{"id":1522088,"date":"2022-06-18T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-18T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1522088"},"modified":"2022-06-18T15:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-18T19:19:33","slug":"bill-maher-gives-unexpected-defense-of-florida-governor-ron-desantis-from-left-wing-political-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-gives-unexpected-defense-of-florida-governor-ron-desantis-from-left-wing-political-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher Gives Unexpected Defense Of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis From Left-Wing Political Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-gives-unexpected-defense-of-florida-governor-ron-desantis-from-left-wing-political-attacks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1522088&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>\u00a0(R-FL) got some unexpected praise late this week from media personality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bill-maher\">Bill Maher<\/a>, who insisted that DeSantis would be better than former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maher made the remark during his Friday episode of \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher\u201d while discussing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/january-6\">January 6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/january-6-committee\">House Select Committee<\/a> hearings.<\/p>\n<p>Leftist political commentator Krystal Ball insisted that prosecuting the former president was \u201cnot going to solve our problem\u201d as she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/bill-maher-desantis-better-trump-certifiably-insane\">reportedly<\/a> suggested that the real problem was the rise of DeSantis, who has surged to the top of the Republican Party and was recently named as one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/time-magazine\">Time Magazine<\/a>\u2019s \u201c100 Most Influential People of 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think that Ron DeSantis is going to be way better than Donald Trump?\u201d Ball asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, yes I do,\u201d Maher fired back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not certifiably insane. That\u2019s a great one to start off with,\u201d Maher said. \u201cYou know what Ron DeSantis won\u2019t be doing? He won\u2019t be poop-tweeting every day. It won\u2019t be, like, having feuds with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bette-midler\">Bette Midler<\/a> on Twitter. He\u2019s not an insane person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis also received support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a> this week after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/tesla\">Tesla<\/a>\u00a0co-founder and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/spacex\">SpaceX<\/a>\u00a0founder was asked who he was leaning toward supporting for the 2024 presidential election and responded, \u201cDeSantis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI supported [Andrew] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/andrew-yang\">Yang<\/a> last time, but DeSantis has a better chance of winning,\u201d Musk later added.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is easily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/field-of-more-than-a-dozen-candidates-takes-shape-for-2024-gop-presidential-nomination\">leading the pack<\/a> of Republican candidates for the 2024 presidential election, not including the former president, according to polling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeSantis\u2019 rising star within GOP ranks is said to have rattled the former president so much that he is now looking at various ways to unsettle any plans the Florida governor may have for a presidential bid of his own,\u201d the Daily Mail\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10910439\/Donald-Trump-launch-2024-presidential-campaign-Florida-scupper-Governor-Ron-DeSantis.html\">reported<\/a>. \u201cThey include Trump launching his 2024 from the Sunshine State and hosting a massive party close to the governor\u2019s mansion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NBC News\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-brink-rcna31774\">reported<\/a> that Trump is considering announcing his presidential campaign as early as this summer in an apparent bid to take the lead among the 2024 GOP candidates, as DeSantis is currently in the middle of running for re-election in Florida\u2019s gubernatorial race.<\/p>\n<p>The power players in the Republican Party, however, are concerned that Trump announcing a presidential campaign before the upcoming midterm elections could boost the Democrat Party. Even Trump\u2019s advisers \u201ccontinue to urge him not to announce a campaign before the midterm elections, since they fear it would help Democratic efforts to frame Senate and congressional campaigns around the divisive former president,\u201d The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/06\/11\/republican-president-2024-trump\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis poses unique challenges to Trump, including the fact that Trump\u2019s base loves DeSantis and recent polling from Echelon Insights shows that Trump\u2019s lead over DeSantis \u201cshrinks significantly among those who are familiar and favorable toward both candidates.\u201d Even more recent polling from Echelon Insights shows that DeSantis has a commanding double-digit lead over the next highest candidate, former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-pence\">Mike Pence<\/a>, in a Republican Party primary if Trump does not enter the race.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-desantis-beats-trump-in-2024-straw-poll-at-top-conservative-summit\">repeatedly<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2022\/jun\/5\/desantis-beats-trump-western-conservative-summit-s\/\">beaten<\/a>\u00a0Trump in straw polling at the Western Conservative Summit in Colorado.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In a primary matchup between Trump and DeSantis, Trump\u2019s margin shrinks significantly among those who are familiar and favorable toward both candidates. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VER8LVepvw\">pic.twitter.com\/VER8LVepvw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Echelon Insights (@EchelonInsights) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EchelonInsights\/status\/1486755439131910152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, who has reportedly told top Republican donors that \u201cno one\u2019s nomination is inevitable,\u201d appears to believe that he has \u201covertaken Trump with the party\u2019s major donors, according to an ally in touch with the governor,\u201d the Post added. \u201cA former aide said DeSantis has spoken about wanting to expand his dominance in that realm, including by getting a contribution from Peter Thiel, the billionaire investor who backed Trump in 2016 and has put nearly $30 million behind a pair of Republican Senate candidates this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Darren Blanton, a Dallas-based venture capitalist who served as an adviser to Trump\u2019s transition, told the newspaper that DeSantis was the only candidate that could take on Trump and win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think DeSantis is the only one besides Trump who has a chance in hell. And I would bet a lot of money on that,\u201d Blanton said. \u201cAt first I thought DeSantis had no chance because he seemed more like an introvert and strategist, but not a charismatic celebrity, and I pretty much told him that to his face. But he has really impressed me by how much better he has gotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/11\/us\/politics\/biden-2024-election-democrats.html\">report<\/a> from The New York Times that highlighted Democrats\u2019 angst about Democrat President Joe Biden running again included quotes from top Democrats that showed they feared DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Faiz Shakir, who was campaign manager for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/bernie-sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> in 2020, said that if the Republican Party nominee were Trump that it would still be possible for Biden to win but that \u201cif it\u2019s DeSantis,\u201d then \u201cI think that would be a different kind of a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alex Wyshyvanuk, a Democrat data analyst, said that Democrats \u201cneed an equivalent of Ron DeSantis \u2026 but not a 70- or 80-year-old \u2014 a younger person.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Ron DeSantis\u00a0(R-FL) got some unexpected praise late this week from media personality Bill Maher, who insisted that DeSantis would be better than former President Donald Trump. Maher made the remark during his Friday episode of \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher\u201d while discussing the January 6 House Select Committee hearings. 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