step right up and try the juiceless ron desantis special, the charcoal briquette
— GOLIKEHELLMACHINE (@golikehellmachi) May 13, 2023
Of note re where DeSantis is on Ukraine: "In private, Mr. DeSantis tried to calm supporters by noting that his statement [to Carlson] had not taken a position against aid to Ukraine." https://t.co/weL0EHpJK9
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 13, 2023
Or, at least, more than willing to scuff up the leading challenger-of-the-moment (to some peoples’ meal ticket). Easy targets on both sides for a lazy weekend evening — “Why Ron DeSantis Is Limping to the Starting Line“:
… In six short months from November to May, Mr. DeSantis’s 2024 run has faltered before it has even begun.
Allies have abandoned him. Tales of his icy interpersonal touch have spread. Donors have groused. And a legislative session in Tallahassee designed to burnish his conservative credentials has instead coincided with a drop in the polls…
Now, as Mr. DeSantis’s Tallahassee-based operation pivots to formally entering the race in the coming weeks, Mr. DeSantis and his allies are retooling for a more aggressive new phase. His staunchest supporters privately acknowledge that Mr. DeSantis needs to recalibrate a political outreach and media strategy that has allowed Mr. Trump to define the race.
Changes are afoot. Mr. DeSantis is building a strong Iowa operation. He has been calling influential Republicans in Iowa and is rolling out a large slate of state legislator endorsements before a weekend trip there.
“He definitely indicated that if he gets in, he will work exceptionally hard — nothing will be below him,” said Bob Vander Plaats, an influential Iowa evangelical leader whom Mr. DeSantis hosted recently for a meal at the governor’s mansion. “I think he understands — I emphasized that Iowa’s a retail politics state. You need to shake people’s hands, look them in the eye.”
Thank you, (multiple failed gubernatorial candidate) Vander Plaats, we already had the impression that nothing would be too low for DeSquamous and his minions.