{"id":7634,"date":"2023-03-23T10:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=7634"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:59:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T10:59:11","slug":"desantis-says-trump-shouldve-given-up-power-like-george-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=7634","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis says Trump should&#8217;ve given up power like George Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DeSantis says Trump should&#8217;ve given up power like George Washington<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/ift.tt\/F5T6pEv<\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>DeSantis says Trump should&#8217;ve given up power like George Washington after election loss and January 6: Florida Gov. takes a dig at rival for trying to overturn the election instead of acting like a Founding Father<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DeSantis lauded Washington during interview where he trashed Trump&#8217;s chaos<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The first U.S. president put the Republic over his &#8216;own personal interest&#8217; and\u00a0&#8216;surrendered his sword,&#8217; said the Florida governor<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quoted King George III, saying the &#8216;greatest man in the world gives up power&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=&amp;authornamef=Geoff+Earle,+Deputy+U.S.+Political+Editor+For+Dailymail.com\">Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor For Dailymail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2023-03-22T20:57:47+0000\"> 16:57 EDT, 22 March 2023 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2023-03-22T22:47:25+0000\"> 18:47 EDT, 22 March 2023 <\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedlyNoScript\"><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">For the first time, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has criticized former President Donald Trump for refusing to concede power following the 2020 election \u2013 in a generalized comment referencing events more than 200 years ago.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>DeSantis, who condemned rioters inside the Capitol where he once served, but has said little about Trump&#8217;s push to have courts and allies toss out the results, made remarks during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/piers-morgan\/index.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Piers Morgan<\/a>, where he also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11887561\/Ron-DeSantis-insists-BEAT-Biden-runs-2024-hits-Trumps-chaotic-leadership.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">blasted Trump administration chaos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He did so by invoking the nation&#8217;s most revered founder and first U.S. President, George Washington who Trump has frequently lionized (while once bragging he could probably beat the Virginian in an election).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So, somebody who really set the standard is George Washington because he always put the Republic over his own personal interest. When we won the American Revolution, Washington surrendered his sword,&#8217; DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#8216;George III said he\u2019s the greatest man in the world if he gives up power,&#8217; said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in an interview where he stressed character, urged people to emulate the founders, and blasted &#8216;drama&#8217; in the Trump White House<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis remarked on King George III&#8217;s possibly apocryphal remarks praising Washington for relinquishing power \u2013 drawing a sharp contrast with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;George III said, &#8220;he\u2019s the greatest man in the world, if he gives up power.&#8221; I think the person is more about how you handle your public duties and the kind of character you bring to that endeavor,&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan had asked him if personal conduct in a leader matters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You really want to look to people like our Founding Fathers, like what type of character, it\u2019s not saying that you don\u2019t ever make a mistake in your personal life, but I think what type of character are you bringing?&#8217; DeSantis said before referencing Washington and Britain&#8217;s king.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis then contrasted his leadership style with the &#8216;daily drama&#8217; of the Trump White House while poking at the former president&#8217;s character. He even doubled down on a Monday comment that he didn&#8217;t know &#8216;what goes into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11885747\/Steve-Bannon-calls-DeSantis-weasel-porn-star-dig-Trump.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">paying hush money to a porn star<\/a> to secure silence over some type of alleged affair.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, a former Navy lawyer, referenced Washington&#8217;s decision to resign\u00a0from his military commission in 1783 after leading the Revolutionary War effort for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture, carried out before the Continental Congress gathered in the Maryland state capital in Annapolis, is heralded by historians as one of the nation&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/Historical-Highlights\/1700s\/General-George-Washington-resigning-his-commission-in-Annapolis,-Maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">greatest acts of statesmanship<\/a>\u00a0in the nation&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>It is depicted in a huge oil painting inside the Capitol Rotunda, where rioters rampaged on January 6 hours after Trump urged them to &#8216;fight like hell&#8217; and pressed then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to accept votes certified by states.