Ron DeSantis appeared on FOX & Friends on Memorial Day and was asked what distinguishes him from Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. He said that as president that he would ‘destroy leftism in America.’
A bold claim, to be sure, but one that will resonate with many conservatives who see the left taking over every institution in the country.
The Guardian reports:
Ron DeSantis says he will ‘destroy leftism’ in US if elected presidentPredicting two terms in the White House should he defeat Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination next year, Ron DeSantis said he would go on to “destroy leftism in this country”.“I will be able to destroy leftism in this country and leave woke ideology in the dustbin of history,” the Florida governor told Fox News.DeSantis declared his long-expected run last week, in a glitch-filled appearance on Twitter with its owner, Elon Musk.The widely panned launch followed a long phony war period in which DeSantis toured early voting states and launched a campaign-oriented book but nonetheless fell further and further behind the former president in primary polling…Undaunted, the governor told Fox & Friends on Monday: “At the end of the day, I’ve shown in Florida an ability to win huge swaths of voters that Republicans typically can’t win – while also delivering the boldest agenda anywhere in the country.”
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People on the left are reacting to this predictably.
Do people on the left not understand that conservatives and also many independents feel like the left has pushed the nation to the limit and want leftism destroyed?
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