With portions of the 14th amendment redacted of course. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/595 "2024-01-22T14:54:13Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > But has anyone critical of Trump ever been given a cabinet position or key role in his administration? Some prior critics became allies, but did any ever get inside the inner sanctum? Maybe there were, but I can’t think of any at the moment. Yes. > **[Trump and Carson 'buried the hatchet', but once traded insults with ease](https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/11/donald-trump-ben-carson-endorsement-past-insults)** > > Carson’s endorsement of Trump and the frontrunner’s praise for the retired neurosurgeon is a far cry from the disharmony of the past – here’s a reminder Trump made Carson the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development despite the fact that they once had very bitter fights between each other. Some more: > **[3 Times Donald Trump Insulted His New Cabinet Nominee Ben Carson](https://time.com/4590239/donald-trump-ben-carson-insults/)** > > "Ben Carson is a very low energy person" Carson is still defending Trump. > **[CNN host pushes back on Ben Carson saying Trump not ‘highly vindictive’](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4413718-cnn-abby-phillip-ben-carson-trump-vindictive/amp/)** > > CNN’s Abby Phillip pushed back on Ben Carson, who served as Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary under the Trump administration, after he argued that former President Trump is not a “… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/596 "2024-01-22T15:21:01Z")
The [Miami Herald](https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article284389660.html) was pretty brutal. > It’s not just that he was steamrolled by Donald Trump. DeSantis never appeared to want to save the GOP. He was more interested in making it a more ravenous, angrier and intolerant party. That worked for Trump, but didn’t work for the governor with all the charisma of burned toast. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/597 "2024-01-22T16:56:14Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > the governor with all the charisma of burned toast And not even any image of Christ on it! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/598 "2024-01-22T17:00:24Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > In retrospect, the campaign manager spent his days working on a jigsaw puzzle had exactly the right idea. This one? > ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/599 "2024-01-22T18:18:13Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > the governor with all the charisma of burned toast > > And not even any image of Christ on it! Would that be “Christ” with an “h” or deSantis’ sometimes nemesis without the “h”: > **[Charlie Crist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Crist)** > > Charles Joseph Crist Jr. (/krɪst/ KRIST; born July 24, 1956) is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2012; he was previously a Republican before becoming an independent in 2010. > Crist served in the Florida Senate from 1993 to 1999, vacating his seat to run unsuccessfully against incumbent B... Either way, DeSantis is toast with no good image. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/600 "2024-01-22T21:29:12Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > But to their credit, they got the puzzle done in 3 days even though the box said 3-5 years. I just frightened the dog, laughing. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/601 "2024-01-22T23:51:41Z")
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