Man, when the hardcore folks get going, the going really gets hardcore. At least this is the lesson that Donald Trump is about to learn, if he can take his eyes off the TV set and predictions of his impending doom via Alvin Bragg, Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels. That’s the shiny object of the moment, but it is far and away not the only thing of note which is going on.
No, slipping under the radar, quiet but certainly not unseen, is one Ken Cuccinelli. You may recall this guy. Trump loved him a lot because he was anti-immigration all the way. He was known as a “hard-liner.” He pushed legislation in Virginia which could get people fired if they dared speak a language other than English in the workplace. He even wanted to revote birthright citizenship.
Cuccinelli was all for whatever mayhem was happening at the southern border. Teach people a lesson, all that. He heard all the horror stories you did, about kids dying of pneumonia in their cells, not given proper medical care, hell, not even given fresh water a lot of the time. Reports filtered out of people drinking from toilets. Cuccinelli was not moved by any of this.
You would think that a guy this indelibly cast in the MAGA mold would be dying for Trump to be reelected. You would think he’d be on the phone to Stephen Miller nightly, wanting to know when the band’s getting back together. And you would be dead wrong. No, he’s all in for Ron DeSantis, whom he calls “America’s future.” Axios:
Ken Cuccinelli, a former top Trump immigration official, launched a super PAC today dedicated to urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president.
- “The energy is real,” Cuccinelli says in the launch video, which does not mention Trump. “Grassroots conservatives see that Governor DeSantis is a proven leader who can win in 2024.”
- “America’s future is Ron DeSantis.”
Between the lines: Cuccinelli’s Never Back Down PAC is likely to serve as an approved outside spending vehicle for DeSantis’ still undeclared campaign, the Washington Post reports.
- While DeSantis isn’t expected to announce until at least May, he has in recent conversations “described his presidential plans without any caveats that would suggest he’s still deciding,” according to the Post.
So the shadow campaign of DeSantis goes forward yet another yard or two down the field. For the man who hasn’t even said he’s in the game, he sure seems to be gaining a lot of ground.
The question now becomes, when is Trump planning to unveil the skeletons in DeSantis’ closet(s)? Trump claims he knows things  about DeSantis, “more about him than anybody except other than his wife.”
Who knows, maybe DeSantis’ father killed JFK? No, wait, I got it: Elvis killed JFK and DeSantis’ father killed Elvis.
Does he realize how much money Rat Desanitary will spend flying all those immigrants first class to blue states? Or, maybe batboy will work with him to build extermination camps and save the money. Or, maybe towers at intervals along the border with machine guns to keep the vermin in line on the other side of the river. The possibilities are endless. A thousand year Reich is what I heard. They only got 12 years the first time. Campaign slogan: 12 Down, 988 To Go! Make America Great Again!
DeSantis is supposed to declare his intentions in 60 days. I’m not sure he will. His original intention was to wait for Trump to implode and I think DeSantis will play Trump along, in shadow campaign mode, for quite some time.
DeSantis’ problem is it’s only early March. FL law says an elected official can’t run for higher office unless they resign their current position. If DeSantis becomes an actual formal candidate for President (that pesky paperwork stuff!) he’s got to resign as Governor. Clearly he wants to hang on to his FL Dictatorship as long as possible which I guess means waiting until the day of the filing deadline for the first GOP primary. In the meantime he’ll want to keep playing the game we’ve seen candidates (not just GOPers) play for a lot of cycles now – run around running for President, sometimes for a very long time but not “officially” declaring. Everyone knows they’re running of course. But it’s a game many have played in the past.
Where did he get that suit?
A dumpster?
Ken (only in the cooch) Cuccinelli is also a hard-liner anti LGBTQ+ zealot (where he earned the nickname) and has loyalty to only one person, himself. DeSaneUs is the flavor of the week. If Drumpf wins the GOP primary, the cooch will be all over him like a cat in heat.