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The David Pakman Show

5/17/23: DeSantis collapse continues as Musk, Palin, Trump lose their minds

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

News, Politics

4.8 β€’ 6.2K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

-- On the Show: -- Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' 2024 presidential campaign continues to collapse before it even starts, with his polling continuing to decline -- Elon Musk defends his tweets, calls himself "pro-Semite," and defends his conspiratorial claims about a recent mass shooting during a bizarre interview with CNBC's David Faber -- Failed former President Donald Trump, in a bad mood, is interviewed by fired Fox News hots Dan Bongino, where both Trump and Bongino lie badly about the recently released Durham report -- A desperate Donald Trump is interviewed on Newsmax and simply cannot, or will not, stop lying -- Caller talks about limiting presidential pardon power -- Caller discusses the disadvantage the left has on social media -- Former Republican Alaska Governor Sarah Palin appears on Newsmax to discuss immigration, and it's an absolute humiliation -- Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones wildly claims that Kari Lake is "really" the Governor of Arizona in a deranged statement -- Voicemail caller is absolutely stunned by the interview with urine-drinking Christopher Key -- On the Bonus Show: Major concerns about Dianne Feinstein in the Senate, Florida rejects Holocaust textbooks for wokeness, Florida teacher says she's under investigation for showing Disney moving with gay character, much more... 🌱 Ounce of Hope: Get 25% OFF with code PAKMAN at https://www.ounceofhope.com/ 🀒 Reliefband: Use code PAKMAN for 20% OFF + free shipping at https://reliefband.com ♨️ Bon Charge Sauna Blanket: Use code PAKMAN for 15% OFF at https://boncharge.com/pakman πŸ‘‚ MDHearing: Just $149.99 each + free charging case. Use code PAKMAN at https://mdhearing.com 😁 Zippix Toothpicks: Code PAKMAN10 saves you 10% at https://zippixtoothpicks.com πŸ“– Shortform: Try it for free and get 25% off at https://shortform.com/pakman -- Become a Supporter: http://www.davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/thedavidpakmanshow -- Subscribe to Pakman Live: https://www.youtube.com/pakmanlive -- Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/davidpakmanshow -- Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow -- Leave us a message at The David Pakman Show Voicemail Line (219)-2DAVIDP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Florida governor Ron DeSantis still has not even announced that he is joining the Republican

0:21.6

presidential primary and his candidacy continues to collapse.

0:26.3

Well, hold on.

0:27.3

If it hasn't started, how is it collapsing?

0:30.8

The answer is recent polling.

0:33.3

You have to see this.

0:35.0

It's actually, I don't know that we've ever seen anything like this.

0:39.1

The green line on your screen pointing down is Ron DeSantis's polling.

0:45.2

And I'll give you the numbers if you're just listening today.

0:48.0

The purple line near the top is Donald Trump's, which continues to climb.

0:55.0

Everything happened right around March 28, 29, 30th that has sent Donald Trump's Republican

1:02.8

polling up and Ron DeSantis's Republican polling down.

1:07.4

And this just so happens to have been the moment where we learned Donald Trump would be

1:12.1

indicted and arrested.

1:13.8

Yes, I continue to believe that the arrest and indictment of Trump does nothing for him

1:20.9

if he makes it to the general election in November of 2024.

1:25.5

But it is undeniably clear that it is doing something for him in the Republican primary.

1:31.9

Ron DeSantis now down barely to 20% on average in recent polling.

1:37.6

He had reached as high as 32, 33.

1:40.8

And Donald Trump continues to climb now holding 55% of the Republican primary ballot.

1:48.1

Understanding also that a bunch of the support is among people who aren't even running at this

1:54.5

point in time.

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