# Ron DeSantis 2024 (Campaign suspended on January 21, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592 "2020-04-12T00:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/181 "2023-03-07T03:36:11Z")
If you want to see what the problem with DeSantis is, watch this video or read this article: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M81-GM0mTc4/maxresdefault.jpg "Ron DeSantis: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81-GM0mTc4) > **[‘If that is true: Wow!’ John Oliver blasts Ron DeSantis’s ‘bizarre dating...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/john-oliver-ron-desantis-dating-b2295157.html)** > > Florida governor deliberately misprounced Thai food on first dates because ‘he didn’t want a girlfriend who corrected him’ ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/182 "2023-03-07T11:47:21Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > “Two men enter, one worm leaves!” Any chance of that being zero worms leave? ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/183 "2023-03-08T00:07:06Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > If you want to see what the problem with DeSantis is, watch this video or read this article: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81-GM0mTc4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81-GM0mTc4) > > [‘If that is true: Wow!’ John Oliver blasts Ron DeSantis’s ‘bizarre dating tactic’ | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/john-oliver-ron-desantis-dating-b2295157.html) Yes, Oliver’s piece is well worth the time of anyone who suspects that DeSantis’ brand of fascism _ **might** _ not be pleasant to live under. Just devastating. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/184 "2023-03-08T00:24:14Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yes, Oliver’s piece is well worth the time of anyone who suspects that DeSantis’ brand of fascism _ **might** _ not be pleasant to live under. Plus, we’ll all have to order pad thai from “thigh” restaurants. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/185 "2023-03-08T00:24:58Z")
Not sure if I’ve asked this before: AIUI, Meatball got the Fla state legislature to fund more of his immigrant harrassment, the odd thing being- _the immigrants don’t even have to be in Florida!_ If this is true, how can he rationalize this nasty practice if he should get in a situation where he’s somewhat obliged to answer questions? I’m talking about the deliberately cruel relocation program. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/186 "2023-03-08T01:52:20Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Plus, we’ll all have to order pad thai from “thigh” restaurants. “Pad thigh” is what happens to me after so many helpings of creamy panang curry. 🥁 _rimshot_ 🥁 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/187 "2023-03-08T02:56:53Z")
I was reading something on another board about the dictator of Turkmenistan, and saw a lot of parallels between him, and DeSantis’ desires. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/188 "2023-03-08T23:44:06Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Plus, we’ll all have to order pad thai from “thigh” restaurants. When I try to calibrate the insanely-high level of insecurity involved in dating _only_ women who are too intimidated to mention that “Thai” is pronounced “tie,” my head overheats. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/189 "2023-03-09T00:49:05Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > If this is true, how can he rationalize this nasty practice if he should get in a situation where he’s somewhat obliged to answer questions? I’m talking about the deliberately cruel relocation program. Why does he have to rationalize it? Immigration is an issue that helps Republicans. An exception: Giving the Dreamers an easy path to citizenship is a compassionate policy that polls well. But treating recently arrived undocumented immigrants decently is unpopular. Going way back to the beginning of the thread, the question was what at happens if DeSantis is nominated. It mostly depends on the economy 18 months or so from now. But I think any Republican other than DJT would do well. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/190 "2023-03-09T00:57:33Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Why does he have to rationalize it? It is a little unusual for a politician to pull a purely, blatantly asshole move like fucking with these immigrants. It’s like it’s his fun hobby to bother these people since they have no direct connection to him or his state. He should be shamed for it (I’m a dreamer). ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/191 "2023-03-09T00:57:58Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yes, Oliver’s piece is well worth the time of anyone who suspects that DeSantis’ brand of fascism _ **might** _ not be pleasant to live under. > > Just devastating. This is a friend of a friend story. Sure, it could be true, but I give it no credence. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/192 "2023-03-13T15:19:20Z")
> [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](#): > > DeSantis is seen as a 2024 presidential contender. It’s beginning to look inevitable. But, how do they build a campaign around this guy? He is not personable. He has a weak , almost irritating voice. His message is not upbeat. And who do you pair him with? Rick Scott? Huckabee Sanders? OMG no. That would be American Gothic. Hailey or Lake maybe. Lake being the most likely because she is charismatic and can carry off the batshit crazy schtick with a straight face. If it’s up to DeSantis, he’ll go with Sanders. That’s about as appealing as Wallace/LeMay. Is he a contender in the sense of ‘does he have a chance’? Unfortunately IMHO yes. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/193 "2023-03-13T15:50:44Z")
You have to remember that the imaging and messaging at first is not going to be targeted to you or me or most of the posters here. We’re just going to point and snicker, like we did in 2016. Will he and whomever is running mate is pivot after the primaries to try and appeal to a more broad profile of voters? Probably not. TFG won because he was not Hilary, and Biden won because he was not TFG. I am hoping Biden will win again because DeSantis it too much like TFG. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/194 "2023-03-13T16:06:54Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > not going to be targeted to you or me True, but I wonder about his appeal to any group. Trump is the ‘crazy uncle’ funny. lovable guy who says stuff other people just think. You can pick and choose from his rambling babble. DeSantis is deliberate and mean. Sanders is Puritan Holy. Those two aren’t Trump. Pivoting will be difficult for DeSantis. He has dug a deep hole. He and Lake might, instead, go full on bat shit crazy Trump. That might be their best bet. It could draw crowds. Same schtick with new chants. I keep remembering campaigns like Dole and McCain. Guys who had it all but could not draw a crowd. Then along comes crazy Donald and they flock to the tent. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/195 "2023-03-13T17:45:49Z")
Looks like our boy has a bestseller now, too. > **[The Courage to Be Free](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-courage-to-be-free-ron-desantis?variant=40977857544226)** > > No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he reveals how he did it. He played baseball for Yale, graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, and served in Iraq and in the halls of Congress. But in all... Subtitling it “Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival” ISTM invites the Dem candidate to highlight all the things happening in Florida that Americans _don’t_ want for their country. (And by “Americans,” I mean the slim percentage of undecided or unmotivated voters in a few purple states. Unfortunately, no one else matters.) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/196 "2023-03-13T18:04:10Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Subtitling it “Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival” ISTM invites the Dem candidate to highlight all the things happening in Florida that Americans _don’t_ want for their country. Hmm, smells like MAGA. It should be “Florida’s Unmitigated Blueprint for America’s Revival”, or, to sum it up: FUBAR. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/197 "2023-03-13T18:08:41Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > “Florida’s Unmitigated Blueprint for America’s Revival”, or, to sum it up: FUBAR. Nominee for thread winner. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/198 "2023-03-13T19:19:04Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Looks like our boy has a bestseller now, too. He’s theoretically on a “book tour” to promote the book, but he’s talking like he’s campaigning and there’s a lot of speculation that this tour is really a pre-campaign warmup to get attention before he officially announces his candidacy. Can’t wait. 🫤 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/199 "2023-03-13T22:42:12Z")
Navy pilot badass [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/soWggOxfN0s/maxresdefault.jpg "Ron DeSantis’ Secret Navy Past EXPOSED and he’s a TOTAL FRAUD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soWggOxfN0s) whose duty was “_assistant_ urinalysis coordinator” (the guy who watches you pee in the cup and then makes sure the lid is on tight and it is properly labeled). ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/200 "2023-03-13T23:56:22Z")
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