Thread by @TrumpFile

Earlier today, Donald Trump named Ron DeSantis, Josh Hawley, and Ted Cruz as most likely to lead the Republican party in the future.

Let's talk about that.
trumpfile.org/trump-desantis…

Ron DeSantis has actively covered up Florida’s COVID-19 numbers and sent law enforcement after someone who didn't. Most recently, he banned critical race theory from public schools, opting for a whitewashed education curriculum.

Ted Cruz recently fled the country to escape a crisis in Texas, the state he represents, and then he blamed his daughter. He is a favorite of the Parler dark money donor family, the Mercers. Seems super fit to be president someday.

Josh Hawley is a mascot for the GOP’s fake outrage around “cancel culture” and believes LGBTQ+ rights are the end of “legal conservatism.” He won his 2018 Senate race thanks to a dark money campaign and illegal campaign coordination with the NRA. Super fit to be president.

DeSantis, Cruz, and Hawley have all attacked the FBI for investigating the Trump campaign’s connections to Russia. Trump previously endorsed Cruz and Hawley for the Supreme Court, which is only slightly less terrifying than President Cruz or President Hawley.

Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa have warned listeners of their @GaslitNation podcast about Josh Hawley and what to expect in 2024. It isn't pretty.

"The GOP wants a one-party state, and Trump wants to be the autocrat of that state. The idea that they are incompetent is a myth. They are very competent. They are just not interested in the process of governing. They are interested in ruling." - @sarahkendzior, 2019

"Next time... We’re going to get a cleaned up version of Trump. Maybe it’ll be Josh Hawley out of Missouri who has a boyish smile. Maybe it’ll be him. It’s going to be somebody like that that they’re going to try to run and clean up nice." - @AndreaChalupa, 2020

"There’s no 'there' there with Hawley. It’s just greed, ambition, and just general contempt for this country... He can be moved and shaped in whatever direction his donors and backers want to push him. That’s what makes him dangerous." - @sarahkendzior, 2021

The only thing more dangerous than Donald Trump is Posh Trump. trumpfile.org/trump-desantis…

P.S. There's a lot more that could be said about all three of these men, obviously. This thread is not meant to act as a biography. That's what Wikipedia is for.