Article by NT Staff.
Trump supporters persist in spreading unfounded and unsupported rumors about other candidates. The candidate they seem to fear the most is the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis. DeSantis has a solid record of conservative accomplishments, far beyond anything Trump did as president. None of the accusations made against him are provable.
Here are some of the accusations, debunked:
CLAIM: DeSantis is somehow involved with the Bushes.
DEBUNKED: There is no evidence of any involvement by the Bushes in the DeSantis 2024 campaign. However, Bush cohorts are running the Trump campaign in NH and nationally.
Trump’s 2024 campaign manager Chris LaCivita has worked with the Bush Bros, Paul Ryan, Charlie Crist, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell, and Bob Corker.
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CLAIM: DeSantis is somehow involved with Karl Rove.
DEBUNKED: There is no evidence of any involvement by Karl Rove in the DeSantis 2024 campaign. However, Karl Rove was actually running the Trump campaign in 2020.
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CLAIM: DeSantis is somehow involved with Paul Ryan.
DEBUNKED: There is no evidence of any involvement by Paul Ryan in the DeSantis 2024 campaign. However, Trump endorsed Paul Ryan, and worked with him on fighting the Freedom Caucus, eventually concluding that Ryan was ‘like fine wine’. He also endorsed Mitt Romney for US Senate.
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HILARIOUS: Donald Trump Says Paul Ryan is Like a “Fine Wine”
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Trump endorses Paul Ryan:
Trump endorsed swamp creature Paul Ryan for Speaker, which turned out to be a huge mistake. No Wall, No Obamacare repeal, No pro-2A. I was the only member of the GOP to vote against Paul Ryan, but there was no chance to defeat him once Trump endorsed him.pic.twitter.com/uNTlPVgCox
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 3, 2023
CLAIM: DeSantis took money from George Soros or is endorsed by Soros.
DEBUNKED: There is no evidence that DeSantis took money from George Soros. OpenSecrets.org has a list of all major donors and if this were true, Soros would be listed there. However, Trump still owes Soros for a $160M loan he took. Perhaps this is why Trump hired so many Democrats to work in his administration, for example, Steve Mnuchin, Soros’s Treasury guy.
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CLAIM: Trump doesn’t take money from Lobbyists or big donors and uses his own money for his campaign.
DEBUNKED: Trump has taken plenty of money from Lobbyists and big donors including foreign nationals. He never uses his own money. His PAC is set up so that 90% of the money collected can be used to pay his personal bills. He is being investigated for scamming $250M from his supporters on the premise the money would be used to fight voter fraud when nothing of the sort happened and no organization was set up to do so.
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As the lies continue, we may add to this post from time to time, so check back!