Ron DeSantis is ending his 2024 Republican presidential campaign after failing to overtake Trump in polling or in the early vote
  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1472·
    6 months ago

    Whomp whomp, now time for his little ass to run back home to Florida to continue to make our state worse, fuck DeSantis.

      • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        272·
        6 months ago

        I’ve been voting against the right for 20+ years in this state, they’ll just vote for whichever ® is up next, Nicki Fried might have a shot but I’m not counting on it, either way she’s got my vote, or whomever is going against the ®.

          • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            6 months ago

            A lot of these people here are braindead about that stuff, and if they consume right wing media they “know” the problem is “Biden” or at least that’s how they’ll reason it.

            • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
              5·
              6 months ago

              Heard a 20-something on NPR who lived in FL saying she was going to vote for DeSantis because she can’t afford to move out of her parents house, but will vote for Trump now.

              Bitch, you for real? You thought DeSantis was your savior, and now you think it’s an actual real estate mogul?

              The house I bought in 2015 has tripled in value since then. Most of that before 2020. I moved in 2019 and my new house has seen a similar gain. Not that it matters for me as a homeowner, I can’t afford to sell it because then I have to buy something else, now with a higher interest rate.

              • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                6 months ago

                I can’t afford to sell it because then I have to buy something else, now with a higher interest rate.

                I’m in the same boat now too, and I’m being forced away from my home for work, so now i have to maintain my existing home in FL while living in Atlanta, and somehow my company thinks I’m just supposed to make it all work out. Meanwhile everything was great while working remote until they forced us back into the office, an office I’ve never worked in as I hired on as remote work.

                • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
                  2·
                  6 months ago

                  And I’m not really complaining about the high interest rates either. While I love the interest rate that I refi’d at, I recognize that that was very much an anomaly that I was fortunate to take advantage of, and that the comparatively higher interest rates now were necessary to keep inflation from spiraling out of control even more than it did.

                  Interest rates now are still, historically, at a rather modest level. Still means that what would otherwise be a very lateral move ends up being much more expensive.

                  At least 0% interest rate offers on credit cards are plentiful and I can use large (otherwise planned and budgeted) purchases to leverage that against inflation a little more. And some of that is going into refreshing home appliances and sweat-equity improvements, so at least it’s (even if barely) helping to improve the value of my home. Only appliance I haven’t upgraded yet is the range. And considering the energy improvement 0% loans to replace my oil boiler with heat pumps with resistive backups and potentially add solar.

      • maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zoneEnglish
        8·
        6 months ago

        Reminds me of the Psychlos from Battlefield Earth. Awkwardly walking slowly through every scene they are in because of the boots/stilts that were part of the costume.

        • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          I never saw Battlefield Earth (and people tell me I’m better off for it) but I know what you mean.

          He reminded us of the Pucks from Carnival Row walking, but yeah. Those cowboy boot lifts . . . Streisand effect PLUS looking ridiculous, lol.

            • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              6 months ago

              Yeah, it was very slow to take off, hard to get a grasp of who was doing what to whom and why (which is important because later the plot hinges on your understanding more than on what is seen), and then the season ended abruptly.

              It’s much better if you can watch both seasons at once, because it does get MUCH faster and far more entertaining. It’ll never be a 10, but I thought Season 2 was a good 7.5 to 8, if you’re into that genre.

              Season 1 with no follow up was blah at best; I wasn’t even going to watch Season 2 but then I was sick one day and said what the hell, and it ended up being a great binge. Especially when you see a Puck walk and you’re like, oh shit, that’s Ron Desantis, lol.

  • Hairyblue@kbin.social
    841·
    6 months ago

    Bye loser.
    Nikki isn’t going to win either. I like that she is hitting Trump on his mental state and other problems, but she’ll never win the primary over Trump. It’s a cult.

    • LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works
      81·
      6 months ago

      Half of her supporters said in one poll that they’d vote for Biden instead of Trump if she doesn’t win, I want her to hang in as long as she can!

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      40·
      6 months ago

      I can only assume her play is in hope that Trump’s criminal and civil cases catch up and make her the back up choice.

      DeSantis voters are probably mostly going to Trump.

  • neidu2@feddit.nl
    671·
    6 months ago

    The truth is he still thinks he can win, but his feet hurt so much from walking in heels all day, and he hasn’t felt the sweet sweet flavor of pudding on his fingers in what seems like forever.

    • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
      32·
      6 months ago

      They should make him carry it for the full term, hemorrhaging all the way until it eventually kills the entire campaign due to wholly preventable options, which he prevented.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
    481·
    6 months ago

    We don’t have a clear path to victory

    That this can possibly be true after coming second in the first and only contest goes to show how much of a farce the whole thing was from the start.

    • Riccosuave@lemmy.world
      704·
      6 months ago

      Good plan. I’m gonna go lurk for 5 minutes, and see how they’re holding up. Will report back momentarily.

      Edit: Okay, maybe 5 minutes was too long.

      • They are still caught somewhere in between glazing up DeSantis for his 2028 bid, and arguing over whether that makes sense because Trump will be running for the fourth time. You have to appreciate the irony of that subtle admission that he will either be ignoring term limits if he does win, or that he is going to lose but they still won’t be able to get rid of him.

      • Still coping with the fact that Nikki Haley has the audacity to run against Trump given that she is a deep state operative and also a woman.

      • Screaming that the sky is falling like chicken little in the middle of a meteor bombardment because the “radical left” is trying to hold Trump accountable for the crimes he committed even though most of them apparently don’t even like him anymore, and are tired of his temper tantrums.