# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/442 "2023-08-24T00:49:00Z")
I love the details you put into this. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/443 "2023-08-24T01:19:22Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > there’s an episode of the Beverly Hillbillies playing on a high channel - the Clampetts get a hippopotamus when one of Mr. Drysdale’s advertising schemes backfires. Does Ellie put the _critter_ in the _cement pond_? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/444 "2023-08-24T01:49:37Z")
Naw. Granny done it instead. ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/445 "2023-08-24T01:58:29Z")
Well, that should practically secure her a Cabinet post in the next GOP administration. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/446 "2023-08-24T02:20:25Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Naw. Granny done it instead. Granny wanted to butcher the hippopotamus and sell the meat, Ellie wanted to keep it as a pet (and she did put the critter in the cement pond) and Mr. Drysdale wanted to paint bank slogans on it before donating it to a zoo. Jed just wanted it to go away like it never happened. Nobody won. It was political allegory at its finest. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/447 "2023-08-24T02:32:33Z")
Can we get a “Like” button for posts like this! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/448 "2023-08-24T06:42:09Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Granny wanted to butcher the hippopotamus and sell the meat … I would’a stewed it up and served it in the fancy eatin’ room. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/449 "2023-08-24T13:44:34Z")
Wit possum gravy 'n hog jowls. 🙂 > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Granny wanted to butcher the hippopotamus and sell the meat, Ellie wanted to keep it as a pet (and she did put the critter in the cement pond) … Thanks for the factual update. I wuz jus makin a funny. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/450 "2023-08-24T18:11:11Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > I would’a stewed it up and served it in the fancy eatin’ room. I always loved that they had “pot-passers.” ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/451 "2023-08-26T13:22:11Z")
DeSantis? Years from now: “that guy who tried to run on the ant-woke platform? That was so lame. But I remember that was not why lost. It was because he was boring.” ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/452 "2023-08-26T19:29:42Z")
DeSantis? The guy who tried to bankrupt the #1 employer in the state over a personal tiff? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/453 "2023-08-27T04:22:16Z")
Did the hippo weigh 215 lbs? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/454 "2023-08-27T10:10:13Z")
Unfortunately this hippo is a bit more than 215 lbs. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/455 "2023-08-27T13:50:09Z")
> [@TeroSunbear](#): > > DeSantis? Years from now: “that guy who tried to run on the ant-woke platform? That was so lame. But I remember that was not why lost. It was because he was boring.” Unless Ron’s out of touch with reality, DeSantis is primarily running to be [next in line](https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Politics-Voices/2014/0731/Next-in-line-why-Republicans-have-no-clear-heir-apparent-in-2016) for the 2028, or, maybe, 2032, GOP nomination. If so, he should, and is, leaving room for podium skill enhancement. Then, future pundits can tell us he’s new and improved, ---
**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:** [August 28, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/456 "2023-08-28T18:44:00Z")
Whoops… > **['You're not welcome here!' DeSantis booed at vigil for Jacksonville shooting...](https://www.npr.org/2023/08/28/1196305761/desantis-jacksonville-vigil-booed)** > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Jacksonville on Sunday to mourn the three victims killed in a racially motivated shooting at a local Dollar General. _As DeSantis approached the podium to speak, some people in the crowd began to boo; one person yelled out, “You’re not welcome here.” Later, someone shouted, “Your policies caused this,” according to videos of the event. As governor, DeSantis has loosened the state’s guns laws, and curbed efforts to teach Black history in public schools._ ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/457 "2023-08-29T00:22:06Z")
ron is soon going to be groveling to Joe Biden for federal aid. A hurricane’s a coming. > **[Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia's...](https://apnews.com/article/florida-hurricane-idalia-tropical-storm-tampa-431e595c7ebe2b849b58811d1d7b2685)** > > Florida residents are evacuating from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as forecasters predict that Tropical Storm Idalia will hit the state as a major hurricane by Wednesday. I don’t expect ron to benefit from this. I don’t think he does empathy well. Or leadership. Last time he tried to tour a hurricane ravaged area, he wore white rubber boots that turned into a meme. [![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/454/255/54c.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/454/255/54c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/458 "2023-08-29T06:10:21Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > DeSantis is primarily running to be [next in line](https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/Politics-Voices/2014/0731/Next-in-line-why-Republicans-have-no-clear-heir-apparent-in-2016) for the 2028, or, maybe, 2032, GOP nomination. I’m not sure he’s not blowing that too, if he’s not forgotten entirely by then. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/459 "2023-08-29T06:24:09Z")
> [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJHy3MUVUAAQm7K?format=jpg&name=360x360) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJHy3MUVUAAQm7K?format=jpg&name=360x360) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/460 "2023-08-29T06:42:54Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > ron is soon going to be groveling to Joe Biden for federal aid. A hurricane’s a coming. See, that’s the thing; Joe Biden sees himself as President of _all_ the United States, not just the people who agree with him. He won’t force anyone to grovel for federal aid. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/461 "2023-08-29T13:25:25Z")
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