DeSantis: Is this guy for real? Like really this tone deaf?

[speak easy]

Ron DeSantis says Florida is the ‘Iowa of the Southeast’

The Governor recently said Florida was the 'Utah of the Southeast,' so this continues a theme.

Gov. Ron DeSantis returned to Iowa Saturday for the Feenstra Family Picnic in Sioux Center.

The Florida Governor offered high praise for the Hawkeye State, though it was probably familiar to those who have heard more than one of his speeches.

“I was here in March and someone kind of took note and they’re like, ‘Man, look at all the stuff Iowa is doing. Iowa is like the Florida of the Midwest.’ But I just want to let you know, after watching all the good stuff you’ve done in Iowa, it may be that Florida is the Iowa of the Southeast,” DeSantis said.

The remarks, which DeSantis repeated verbatim in Cedar Rapids in the evening, were essentially a rehash of those made at the Utah Republican Convention last month.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/611928-ron-desantis-says-florida-is-the-iowa-of-the-southeast/

[Maru Kitteh]

1. has he always been this utterly, totally WEIRD?

Have we heard anything from childhood mates? I seriously would like to know how long he's been this freakish. He's so awkward it's deeply painful to watch.






C'mon little boots. Try harder. Or quit trying so hard. Maybe both.

[speak easy]

2. Little Boots?

'Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was given the nickname “Caligula,” meaning “little boots” in Latin, during his travels with his father on military campaigns as a child.'

[Hekate]

6. In this case it was those weird white shrimp-boat boots his staff got him to wade around in a flood--

…..so he could pretend to care about Floridians. He looked strange. But he also has those autocratic vibes all over the place.

I remember some of us used to call Dubya “Baby Caligula” because of the father-complex thing.

[CTyankee]

17. Yale undergrad, Harvard Law. Keep reminding the FL Republicans of that pedigree.

[OrlandoDem2]

3. What does that even mean? Florida is the Iowa of the SE?

WTF?

[Cha]

5. Corn?

[Cha]

4. deMussolini wannabe eats pudding

with his fingers in public & thinks it's ok to be seen like this in public..

So you tell me..



I asked if this were photoshopped but never got an answer. It seems exaggerated from the pic I saw earler.

death squad just wants to pander t Iowa.. must have thought that was a brilliant thing to say to them.

He sounds Canned.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. You had to ask if that was photoshopped?

Come on now.

[speak easy]

19. No.

Not intended. 'a cross dressing fetish' does not mean someone is gay.. And no - having some experience in BDSM relationships - being top or bottom, dom, domme or sub is nothing to be ashamed of - but treasured. But my own experience, when I was scening, is that cruel bullies were likely to be sucessful tops or doms, but could thrive in a release from responsibility.

Anyway I apologize. I have deleted the comment It would be better if I stayed away from pop psychology - for all concerned.

[BlackSkimmer]

18. Aanndd there it is, the usual wink wink hee hee hint that he is gay. Ugh.

Why do you thin he is gay? what reason has he given to for you to think that?

Nah, it's just a handy insult that I would have thought DUers would have stopped with long ago.

[speak easy]

20. There are plenty of crossdressing straights, as you would know

That's what I meant by 'a cross dressing fetish'. But I should have known better than to go there.

As for the other stuff -
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=17913736

And as I said in that response - '"I apologize. I have deleted the comment It would be better if I stayed away from pop psychology - for all concerned."

[BlackSkimmer]

21. I don't think he's a "cross-dressing straight", not that I would know.

As far as I know, I've never known one, but how would I know really?

I'm a gay woman, so if I've known any cross-dressing straights, they never enlightened me as to that lol.

Apology accepted. Thank you.

You are in the minority as far as people who apologize for those type comments, and I have the utmost respect for someone who apologizes when they realize their words might be taken the wrong way.

[speak easy]

22. I have known (of) two cross dressing straights

both in committed relationships. It is a kink they share with their partners but don't go around dressed up in public. They have online groups where they share their fetish. It's more common than you might think, but a stupid thing to say. Sorry.

Ron DeSantis definitely gives me BDSM vibes, but it is better for all concerned if I stay clear of pop psychology (here).

[BlackSkimmer]

23. Oh hell, I know it's not an "abnormal" thing.

Funnily enough, in my wild young Key West days, I had more than a few propositions to join in with straight couples. Never offensively propositioned, but not my thing.

I might have learned more had I accepted!

IF you get the vibes, you probably know more than most. I have accurate gaydar for the most part, though I have been wrong...maybe

[ZonkerHarris]

7. low IQ stupid

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Um, no.

The reality is that Florida residents are very diverse, with strong regional differences. The one thing you can't say is that we are anything like a Midwest state.

You would think a governor of this State would have figured that out.

[BlackSkimmer]

11. Spot on!

Florida is filled with people from all the other states lol'

[dalton99a]

9. Fucking psycho has a limited repertoire and worse imagination than Trump

[ecstatic]

12. Yep. That's exactly what he is. A psycho

Anyone who wants to live in Utah or Iowa or any other barely populated state is free to do so. No need to forcefully turn Florida into something it's not. He is not well. He needs to be in therapy somewhere hashing out whatever issues and grievances he has due to his height. My brother is around the same height but he definitely does not have the psychological issues and obsessions that tiny D has.

[Norbert]

14. When people tell us who they are, believe them.