Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis spins an awkward word salad when confronted about his “soft” criticism of Trump
Donald Trump. The former President remains the favorite in polls by a large margin. Both Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis want to highlight Trump’s shortcomings but not attack him so viciously as to alienate the MAGA wing of the GOP voters, who they’re also trying to court.The issue came up for DeSantis this week.
He was taken to task by a prospective voter on a campaign stop. Video of the incident, which took place yesterday in Waukee, Iowa, was posted to X.Subscribe to our daily newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.The voter asked, “Why haven’t you gone directly after him [Trump]?
Your polls are down. He’s up really–”DeSantis, seemingly irritated, jumped in and said, “What do you mean by going directly after?”The voter replied, “In my viewpoint, you’ve gone pretty soft on him.”DeSantis shot back, “I articulate all the differences time and time again on the campaign trail …There’s just a narrative…I think the narrative is this — what the media wants is they want Republican candidates to just kind of smear him personally and kind of do that.
That’s just not how I roll.”The voter then said that Trump was fond of smearing his opponents. Trump once referred to Carly Fiorina as “horse face” and John McCain as a “nonhero”.“The guy has no class in a lot of ways.”DeSantis doesn’t respond to this accusation of Trump being classless.