Attacking the other guy vs. focusing on one’s own accomplishments or positions is a tactic as old as politics itself. This is part of the territory. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla. is making a fresh effort to replace Gov. Ron DeSantis will be running for the 2022 governorship election.
Before we continue with Crist, let’s state the obvious. Ron DeSantis has terrified the Democrat Party. The left is afraid of any conservatives who have the courage and the audience to take them to task, just like the left.
Enter Charlie Crist, who now accuses the popular governor of ignoring the interests of Floridians because he’s too busy “MAGA trolling.”
Ron DeSantis must be an example. MAGA trolling will cost you your constituents’ votes.
— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) March 21, 2022
MAGA trolling
You are far away from me EverydayYou can use the internet rag Media Matters to find information. Everything, but I’m about to make an exception because Crist’s charge is so ridiculous, we need to view “MAGA trolling” in the context with which he used it:
MAGA Trolls
[S]ocial media personalities who gained notoriety through their support of President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” message, and people who identify as “alt-right.”
Pro-Trump MAGA trolls and self-identified members of the “alt-right” include the far-right social media personalities Mike Cernovich, Jack Posobiec, Charlie Kirk, Laura Loomer, and white supremacists that brand themselves with the “alt-right” label.
Again, silly. “Shockingly,” Crist followed up the tweet with a fundraising tweet.
Ron needs your help to prevent a second term. Can we get 300 new online donors today?
So, Crist accuses DeSantis of ignoring his constituents because he’s too busy MAGA trolling, then 10 minutes later, refers to him as “Ron”? This is civil.
Ron needs your help to prevent a second term. Can we get 300 new online donors today?
https://t.co/rWqyyyEPKS— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) March 21, 2022
Let’s see if we can’t figure out why Charlie Crist thinks Ron DeSantis is not only a MAGA troll but also how the Florida governor has ignored his constituents, shall we?
Maybe it’s because of DeSantis’s support for Florida’s parental rights bill and the Stop Woke Act, both of which not only ban radical agendas in public classrooms in the Sunshine State but also give parents the legal right to know what their kids are being “taught.”
Or maybe it’s because DeSantis recently told a group of students they didn’t have to wear their masks if they didn’t want to, saying it was time to “stop with this COVID theater.”
Perhaps it was Biden’s utter disregard for Biden after the FDA withdrew the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the two monoclonal antibodies that are used to treat COVID patients. DeSantis was a champion of the use of antibodies. Florida has a system that allows them to be used effectively in the treatment of the disease.
Ah, wait. Maybe it was the estimated $1 billion suspension of Florida’s gas tax to provide relief from soaring gas prices to drivers at the pump, while Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg continue to run around pushing EVs — electric cars — as the magic solution. It is both ignorant and foolish.
Finally, perhaps it was DeSantis’s proclamation on Tuesday that Florida does not recognize transgender swimmer Lia Thomas’ victory in the NCAA 500-yard women’s freestyle event last Thursday, and is instead declaring Sarasota native and runner-up Emma Weyant the “rightful winner” in his state.
JUST NOW @GovRonDeSantisHe says that he will sign the “proclamation of naming” @UVA @USASwimming Olympian @emmaweyantFemale swimmer who is the best in 500-yard freestyle.
DeSantis claimed that @NCAA is “perpetuating fraud” & “trying to undermine the integrity of the competition” pic.twitter.com/wt6I058ILp
— Evan Donovan (@EvanDonovan) March 22, 2022
Welp, I’m still stumped. I’ll do a bit more digging into the Florida governor’s MAGA trolling and get back to you.
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