Florida Governor Ron DeSantis squandered the political opportunity of a lifetime when he spoke with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday afternoon.
The interview was taped just hours after Donald Trump announced he had received a target letter from DOJ Special Counsel Jack Smith regarding the January 6th insurrection.
That should’ve been the entire interview.
For all of his terrible faults, Florida Man DeRaygun isn’t (currently) facing another round of federal indictments.
If DeathSantis were running a viable and competent enough campaign, he’d probably have better staffers to arm him with juicier red meat for such an occasion.
Instead, he squandered his big chance to re-introduce himself to voters.
Instead, Gov. Jackboots McFlorida waddled back into Puddingate while trying to explain why he’s so unpopular.
“They’ve been saying that I’ve been doing poorly for my whole time as governor, basically,” DeSantis said.
Perhaps it’s his state’s insurance premiums rising faster than anywhere in America and triple the national average. Or maybe it’s his state’s number one ranking for highest inflation, perhaps not coincidentally also running at triple the national average.
Then, CNN’s Tapper brought up accusations from Republicans who say DeSantis making an extreme shift further right has hurt his chances with voters.
“I don’t think it’s true,” quipped Gov. Kozy Shack. “The proof is in the pudding.”
Cue the Twitter meme machinery!
“Puddin’ Ron” will never shake that nickname after rumors spread that he would eat pudding cups during staff meetings with his fingers like an ingrate Florida swamp child.
When asked about Trump’s impending indictments for January 6th, DeSantis said Trump “could’ve come out more forcefully” to stop the insurrection.
But as also went full Bobblehead Ron when he told Tapper, “I don’t think it serves us good to have a presidential election focused on what happened four years ago in January.”
“Serves us good” isn’t proper English, Floriduh Man.
He even
Puddin’ Ron went on to continue to abuse the language by making fun of people who can’t “define wokeness” without actually defining it himself because he’s a dumb racist.
“Not everyone really knows what wokeness is,” DuhSantis said. “I mean, I’ve defined it, but a lotta people who rail against wokeness can’t even define it.”
Today, he released his “anti-woke” plans for the military, which, if they work as well as his new Florida State Guard Sturmbeitaling, then we’re all in a lot of trouble.
Nope, not a challenge to define it on camera, just more space to say the word “woke” and render it meaningless, just like the mostly squandered DeSantis 2024 campaign itself.
Twitter utterly destroyed DeSantis while not sparing Jake Tapper in the least.
Enjoy a roundup of the best takes on one of the worst interviews since Tapper interviewed Nikki Haley.
PEEL THE TIN FOIL OFF THESE HILARIOUS TWEETS:
Jake Tapper should've asked Desantis if he wanted some pudding. 😂
— Sann Diamond (@smndiad) July 18, 2023
Tapper should have a rolled-up newspaper and thwack him every time he says “woke.” I bet DeSantis is so conditioned into saying it constantly that he won’t be able to stop himself, even with this negative feedback.
— Frank Anomaly (@frank_anomaly) July 17, 2023
No. Fucking. Way.
DeSantis to Tapper: “The proof is in the pudding.” pic.twitter.com/5ZoWKCJP4S
— Rich Luchette (@richluchette) July 18, 2023
https://twitter.com/jhatchdj/status/1680606734518288384?s=20
TAPPER: If Jack Smith has evidence of criminality, should Donald Trump be held accountable?
DeSANTIS: So here's the problem. This country is going down the road of criminalizing political differences. pic.twitter.com/5cNcPSQHZv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 18, 2023
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