Danny McAuliffe
Congressman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis spent Monday night speaking with Fox News Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”
The appearance demonstrates again DeSantis’ unobstructed path to Floridians consuming conservative media on cable.
Host Lou Dobbs asked the Ponte Vedra Republican, who has staunchly supported President Donald Trump, whether Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize, as suggested by the President of South Korea.
“I can’t imagine you would dissent,” Dobbs told the Trump-backed candidate.
But DeSantis delivered a nonanswer, suggesting perhaps that he wants more done in the Korean Peninsula and elsewhere before an award of such prestige is given to the President.
“If we denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, that will be by far the greatest achievement since the fall of the Berlin Wall at the end of the Cold War,” DeSantis said. “And Donald Trump will be the reason for that.
“All of his predecessors going back 25 years had the same approach: pretend the problem doesn’t exist, don’t really do anything about it, hope it goes away,” DeSantis continued.
When President Trump took office, DeSantis said, it would’ve been easier for him to “just put his head in the sand.”
Instead, DeSantis said, Trump brought “an unprecedented level of pressure on Kim Jon Un,” the Supreme Leader of North Korea.
Still, the Congressman from Ponte Vedra Beach refrained from giving a direct yes or no to a Trump Nobel Peace Prize.
Dobbs also touted Trump’s work and success at the international level and asked DeSantis why The Washington Post isn’t telling the “truly remarkable” stories of Trump’s geopolitical success.
“Look [The Post] isn’t going to give [Trump] credit,” DeSantis explained. “This is all pre-cooked narratives, [The Post] has their anti-Trump narrative set.”
He said Trump “inherited” international crises.
“I think [Trump] deserves credit,” DeSantis said. “I’m not sure The Washington Post will ever give him credit but I think that shows their true colors rather than shows that they’re for the facts.”
Added a smirking Dobbs: “[The Post has] been flying their skull and crossbones of the deep state for quite some time.”
Then Dobbs tossed DeSantis a softball, calling DeSantis the leading candidate — a designation that would likely be disputed by candidates on both sides of the aisle — and giving him the opportunity for an unadulterated self-promo.
“You’re the leading candidate for the governorship of Florida, you are taking all sorts of flack you’ve got incoming every day. How’s it feel to be the leader?” Dobbs asked DeSantis.
“Hey they’re shooting at you because they know you’re a threat and a lot of the attacks are bogus and people have done that,” DeSantis said. “So people can go to Ron DeSantis dot com, sign up and hear the truth. But yeah, we’re on the march, Lou.”