<\/p>\n<p>Washington&#8217;s decision not to seek a third term, set a tradition that is now enshrined in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic opponent Charlie Crist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2022\/07\/13\/what-has-desantis-said-about-the-jan-6-insurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">tried to make an issue<\/a>\u00a0of DeSantis&#8217; refusal to explicitly condemn Trump&#8217;s election to overturn effort during the 2022 governor&#8217;s race, where DeSantis prevailed by a wide margin, accusing him of &#8216;silence&#8217; about January 6.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">DeSantis offered blistering criticism of Trump in the interview, where he said &#8216;when we won the American Revolution, Washington surrendered his sword&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump spoke at a &#8216;stop the steal&#8217; rally before the Capitol riot on January 6. He told the Washington Post he could probably beat George Washington in an election<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A huge oil painting of Washington resigning his commission is located in the Capitol Rotunda along with other historical artworks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>King George III may have said if Washington gave up power &#8216;he would be the greatest man in the world&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>DeSantis issued a statement on Jan. 6, 2021 saying &#8216;violence or rioting of any kind is unacceptable, and the perpetrators must face the full weight of the law.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He also called it &#8216;totally unacceptable, and those folks need to be held accountable,&#8217; adding the following day that, &#8221;It doesn\u2019t matter what banner you\u2019re flying under \u2014 the violence is wrong, the rioting and disorder is wrong.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>On the first anniversary of January 6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SEmZ6SM1ZIU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">he compared it to Christmas for the &#8216;D.C.-New York media,&#8217; <\/a>who he said were allowed to put forward negative narratives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are going to take this and milk this for anything they could to try to be able to smear anyone who ever supported Donald Trump,&#8217; DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p>By breaking with Trump with the subtle historical analogy, DeSantis joins former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in calling out what could be a vulnerability as the presidential race dire. Haley made direct appeals to Republicans &#8216;tired of losing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Taking on Trump in his role in 2020 carries risks in the primary, with polls showing a majority of Republicans believe Trump&#8217;s claims of election fraud. He was already in Trump&#8217;s crosshairs with the &#8216;porn star&#8217; comments.<\/p>\n<p>Trump advisor Jason Miller returned with a furious response at DeSantis Tuesday night. &#8216;Ron DeSantis has finally shown his true colors. An establishment Never Trumper who despised the MAGA base and was faking it the entire time,&#8217; he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jasonmillerindc\/status\/1638294090717577217?s=42&amp;t=om0uwoHH0QcFlpzl9Kz6NA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One area where DeSantis may have gone beyond the historical record is his King George quotation, which continues to get traction on <a href=\"https:\/\/msa.maryland.gov\/msa\/mdstatehouse\/html\/gwresignation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">official sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The quote comes from American artist Benjamin West, who spent time in the King&#8217;s court and passed on what he heard to another artist. As a historian and early American specialist, Elizabeth Norvara wrote on a Library of Congress blog, it only got recorded years after the King allegedly said it. &#8216;The King said if He did He would be the greatest man in the world,&#8217; artist Joseph Farrington wrote in his diary, a second-hand account of what he told West.<\/p>\n<p>In another version, West told Rufus King, Washington&#8217;s ambassador to Great Britain, after Washington had decided not to seek a third term was an act that &#8216;placed him in a light the most distinguished of any man living, and that he thought him the greatest character of the age.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But that happened all the way in 1797, after Washington had left office, not after he resigned his military command.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, the King wasn&#8217;t so quick to relinquish power himself. He kept his crown until the end of his life, even after his son stepped in as regent amid his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4953321\/#:~:text=The%20King%20had%20further%2C%20but,of%20bipolar%20disorder%2C%20essentially%20mania.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">mental illness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>DeSantis says Trump should&#8217;ve given up power like George Washington after loss<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">via Mail Online<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>March 23, 2023 at 06:55AM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeSantis says Trump should&#8217;ve given up power like George Washington https:\/\/ift.tt\/F5T6pEv DeSantis says Trump should&#8217;ve given up power like George Washington after election loss and January 6: Florida Gov. takes a 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