Trump rally goes silent after he attempts to mock DeSantis

[Zorro]

Former President Donald Trump took aim at potential Republican primary foe Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a recent campaign event, with much of the criticism garnering little enthusiasm from those in attendance.

During his Saturday campaign event in Waco, Texas, on Saturday, Trump argued that DeSantis had little chance of becoming Florida's governor without the former president's endorsement, with Trump breaking into an impersonation of DeSantis allegedly begging him for his support in the state's 2018 Republican primary.

"So, he came, and he really wanted [my endorsement]. I said, ‘You can’t win, can you? How do you – can [you] win?'" Trump said, recalling the alleged conversation with DeSantis. "‘Sir, if you endorse me, I’ll win. Please, please, sir, endorse me,'" Trump continued as he acted out a crying, begging voice.

While similar jabs against political opponents have been a hit with Trump's crowds during past rallies, those in attendance were noticeably more silent as Trump took aim at DeSantis. Though some in the crowd could be heard laughing or clapping as Trump continued to be critical of DeSantis, the reaction of the crowd was much more silent than when Trump went after other targets, such as the mainstream media.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-rally-goes-silent-attempts-182258001.html

What's interesting to me is that this is a Fox News article (appearing on Yahoo News); that they report that the crowd went silent when TFG was attacking DeSantis is a tell that Fox is not on board with TFG this time around.

[Haggard Celine]

1. They're going to line up behind DeSantis.

It's obvious. That means we have to show everyone what a maniac Nazi he is. If he gets to be President, we are going to have a fight on our hands. I really don't want to see us go down that road.

[Skittles]

2. DeFascist has shown himself to be every bit as vile and cruel as Trump, and he is younger

even if they went with Trump this time, they see DeFascist as next in line

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[malaise]

4. He uses the same old won out lines over and over

This was the line he used for Peter Strzok and Lisa Page

No sympathy for ‘puss in white boots’ DeathSentence. He used his own children to fawn over the Slobfather

[dclarston13]

5. The attendees that laugh and cheer

When he makes fun of someone don't really care who it is as long as its not them. Those are your perpetual bully cheerleaders. It does not matter who the target is they just enjoy the nasty negative energy.

[stopdiggin]

6. my take away

is that this is far less about the target (DeSantis) - than it is that the Trump shtick (tired, repetitive, vacuous, juvenile .. ) is simply not flying, even among the supposed 'faithful' (those that would bother to go to a Trump 'speech' in the first place).

What was once fresh, exciting and "grab 'em" - is now only boring and - kinda' sad really.