Ian Milhiser: So I have a story about Ron DeSantis. Spoiler Alert: He is not a sane man

[octoberlib]

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1) So, I have a story about Ron DeSantis, who Republicans just nominated as their gubernatorial candidate in Florida.

Spoiler Alert: He is not a sane man.

2) Last December, I was a guest on Fox News. DeSantis was a guest two segments before mine. Which means that his segment ended about 20 minutes

3) DeSantis' segment featured him touting anti-Mueller conspiracy theories involving Peter Strzok.

4) Anyways, when you go on one of the three major cable news networks, a makeup artist puts a thick cake of powder on your face. When your segment is over, you go back to the greenroom and they have wipes you use to get rid of the makeup before you leave.

So I do my segment, go back to wipe my face, and Rep. Ron DeSantis is standing in the middle of the makeup room still ranting about a conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton, the Pee Tape Dossier, the FBI, and how Rep. Jim Jordan (I think) is going to get to the bottom of it.


6) It wasn't the sort of rant you hear from rational thinkers. If DeSantis wasn't wearing a suit and a Member of Congress pin, I would have assumed that a person with a serious mental illness had somehow bypassed security and found his way into the Fox studio.


7) Meanwhile, the poor makeup artists are trying to go about their work in a pretty small room while also having to walk around this unhinged man in the middle of the room ranting at them.

8) At the time, I didn't know who he was -- I hadn't paid attention to his segment. I realized he was a member of Congress because I saw his pin, and I remember thinking "doesn't this guy have anything better to do?" He was still ranting 25 minutes after his segment ending.

9) So, anyway, a GOP nominee for governor is a Member of Congress who thought the best way to spend a weeknight was screaming about a conspiracy theory involving Hillary Clinton and the Pee Tape dossier at three makeup artists who were just trying to do their job . Eat Arby's.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Wow...thanks octoberlib for posting...just wow...some people are so ...

unhinged and need lots of missing screws and bolts to fix themselves up...if possible.

[dchill]

2. He's a Republican. None of them are sane!

[gordianot]

3. There are two types of contemporary Republicans.

1. Those who really believe this crap.

2. Those who just spout this nonsense.

I really do not know which is worse?

[Iliyah]

4. Apparently the GOP's supporters loves crazy, insane, liars, religious

psychopaths, criminals, and assault, sexual assault prone people so called running the government.

And they really do love racists.

[BluesRunTheGame]

5. I'm sure this is pretty normal for Fox makeup artists.

In fact, it might have been an easy night.