Ron DeSantis’ Deplorable Debate Performance Explained
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On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faced off against his Democratic opponent, Charlie Crist, in a debate where both men presented arguments for why they’re the best person to run the Sunshine State.
If Twitter is any indication, the general consensus appears to be that Crist handled himself well while DeSantis was an awkward and visibly uncomfortable ultra-pasteurized milk ball of aggrieved white nationalism and fetus love. (I might be paraphrasing Twitter a bit.)
Christina Pushaw asked the public to vote for Ron DeSantis in a post-debate poll. With over 60,000 votes, Charlie Crist has 63% of the vote, and DeSantis only has 37%.
Pushaw fails at her job, again. https://t.co/j8zoUVUmfG
— Aaron Parnas (@AaronParnas) October 25, 2022
Ron DeSantis was horrible in the debate last night. He made bizarre faces throughout the entire debate and refused / couldn’t answer any questions. It was a real behind the curtain reveal last night.
— Rob Israel (@robisraelart) October 25, 2022
The feeling you get the day after Charlie Crist destroyed Ron DeSantis on the debate stage! pic.twitter.com/BSeRroZ5Ob
— Karla Hernández (@KarlaforFlorida) October 25, 2022
Ron DeSantis was badly beaten in the debate last night by @CharlieCrist
Charlie exposed DeSantis for the fraud he really is.
Florida voters can do so much better than this guy.
— Artie Vandelay (@ArtieVandelay1) October 25, 2022
At one point during the debate, DeSantis continued to be white and fragile about critical race theory as he continued to lie about what the academic study actually entails.
Florida Gov. @RonDeSantisFL: “I’m proud of our history. I don’t want to teach kids to hate our country. I don’t want to teach kids to hate each other — and the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”#FLGov pic.twitter.com/c7AF8BbH5j
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) October 24, 2022
“I’m proud of our history. I don’t want to teach kids to hate our country,” DeSantis said. “I don’t want to teach kids to hate each other—and the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.”
DeSantis is once again acting like CRT involves white kids being lined up against a wall while some big, Black Scared Straight prison inmate shouts and curses at them while telling them they need to release whatever slaves they have left hanging around their parents’ cotton fields. Seriously, whatever “woke” boogie man is hiding under DeSantis’ bed and keeping him up at night just needs to crawl on out and leave that white supremacist baby alone.
Here’s DeSantis getting booed and groaned at as he lied about programs “around the country” where they will take a student and look at their race and say, ‘You’re white, you’re an oppressor…” (He obviously didn’t cite any real examples, because that is not a thing.)
Desantis says it’s wrong to teach students that the US “was built on stolen land” because it isn’t true. pic.twitter.com/iyCmayetMS
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 24, 2022
DeSantis also thinks it’s “inappropriate” to teach that America was “built on stolen land” no matter how demonstrably true it is that it was.
DeSantis’ answers to questions about his anti-abortion policies also drew jeers from the crowd.
oof. DeSantis’s lies about abortion (such as “the baby is fully formed” at 15 weeks) did not go over well with the debate audience pic.twitter.com/WigxVa7KYW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 25, 2022
DeSantis was asked about a Florida law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks. He answered with some silly anecdote that didn’t answer the question at all.
From Newsweek:
DeSantis replied: “I was thinking back to a poor woman, over 40 years ago, in Jamaica, she found herself pregnant, didn’t think there would be much opportunity to have a child.
“She was urged to abort the baby, and went to get the abortion and for whatever reason, maybe we can’t explain, and for whatever reason, that didn’t end up happening and she ended up having the baby.
“I think about that because a few months ago I appointed her daughter to be the first Jamaican-American justice in the history of the Florida Supreme Court.”
First of all, why is DeSantis out here telling some Jamaican woman’s business just to make some political point that dodges the question he was actually asked?
Secondly, DeSantis is just making the same old, stale “that aborted baby could have been president” argument that ignores the fact that the aborted fetus or zygote could have also crown to be the next Hitler or Bin Laden or Dahmer or neo-Nazi or Capitol rioter or David Duke or Ron DeS…well, y’all get my point.
One of the most talked about moments of the debate is one that leaves a pressing question: Doe Gov. Ron DeSantis even want to be governor?
“I have a question for you,” Crist said during the debate. “You’re running for governor. Why don’t you look in the eyes of the people of the state of Florida and say to them if you’re reelected, you will serve a full four-year term as governor? Yes or no?”
As Crist commented: “It’s not a tough question. It’s a fair question.” And yet DeSantis responded by looking like a white nationalist deer caught in CRT headlights.
What a moment that tells you where Ron DeSantis’ priorities are.
CRIST: Ron, will you serve a full 4-year term? Yes or no?
DESANTIS: *awkwardly stands there* pic.twitter.com/Hp6pwOFHfW
— Ammar Moussa (@ammarmufasa) October 24, 2022
With all of DeSantis’ awkward pauses and extended stink face moments, one would assume he was playing a quiet game of “make the memes write themselves.”
Ron DESantis did poorly at the debate?
Not quite the tough guy with big cojones he imagined, eh? pic.twitter.com/s7W3FW0wpg
— DrDinD (@DrDinD) October 25, 2022
To say Ron DeSantis looks uncomfortable is a huge understatement.
He looked ready to cry most of the time.
He is the weakest man I’ve ever seen on a debate stage. https://t.co/VWZ9A3HKvu
— Natalee (@1Realnatalee) October 25, 2022
Ron DeSantis gives the greatest confused dog faces. All this time I thought this meme was edited.Uh. Nope probably not.
Ron DeSantis cannot debate or confront the public outside of his highly manicured fascist bubble. pic.twitter.com/D1bvoo43Q3
— ༺ɛʟʄɛɢǟ ɮǟƈǟ༻ (@ElfegaBaca) October 24, 2022
Of course, all DeSantis needed to do was stick to his ultra-conservative script of pro-life and anti-immigrant sentiments, white fragility, and LGBTQ hate to keep his constituents happy. And he did that. I suppose that was really his only job.
Who cares how ridiculous he looked while doing it, right?
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