# Ron DeSantis - The Pit Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601 "2023-05-25T23:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/201 "2023-08-24T01:12:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > DeFuhrer now wants to take away Disney worker’s employee discounts, because giving minimum-wage workers half off their lunch “deprives the state of tax revenue”. Didn’t he say that he had put that whole Disney thing behind him? ---
**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, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/202 "2023-08-24T01:20:26Z")
He did. That means it’s up to his minions to harass & torture Disney; he can’t be bothered. He’s moved above and beyond such trivialities. But he did leave explicit orders that they be tortured as much and as often as the state can figure out how to do it. ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/203 "2023-08-24T03:58:26Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > “Listless vessels”? As inanimate objects, I wouldn’t expect vessels to be enthusiastic. There are a lot of adjectives I’d use to describe Trump supporters, but “listless” is definitely not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/204 "2023-08-24T05:10:29Z")
Well, they declined to drop the lawsuit against him so I’m sure that changed things in his evil pea brain. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/205 "2023-08-24T12:54:47Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > DeFuhrer now wants to take away Disney worker’s employee discounts, because giving minimum-wage workers half off their lunch “deprives the state of tax revenue”. If I were Disney, I’d respond by cutting all food prices in half, and make it clear that it was in direct response to this shitbaggery. Cuts their whole tax revenue from food in half, and will be very popular among the customers, I’m sure. Disney can afford it, methinks. We’ll see who blinks first. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.e/32/8932_2.png) [@Mr.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.E)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/206 "2023-08-30T01:17:00Z")
Disney’s desire to screw over DeSantis is second only to their desire to squeeze money out of guests, so as far as that is concerned what’s good for Disney is good for Florida (a fact DeSantis seems to have forgotten). It’s fun to think of ways to screw DeSantis, though. For instance: How about a new Disneyland ticket that as a fun bonus also lets you in to Disney World? Obviously Florida can’t collect sales tax on tickets to a California theme park. Glancing at Florida tax law it seems like maybe guests using such a ticket in Florida might owe a Use Tax, but good luck collecting on that. Oh, and did I mention these tickets are $10 cheaper than the normal Disney World tickets? ---
**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:** [August 30, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/207 "2023-08-30T01:31:15Z")
DeSantis is “taking time away” from campaigning to supposedly concentrate on Florida hurricane relief. This probably means he’ll try to wrap himself in the aura of State Savior (while blasting the Biden administration for any real or imagined faults in the federal response). Hopefully those affected by the hurricane will benefit from all the posturing. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/208 "2023-08-30T01:38:15Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > DeSantis is “taking time away” from campaigning to supposedly concentrate on Florida hurricane relief. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJHy3MUVUAAQm7K?format=jpg&name=360x360) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJHy3MUVUAAQm7K?format=jpg&name=360x360) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/209 "2023-08-30T01:44:09Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > DeSantis is “taking time away” from campaigning to supposedly concentrate on Florida hurricane relief. Maybe he is heading to Cancun? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/210 "2023-08-30T17:54:54Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Maybe he is heading to Cancun? “Everyone knows the best thing for me to do is get out of the way and let Biden take the fall…I mean the credit!” ---
**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:** [August 30, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/211 "2023-08-30T23:15:34Z")
Biden apparently foresees trouble, as noted on ABC News: "The president said he thinks Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis “trusts my judgment and my desire to help, and I trust him to be able to suggest that this is not about politics. It’s about taking care of the people of the state.” DeSantis told reporters he agreed it wasn’t about politics. Whether he can refrain from the temptation to capitalize politically…well, we’ll see. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/212 "2023-09-01T18:26:29Z")
The DeSantis campaign is running scared…from a 15-year-old. > **[Ron DeSantis Is Afraid of Questions From a 15-Year-Old](https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-president-candidate-ron-desantis-is-afraid-of-questions-from-15-year-old-quinn-mitchell)** > > The Florida governor's operation went to extraordinary lengths to intimidate a high school sophomore—all for a question about Donald Trump. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/213 "2023-09-01T22:14:15Z")
It’s paywalled, but Jezebel has the article, too. > **[15-Year-Old Boy Says DeSantis Campaign Manhandled Him for Asking Question...](https://jezebel.com/15-year-old-boy-says-desantis-campaign-manhandled-him-f-1850797605)** > > Quinn Mitchell asked DeSantis a very simple question about Jan. 6 that somehow stumped and embarrassed the Florida governor, and the campaign retaliated. The question was: “Do you believe that Trump violated the peaceful transfer of power, a key principle of American democracy that we must uphold?” ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/214 "2023-09-01T22:31:30Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > a key principle of American democracy that we must uphold No wonder DeFuhrer was triggered - he’s never seen democracy as being that important to the process. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/215 "2023-09-02T01:42:34Z")
Karen Desantis gets punked by a teenager. Priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/216 "2023-09-05T12:38:17Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Karen Desantis gets punked by a teenager. The best part is, the teenager _wasn’t even trying to punk him_. The original question was really a softball, the correct answer would have been a slam-dunk for any US politician in the Before Times. DeSantis punked himself by not giving the easy, obviously correct answer. And then, in the later episodes, the kid was just trying to get close enough to DeSantis to apologize for having accidentally made him look bad on video. DeSantis punked himself again by having his team rough the kid up, instead of getting new video of them shaking hands like normal people. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/217 "2023-09-05T12:56:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > shaking hands like normal people. A recurring issue with DeSantis. Just do everything by Zoom, Ron. Then you won’t have these troubles and can just blame it on Tech issues. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/218 "2023-09-05T13:33:36Z")
Better yet by written press release. I bet he’s still terminally awkward on Zoom. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/219 "2023-09-05T15:44:04Z")
Imagine if the screen froze while he was doing one of those weird laughs. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/220 "2023-09-05T15:59:40Z")
Every frame of every vid of every celeb or pol can be examined then extracted individually to create an attack meme of them looking weird or foolish or whatever. But yeah, with DeSantis it’s more like looking for some hay in a haystack; no need to go needle hunting to find what you want. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=12)