Ron DeSantis Is Running One Freaky Campaign
If you missed the previous newsletter, you can read it here. The version of most politicians that we need to worry about is the one that they don’t want us to see.
That’s why campaign reporters dog them; they’re waiting for the veil to slip. But the version of Ron DeSantis that we need to worry about is the one that he proudly shows us.
He embraces his meanness. He luxuriates in his darkness. Let other politicians peddle the pablum of inspiration. He prefers to ooze the toxin of contempt.
That’s one of the morals of a provocative anti-gay, anti-trans video that the DeSantis campaign shared late last week. The campaign’s promotion of it prompted accusations of homophobia even from some Republicans, and justly so: In an attempt to smear Donald Trump, the video doesn’t just accuse him of coddling L.G.B.T.Q.
