An 'angry, humiliated Ron DeSantis' is 'very bad news' for Florida: columnist

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

lorida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign is sinking into oblivion – and that's filling Floridians with dread, columnist Fred Grimm writes for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

“Somehow, DeSantis has failed — so far — to captivate Republican voters despite his relentless exploitation of crafted-for-MAGA issues like race, abortion, immigration, guns, gender dysphoria, gay rights, drag queens, the Disney Company," Grimm wrote.

Grimm notes that despite DeSantis’ efforts to project a “tough guy” image of Trump without the baggage, MAGA voters are sticking with what they know.

“Poor Ron sold his soul for nothing," he said.

“It must seem so unfair to the governor. After all, he could have hardly been any meaner to transgender children or immigrant workers or Black voters. He even signed a flurry of death warrants, knowing how the Republican base loves executions.”

But, he said, the almost inevitable return of the governor's focus to Florida is "very bad news for the folks back home."

Grimm asserts that this “portends dark times for Florida. If DeSantis behaved so odiously while his career was on the upswing, what can we expect when the governor slouches back to Tallahassee as a sullen reject?

“Heaven help us. He’ll be governor until Jan. 5, 2027, and there’s no chance that an angry, humiliated Ron DeSantis will moderate his venomous ways.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/an-angry-humiliated-ron-desantis-is-very-bad-news-for-florida-columnist/ar-AA1dA1Kt

[gratuitous]

1. Ron sold his soul for nothing - and still was overpaid

As for what an angry, humiliated Ron DeSantis is capable of, he's been pretty fucking bad so far. If the presidency isn't the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, will the legislature continue following DeSantis down the garden path to hell?

[MOMFUDSKI]

2. rhonda's wife

will never be Jackie O. She will be jackie-oh-shit.

[raising2moredems]

22. "My, that is a big gator"...

I've heard her described as a Walmart Melania and we all know Melania's "exceptional abilities/skills" (aka as posing naked and being the, ahem, "squeeze" for a person who was well known) = slut (to quote my elderly father). I also wonder if she even actually had cancer truth be told.

[calimary]

24. "Walmart Melania"!

It’s “Almond Joy Time” again, kids! Indescribably delicious!

[ecstatic]

4. It's going to get really bad

But who will be the target of his anger now? The rest of the qOP who supported thump?

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Yep, he's going to hick open the door of his house and kick the proverbial cat.

[RKP5637]

5. He will take all of his deranged aggression out on Floridians. n/t

[Skittles]

6. stupid asshole

thought his message of straight white male supremacy would resonate across the country - GUESS AGAIN, YOU FASCIST ASSHOLE

[BOSSHOG]

7. The iRONy Man

Thought his hatefulness and evil would wow the stupid ones. So far that has failed. So what may he do now with failure on the horizon? Go back to Florida and be more hateful and evil. Insanity? Something about doing the same thing.

[Skittles]

11. he DOES impress the hateful, stupid folk

but what Ron doesn't understand is THEY ARE STILL VERY MUCH THE MINORITY

[aggiesal]

30. Irony deficient ...

I'll bet he starts up with Disney again.
He's a Sore Loseronius that he'll try to get that prison built next door to Disney.

[BOSSHOG]

37. There is an exhibit

At the WW Two museum in New Orleans through Late September about Disneys efforts to help the war effort. Positive, Patriotic stuff done by a corporation gratis for the common good. Lil Ron will never do such nor understand why others do.

[Marcuse]

8. He scared away migrant workers. Growers may have to harvest their own crops.

In his packing plant, Graves Williams, a lifelong Republican, proudly explained the skill, labor and manpower needed to provide tomatoes across North America, a feat that he says wouldn’t be possible without immigrant laborers.

“We all love them to death,” said Williams, whose family has been farming tomatoes for decades. “We couldn’t run a business without them.”

But with one of the strictest laws in the nation taking effect July 1 aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration, Florida is being rocked by an exodus of migrant workers. The departures are sparking fear that a labor shortage will leave crops unpicked, tourist hotels short of staff and construction sites idle. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/21/florida-immigration-law-business-owners-fear-exodus-of-workers-construction-landscaping/70341632007/

[calimary]

25. Reap what you see, Ronnie-baby.

[AllaN01Bear]

26. you voted for the menace , u cant have both worlds .

[NowISeetheLight]

9. Bitter Little Man

His fascism will only get worse as he lashes out in anger at every group he feels wronged him.

[GenThePerservering]

12. He'll be bringing his Revenge Tour

right home, and blaming everyone but himself for his failure.

[niyad]

13. where is an alligator when you need one?

