Rick Perry talked about eliminating federal agencies–and then forgot which ones he would target–he turned into a laughingstock.
So naturally, Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis is following in his footsteps! On Fox News Wednesday, the flailing Florida governor pledged he would try to eliminate the departments of education, commerce, energy and even the IRS if he were elected president.
When even host Martha MacCallum pushed back–“the IRS?!”–DeSantis went into full word salad mode. “So if Congress will work with me on doing that, we’d be able to reduce the size and scope of government,” he said. “But what I’m also going to do is be prepared if Congress won’t go that far, I’m going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism we see creeping into all institutions of American life.”Question: Are you in favor of eliminating any agencies?DeSantis: We would do education, commerce, energy, and the IRS.
If Congress won’t go that far, I’m going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology… pic.twitter.com/cAoZIXfESuNow, how the IRS and Department of Commerce are pushing “woke ideology” and “leftism” is anybody’s guess.