{"id":2006047,"date":"2023-08-19T23:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T03:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rips-trumps-listless-vessels-in-congress-trades-barbs-with-team-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-08-19T23:33:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T03:33:41","slug":"desantis-rips-trumps-listless-vessels-in-congress-trades-barbs-with-team-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rips-trumps-listless-vessels-in-congress-trades-barbs-with-team-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis criticizes Trump&#8217;s Congress members, exchanges jabs with Team Trump."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fdesantis-rips-trumps-listless-vessels-in-congress-trades-barbs-with-team-trump%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=2006047&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--><h2>Republican Candidate\u200d Ron DeSantis Challenges\u2063 Blind Support for Trump<\/h2>\n<p>Republican\u200c presidential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">candidate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> has taken a\u200c bold stance against Republican politicians who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-sy-hersh-effect-and-the-media-killing-the-messenger-ignoring-the-message\/\" title=\"The SY Hersh Effect and the Media: Killing the Messenger, Ignoring the Message\">unquestioningly support<\/a> former\u200d President Donald Trump. DeSantis argues\u2062 that conservative leaders should not be &#8220;listless vessels&#8221; who blindly \u200bfollow Trump&#8217;s every word, but rather should be guided by principle and\u2064 focused on serving the \u200dAmerican people.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy began when\u200c DeSantis sat down \u200cwith\u2064 the\u2063 editor-in-chief of\u2062 the Florida Standard, \u2062Will Witt, who asked him about accusations from the Trump camp that he is a &#8220;RINO&#8221; (Republican In Name Only). DeSantis \u200cresponded by highlighting a troubling \u2063trend within the party, \u2064where supporting Trump has become the litmus test for conservatism, regardless of one&#8217;s \u200cactual beliefs or\u2063 record of achievement.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis pointed out that there are politicians who claim to be strong Trump supporters, yet have liberal records that\u200d are far from conservative. On\u2064 the other hand, there are individuals like Congressman Chip \u200dRoy and Congressman Thomas Massie, who have consistently fought against the swamp and endorsed DeSantis, but are unfairly labeled as RINOs \u200dby some within the party.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis emphasized that\u200c a movement cannot be solely centered around the personality of one individual.\u200b It must be rooted in principle and focused \u2063on achieving the best outcomes for the American people. He warned against becoming &#8220;listless vessels&#8221; that mindlessly follow whatever is \u200csaid on social media, emphasizing \u200dthe need for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-team-lashes-out-at-desantis-with-hillary-clinton-analogy-in-demand-for-apology\/\" title=\"Trump's team demands apology from DeSantis, drawing Hillary Clinton analogy.\">durable movement<\/a> based on substance and principle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf all\u2062 we are is listless vessels \u200dthat are just supposed to follow whatever\u2064 happens to\u200d come down the pike on Truth Social every morning \u2014 that\u2019s\u2064 not going to be a durable movement.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zAaxdYOGbk\">pic.twitter.com\/zAaxdYOGbk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1692919862878699829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Trump campaign and some of Trump&#8217;s congressional supporters responded to DeSantis&#8217; remarks by claiming\u2063 that his &#8220;listless vessels&#8221; comment was directed at all those who \u2062support or voted for the former president. They criticized DeSantis for putting down a significant portion of the electorate.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217; press secretary, Bryan Griffin, defended the candidate, stating that the media was distorting the facts. Griffin argued that it is Trump and some congressional endorsers\u200c who are the &#8220;listless vessels,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rips-trumps-listless-vessels-in-congress-trades-barbs-with-team-trump\/\" title=\"DeSantis criticizes Trump's Congress members, exchanges jabs with Team Trump.\">expecting \u200dvoters&#8217; support<\/a>\u200c without earning their trust.\u200b DeSantis, on \u2063the other hand, believes in earning the trust of the\u200d American people and has a clear vision, plan, and record to reverse the decline of the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican candidate Ron DeSantis criticized GOP politicians for blindly backing Donald Trump. He urged conservative leaders to prioritize principles and serving the American people, rather than being mere followers of Trump. This comes after the Trump campaign and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2006048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}