# 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:** 19
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/362 "2023-07-27T00:26:49Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Subliminal (target voters are kind of slow) messaging? That’s [my guess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024/851592/287). The primary Repulbican voter is motivated by unconscious feelings of fear and loathing rather than reason. Presumably they have a psych major on their media team whose decided that the rapid fire semi-liminal images are the best way target the unconscious. After watching that I think I need to get away from the computer for a while. Perhaps I’ll pass that time by playing a little solitaire… ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/363 "2023-07-27T01:42:46Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > After watching that I think I need to get away from the computer for a while. Perhaps I’ll pass that time by playing a little solitaire… 👏 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/364 "2023-07-27T12:51:10Z")
DeSantis says he’d consider naming RFK Jr. to head the CDC or FDA. A _National Review_ article calls that “…a grotesquely unacceptable pander: to put a person actively opposed to modern medical care in charge of the federal government’s oversight of major aspects of it.” The NR article notes that DeSantis claiming RFK Jr.'s views are 30% in alignment with the G.O.P. base is “sort of like saying the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Party candidate is mostly in line with our views except for the whole “face eating” part.” > **[Ron DeSantis’s Reckless Embrace of RFK Jr. | National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ron-desantiss-reckless-embrace-of-rfk-jr/)** > > DeSantis has either hopelessly lost the plot in his campaign, or he’s myopically focused on appeasing the ‘New Right’ to the exclusion of all else. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/365 "2023-07-27T12:53:10Z")
That video reminds me of Scrooged when Mr. Cross creates the Christmas special promo that scares the shit out of everyone who watches it, and that’s what he’s going for! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/366 "2023-07-27T13:26:05Z")
Dear Lord, did I see snippets of _American Psycho_? Is that meant to inspire and/or motivate the typical voter? Who on earth would want a President who’s a part-time serial killer? Wait, don’t answer that… ---
**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:** [July 27, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/367 "2023-07-27T13:27:44Z")
So this is what “political dialogue” has come to? _I can out-incoherent you!_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/368 "2023-07-28T17:13:44Z")
Seems like he can dish it out, but he can’t take it. > **[Disney criticizes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' attempt to remove himself from...](https://www.aol.com/disney-criticizes-florida-gov-ron-042540679.html)** > > Disney bashed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his recent request for immunity from the lawsuit it filed against him. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/369 "2023-07-28T21:08:12Z")
Desantis is a busy guy. I mean, it’s not like he has multiple “indications” against him in various courts/locations with more to come. But he’s digging a hole he can’t get out of got campaigning to do and it’s just a mouse, right? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/370 "2023-07-28T23:30:14Z")
DeSantis is basically Evil Sheldon. > **[Ron DeSantis Got Roasted Alive For Sugar-Shaming A Child In Iowa](https://uproxx.com/viral/ron-desantis-sugar-shaming-icee-county-fair/)** > > Ron DeSantis really does not know how to act around humans. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/371 "2023-07-29T00:28:47Z")
“It’s yet another blunder for DeSantis in the key primary state where members of his own party have already hit him with a cease and desist letter for bussing in supporters from other states to mask the lack of enthusiasm for his campaign.” Dude can’t get enough of putting people on busses. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/372 "2023-07-29T01:15:01Z")
“Never Bus Down!” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/373 "2023-07-29T01:47:37Z")
They must be very loyal supporters if they’re willing to get on a bus and head to Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/374 "2023-07-29T08:46:42Z")
Or they assume the checks will clear. I don’t know that I’d trust that bet. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/375 "2023-07-30T14:43:46Z")
That sugar-shaming clip was deliciously painful to watch. In my old neighborhood, local politicians engaged in a lot of retail politics and I found it to be an extremely effective technique. I was always ready to vote in the primary for the city council or state senate candidate that I actually had a conversation with, whether they had been going door to door or doing meet and greets on busy street corners. ( This was a deep blue Dem +40 district so these races were effectively decided in the primary - the term of art the media used was “secure their seat”.) But if I had met that guy while he was campaigning, I’d probably be “no way I’m voting for that douche”, no matter what his policy positions were. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/376 "2023-07-30T15:01:31Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > That sugar-shaming clip was deliciously painful to watch. The kid would have been better off eating pudding with his fingers. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/377 "2023-07-30T15:18:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > They must be very loyal supporters if they’re willing to get on a bus and head to Iowa. > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Or they assume the checks will clear. I don’t know that I’d trust that bet. Never mind the check clearing, didn’t Trump strand a bunch of his people at a couple of his rallies when he was done using them as props? Do you really think RDS will care any more? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/378 "2023-08-01T21:15:02Z")
Hit 'em where it hurts! > **[In DeSantis rebuke, 2 major Black orgs move their conferences — and millions...](https://www.aol.com/desantis-rebuke-2-major-black-160040191.html)** > > Two months after the NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida, two major Black organizations are moving their conferences elsewhere, and advocates hope the momentum will carry over to elections in 2024 and beyond. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/379 "2023-08-01T22:53:26Z")
[Meatball Ron might be in some kind of trouble for that migrant stunt he pulled.](https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/da-for-marthas-vineyard-asks-feds-for-help-investigating-migrant-flights/3102155/) Very early days, but still interesting. Basically, the DA whose territory includes Martha’s Vineyard is asking the DOJ for assistance to investigate the trips. I guess it will give DeSantis an opportunity to howl about the “weaponization of the DOJ” too, just like the Big Boys. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2023, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/380 "2023-08-02T22:37:33Z")
We need _more_ ignorance to fight, > **[Florida may become first state to accept a 'classical' alternative to the SAT...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-classical-alternative-sat-clt-desantis-ap-rcna95910)** > > Florida’s embrace of the Classic Learning Test for college admissions follows a high-profile dispute between the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the College Board, which administers the SAT. and Mr. Desadness wants to accommodate us. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/381 "2023-08-03T12:54:18Z")
[Ron has agreed to debate Gavin Newsom](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-agrees-debate-gavin-newsom-fox-news-rcna97885). It’s early days and might not happen, but the conditions are: No notes are to be used by either person, it will be moderated by Sean Hannity (because that sounds impartial) and run for about 90 minutes. Will Ron have the kind of performance that might inject new energy into his slumping campaign? Or will he be a laughingstock except to his few hardcore supporters? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592.md?page=20)