Here is a second angle of Ron DeSantis struggling with breathing problems during his event today.

[demmiblue]

Here is a second angle of Ron DeSantis struggling with breathing problems during his event today. The longer this clip goes on, the worse it gets.

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[uponit7771]

1. Damn, he better have an oximeter on him while he goes to sleep. He sounds aweful

[NCjack]

2. Delta?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Is it bad that I kinda wish it was a bit more obvious?

To me he just seems nervous or rushed, not like he's having significant breathing issues ...

[ret5hd]

12. A press conference (I guess) making an experienced...

politician that nervous?

I dunno.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

19. Yeah well I'm not sure WHY, but there's a hell of a lot of RePuQ's that SHOULD be nervous

just as a regular state of being, this guy being high on the list, so ... maybe?

I wish I could seriously consider the serendipity being suggested by the OP, but it just seems too good to be true is all I'm saying.

Fingers crossed ...

[Rebl2]

22. He's spewed

his lies in front of many a crowd. Doubtful he is nervous. Sounded like he was having trouble breathing.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

29. Maybe he has more to worry about than usual ... maybe just heard the explosion of the covid cases

in the state he's been bragging about as an example of the success of not requiring any public health measures?

I dunno, to me it wasn't quite bad enough to draw a definitive conclusion, but I'm not ruling anything out.

[a kennedy]

4. Gonna die and probably soon......wow.....he is really struggling to breathe.

[ecstatic]

5. He's going to end up with a Darwin award

I guess he's trying to wish away whatever's going on. He's going to show up in the emergency room with a 50% blood oxygen reading. Too late buddy!

[Hekate]

6. I do not wish him dead. Badly scared, yes. Sick enough for long enough to reflect on the harm...

… he has caused and the deaths he is responsible for.

That would be fine.

[we can do it]

8. Dead. His lies have killed thousands.

[Hekate]

11. The dead don't suffer. I want him to suffer. Long Covid would be just fine. nt

[Deuxcents]

16. True

Flipping around the state preaching no masks n not practicing safe distance with his wife at a concert and who knows what n where else. He’s not in he best shape to begin with...pressures of being governor n his wife with cancer..stress is showing.

[tinrobot]

17. Did Tump reflect on the harm he caused after his near death experience?

Doubtful DeSantis would do any better.

[Hekate]

18. That would require a soul. In any case, TFG gets the same thoughts'n'prayers ...

May he suffer from Long Covid.

[LiberalFighter]

21. He does not have the conscience necessary for that.

[Hekate]

26. Long Covid would suffice

[zaj]

7. Super obvious... I hope his political ambition doesn't kill his wife.

[gay texan]

9. holy shit

That dude aint well.

Straining for breath every three or four words? Yeah, somebody got bit by their own bullshit....

on edit: The more i watch this, this dude is terrified. That is the look of sheer fear on his face.

[grumpyduck]

10. No thoughts. No prayers.

[diane in sf]

13. I suspected he disappeared from view because he had contracted COVID. This seems to verify that.

[Cetacea]

14. zHe was at a super spreader on New Years Eve

Positivity rate in Florida is 38 percent...

[Murphyb849]

15. As a nurse that is textbook short of breath. Wonder what his pulse ox was?

Looked like the former guy when he had C19

[UTUSN]

20. K&R

[Trueblue Texan]

23. See? Told ya he probably had COVID

Maybe he'll croak from it. Wouldn't that be poetic justice?

[monkeyman1]

24. I want to see a obituary! hope he is fertilizer ! lot of my friends have die'd down there !no pity

[orwell]

25. Let's Go Darwin!

I'll have the T-Shirts made up...

[roamer65]

27. I've got one on order.

No BS. I do.

[Carlitos Brigante]

32. .

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[dchill]

28. Gives us an idea of what's been going on for the last two weeks.

Get plenty of ventilation, Ron!

[kimbutgar]

30. Yep he's got the Covid !!!

[Poiuyt]

31. I don't think I've ever listened to him before, but he definitely sounds shaky

It almost sounded like he was going to break down and sob.

[smirkymonkey]

33. You do realize that if he goes, that only gives TFG a better chance, right?

I can't stand DeSantis, but I would honestly rather have him around to trounce TFG than to not have him around. He's a neo-fascist, but I don't think he is as insanely destructive as Trump.

[dalton99a]

34. So the asshole is going around infecting other people

[Blue Owl]

35. He'll be with Herman soon....

[cadoman]

36. he sounded awful!!

Probably the second most deserving person in the country to get it if it's COVID.

Almost sounds a bit like crying too though. Hard to say. Definitely something was _off_ though!

[Demovictory9]

37. irony cubed

[Demovictory9]

38. " Ron DeSantis Looks Like He's Trying to Not Die During Strange Press Conference "

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