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The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt on why Ron DeSantis’ presidential run is already over

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8784 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Steve Schmidt breaks down the plummet in Ron DeSantis' poll numbers and why his 2024 presidential run has already collapsed. Steve questions DeSantis' qualifications for President of the United States, his team's flawed strategy to undermine Trump and his inability to connect with voters. To become a The Warning Premium Member with access to premium content visit: https://thewarning.supercast.com/

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0:00.0

How is it that Ron DeSantis came to be seen as a credible candidate for the office of President of the United States?

0:11.8

What was that trajectory? What qualifications does he have to be a national leader? Let's look at his career.

0:22.6

He was elected to Congress. And then very narrowly,

0:24.6

he won an election to Florida governor,

0:27.6

running against somebody who was found, passed out,

0:30.6

pictured half naked, smoking crack

0:33.6

a few months after the election.

0:35.6

So with that, Ron DeSantis became qualified, according to the

0:42.0

American National News Media, because of his office, to hold the most powerful office in the world,

0:50.0

to be the commander-in-chief of the most powerful military, to be the commander-in-chief of the

0:55.4

world's most powerful nuclear arsenal, and leader, president of the mightiest republic

1:01.4

in human history. That Ron DeSantis obviously lacks the talent, the grace, the judgment for the

1:08.0

position, doesn't matter. All that matters is that he cleared the admissions

1:13.0

process. He's not so different than a high school kid whose life is made at the age of 17 because

1:19.9

they did well in high school and hopped high on the standardized tests. Does he have a lick of common sense?

1:27.2

Judging by the fights he's picked as governor of

1:29.7

Florida, the war he's waged with Disney, the answer is no. Chris Christie described Ron DeSantis

1:36.9

as one of the two worst politicians he's ever seen, the other being Marco Rubio.

1:43.5

The simple truth is, Ron DeSantis is a strange cat.

1:48.8

And America doesn't elect strange cats to be president of the United States. This country

1:54.6

elect an orange narcissistic demagogue, but not a strange cat like DeSantis. I mean, first off, why does Ron DeSantis, a 52-year-old male,

2:06.5

walk around with everything he owns having his name stamped on it? It's bizarre. Trump was right

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