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There's no two ways about it – Ron DeSantis' long-awaited presidential campaign announcement on Wednesday night was a disaster.
How fitting that Elon Musk smashed the launch button and we all listened as their clever little Twitter scheme exploded into a million pieces.
There. We've had our laugh. We've made our rocket puns. But now it's time to move on because this is deadly serious.
What really matters for every Republican, conservative and otherwise reasonable voter in the country, who is devastated over America's accelerating decline, has nothing to do with a computer glitch.
It's about a stark choice.
It's DeSantis or another four years of decrepit Joe Biden.
Election-denying Donald Trump can't win another general election. The GOP cannot go down that rutted road again.
What really matters for every Republican, conservative and otherwise reasonable voter in the country, who is devastated over America's accelerating decline, has nothing to do with a computer glitch.
There's no two ways about it – Ron DeSantis' long-awaited presidential campaign announcement on Wednesday night was a disaster.
If you don't remember how revolting Trump can be on the campaign trail? He gave us all a reminder last night.
On Truth Social, Trump posted a spoof video of DeSantis' Twitter Spaces event featuring Adolph Hitler, The Devil, Dick Cheney, George Soros, and others.
The video ends with an imitation voice of Trump saying: 'Ron DeSanctimonious can kiss my big beautiful 2024 presidential a**. Trump 2024 baby, let's go.'
Buckle up GOP. This is just the beginning of the insanity.
Recall the roller coaster from hell that was the 2016 Republican Party primary.
Trump falsely claimed that Ted Cruz's father cavorted with John F. Kennedy's assassin. He compared Ben Carson to a 'child molester.'
He responded to Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly's tough questioning at a Republican primary debate by saying, 'there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her — wherever.'
He insulted my father's legendary military service with this uniquely deranged statement: 'He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured.'
It's not lost on me that I'd sooner go blue in the face before I convince Trump's die-hard army of supporters to abandon him over this rhetoric. So, I won't waste my breath on them.
But Trump's base won't elect the next president. They didn't in 2020 and they won't in 2024.
Not convinced?
Trump's CNN Town Hall in early May was clear proof that he's talked his way straight out of contention in the general election, rambling on about 'stolen elections' and defending his bizarre belief that famous men somehow have special dispensation to molest women.
He responded to Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly's (above) tough questioning at a Republican primary debate by saying, 'there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her — wherever.'
