In 2016, my husband and I both thought Donald Trump was a joke, an unserious candidate. He’s soon vanish, we thought.

But each morning we’d wake up to find Donald Trump had won another state’s primary. The left was screaming that he must not win because “muh nuclear codes!”

We began to realize that as we watched him on the debate stage, and looked at the other GOP candidates, our overwhelming impression was that every other candidate represented more of same. Same empty promises, same puppet strings, same talking points, same graceful, apologetic acquiescence to the Dems, same blah blah blah. Same slow slide into bloated government and drip drip drip of lost freedoms.

By the time we voted for Donald Trump, our faith in him as a leader was greater than any other option.

Sorry to say it, but I see every GOP candidate today the same way we saw the pathetic GOP lineup in 2016. We are at war with a cabal that has captured our elections. Election 2020 was captured and look who has the nuclear codes now. Show me a candidate who talks about the literal war we are in with these scum, and I’ll take that candidate seriously.

"Subvert the dominant paradigm" must have come from somebody that read "The Structure of Scientific Revolution".   

Correct, which means they get away with it which is a giant green light to go ahead with the 2024 election.  They will double down on the cheating. I’m becoming more and more convinced no R can win in 2024 no matter who we run.  That makes me want to go back to RFKJr as the lesser of evils.  They don’t want him either but all their cheat planning is to deny the R the general. I don’t know how much they plan to “cheat” in the Dem primaries.  They think they don’t need to, Biden is the incumbent.

I know getting RK nominated is a near impossible long shot. We could always hope Biden strokes out at the last minute and RK is second in popularity, maybe?  (Don’t mention Newsome or I’ll throw up.)

Since this is mostly a political site, let me briefly explain my views on the politics of this question.

Should the government have anything to say about what substances individuals choose to put into their bodies? No.

Should the CDC, FDA, or NIH exist and be paid for with funds taken coercively from citizens? No.

Have large pharmaceutical companies captured regulators like the FDA, thus biasing their decisions and reports. Certainly, and as usual.

Should doctors be allowed legally to prescribe what in their best judgement will help the patient. Yes.

Has the subject of ivermectin to treat Covid-19 been over-politicized so that the American public has been barraged by propaganda. Yes.

You don't need to consider what he says - you can research his actions while in office - and during his time in military service.

DeSantis has a voting record and a record of bills he authored or co-authored while in the U.S. House of Representatives.  He also has a record of action as Governor.  One small example that a tiny bit of research would yield: after he left congress he opted to NOT receive his congressional pension and while still in office had filed a measure that would have eliminated congressional pensions.

IMHO any suggestions, hints, or otherwise that DeSantis isn't conservative border on the ludicrous.

I’ve said this before, Trump was the most conservative president in my lifetime, but I don’t think he can possibly win the general election. And even if he did, he will be a lame duck from Day 1, and thus will accomplish very little.