After leaving the White House, former President Trump moved to Florida. Having endorsed Ron DeSantis for Governor in 2018, Trump in 2022 said he would vote for DeSantis again.
Two weeks ago, Trump started a series of attacks against DeSantis that DeSantis had too aggressively locked down Florida. Trump complained that DeSantis had harmed Florida’s economy as a result. Never mind that it was local authorities who decided to close beaches in Florida, Trump attacked DeSantis for doing so and for shuttering schools. Remember, please, that when DeSantis reopened Florida schools while Trump was President, Trump criticized him for doing so.
Well, two weeks after attacking DeSantis for closing Florida, Trump is now attacking DeSantis for not closing Florida longer, killing people, and destroying Florida’s economy because of the death toll DeSantis supposedly inflicted on the state. Trump now believes the state he moved to after the presidency is one of the worst in the nation, nearly unlivable, and all the fault of the man he voted for in the gubernatorial race.
Is this dementia? Trump seems to have no memory of just two weeks ago attacking DeSantis for doing the exact opposite of what Trump is now attacking him for. Trump seems to have no memory that it was Trump who moved to Florida, a state he now declares is terrible.
If this were Biden, we’d be questioning if Grandpa Dementia’s memory was failing him again. Roughly the same age, perhaps we are now dealing with Dementia Don.
One more point — Trump is now endorsed by several Florida congressmen and women. Reporters should be putting microphones in their faces to see if those members of Congress agree with Trump’s assessment of their state.
I won’t hold my breath, however, because the only people who want Trump to get the GOP nomination more than Trump and his team are the political reporters and Democrats of America.
As long as you have the microphone in front of those Florida Congressmen, it would be interesting to ask if anyone from the Trump campaign had approached them with the choice, "Support Trump now or he not only will not endorse your reelection, but he'll seek to put up an opposition candidate to you." This is exactly what Trump did with several senate and House candidates that would not publicly condemn the 2020 election results. Several of those who refused were primaried out in favor of Trump candidates -- a number of whom lost, costing the GOP the Red Wave. The Dems were so certain Trump-backed candidates would be weaker, that many of them changed parties to vote for the Trumpsies in the GOP primaries. Wonder how many of them stayed on the GOP rolls, now boosting Trump's numbers against DeSantis?
Do Byron Donalds and others really think Trump has the best chance of winning? They should read Andy McCarthy's latest National Review column.
Money quote...
"If this were Biden, we’d be questioning if Grandpa Dementia’s memory was failing him again. Roughly the same age, perhaps we are now dealing with Dementia Don."