[yonder]

15. In line with the python. Just a-waiting.

[niyad]

17. ahhh, yes. Aren't there some deadly, invasive creatures in the Everglades?

[niyad]

14. One cannot actually sell what one does not actually have, unless one is

running a con.

[Thunderbeast]

16. Maybe Sarah Palin will give him advice...

...about what to do when the whole "Governor" thing gets too difficult.

[Grokenstein]

18. Soul? What soul?

From the moment I first heard of him, he's been a cartoonish mob boss caricature. If he wasn't hurting people it'd be funny.

[dalton99a]

19. Floridians need to show more love by making him dictator for life

DeSantis, Dictator Perpetuus

[Boomerproud]

20. He won 60% I have read over and over.

Who's to blame?

[onethatcares]

33. that's really 19 points

and after gerrymandering the hell out of the voting district maps and getting the bribe bullshit spread about Gillum.

he also won 60% of registered republicans, woo woo.

pretty hard not to get more than 50% of your base. If he loses it's gonna be hell to pay for Corcoran and the rest, not just the citizens.

[Emile]

21. Diet Trump had a bad week.

[AllaN01Bear]

23. at what cost to the state for his game playing?

[Takket]

27. what i find baffling about him is he's been slowly sinking for months......

but he's made zero effort to change his messaging at all. He just waddles around like a wind up toy saying "woke.... woke.... woke......" over and over again. Even MAGAts want to here about real issues SOMETIMES, even if "hearing about" means "being lied to about it".

I think his strategy is he knows drumpf is getting convicted, so if he just lays low maybe he can swoop in a year from now when drumpf heads to prison.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

29. relection win went to his head...margin of victory and the media reports (like he's a political god)

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

40. You seriously think that going to prison

Will have TFG leave the race?

Why?

There's absolutely zero in the Constitution to prevent him from continuing to run for office, even if he's behind bars--and that won't stop him or get him off the best grifter gravy train, ever.

And if you think it will change one thing about how his cult would vote, well, you can't have noticed how divorced they are from reality.

It's him or nobody for them.

[Takket]

41. I never said any of the things you are claiming. Don't put words in my mouth.

[dchill]

28. He's gonna ship all his detractors to Martha's Vineyard!

Bill it to the state. Again.

[DET]

31. The Chosen One - What Were They Thinking?

I never understood who picked Ron DeSantis to be the heir apparent to Trump. I don’t know what he brings to the table other than his purposefully exaggerated evil persona and his boring ‘woke’ mantra. It was clear from the beginning that DeSantis has absolutely no charisma. The deplorables need bread and circuses to engage their limited attention. DeSantis can barely fake being human. He might get some traction if he brought a lion on stage to eat a Democratic opponent, but even that would get old quick.

I don’t envy Floridians when DeSantis comes back to earth. Hell hath no fury like a scorned Republican politician.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

32. the talk was (back then) that DeSantis as a "smart Trump"...meaning he would be a bigot

without all the crazy talks and tweets. that people would be comfortable with voting for him because he doesn't shout, tweet and talk nonsense. that talk was before he became a book banning nazi

[617Blue]

34. My guess is that GOP state reps will be much less willing to do his bidding

if he's viewed just some failed weirdo. Seems to me there is discontent with Runty Ron in FL.

[Tickle]

35. I'll make judgement after

the august debate

[allegorical oracle]

36. DJT well knows how media and Dems hate DeSantis. That's the primary reason I fear that if DeSantis

remains in even a distant second place through next year, tfg will put him on the short list for VEEP. That would be extremely provocative, which we know tfg relishes; it could add a cash trove that comes with DeSantis, and both men share a dystopian bigotry toward immigrants, minorities, and "woke" liberals.

Despite saying he's not running for vice president, DeSantis likely would accept the second slot. It would set him up to follow after tfg's four years (if he wins), and it sure beats returning to Tallahassee as Governor Loser.

[mentalsolstice]

38. Can't, they're residents of the same state.

Well, they can be, but it would screw up the electoral college.

[allegorical oracle]

44. Yeah, if one of them didn't move, they would forefeit Fla's electoral ballots. Ron could

move. Dick Cheney left TX and moved to WY in order to become W's veep.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

39. He didn't sell anything

He exposed himself for who he was, and is shocked that people find him...lacking.

He's a walking cut rate flasher with a shriveled up micropeen exposing it to everyone and then being shocked when people are either disgusted--or driven to ridicule what they see.

[moondust]

42. Hard-core bigot.

Has no place in a multi-ethnic melting pot.

[Torchlight]

43. I think more and more people are realizing

he's really nothing more than an angry little goblin.

(a sobriquet my better half applied to him that caught some traction around town).