A.G. Gancarski
There’s only one ice cream man in the GOP presidential race and that’s Donald Trump.
At least that appeared to be the case made on Saturday’s edition of “Fox and Friends Weekend.”
The hosts contrasted Trump’s recent trip to a Dairy Queen in Iowa with a somewhat more low-key show up from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Trump was greeted by a crowded room of supporters in Council Bluffs July 7, where his trademark sense of humor created one of those “viral campaign moments,” per the chyron.
“Everybody wants a Blizzard,” Trump said. “What the hell is a Blizzard?”
Host Pete Hegseth described it as “Trump pops in, says to the counter ‘What’s a blizzard?'”
“Is he joking? Is he just playing it up? It created a moment. His connection with people in that moment: ‘Yeah, you get a Blizzard, you get a red spoon.’ And a lot of people have made points that viral moments are going to be important for other candidates that want to catch up to Trump in the Primary.”
“Well, Ron DeSantis, his team thought it was a good idea to go into Iowa into a Dairy Queen,” Hegseth said. “Now there’s a video of this that we don’t have right now … we can’t share … but it was quite a contrast. Now, campaign consultants, they say ‘Donald Trump made a mistake. He doesn’t know what a Blizzard is. Get this man inside of a Dairy Queen so he can show that he knows what a Blizzard is. Except there’s nobody there.”
Hegseth noted that DeSantis was “asked some questions about Donald Trump and he says, ‘You know, you wait,’ and then he goes into a long statement about Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, and then he’s asked about Tim Scott, and then awkwardly — he’s wearing a vest and his sleeves are rolled down. It feels like an attempt to do something he’s not good at.”
The other hosts concurred, with one describing the DeSantis show up as a “staged political event.”
Will Cain chimed in, saying that “showing up at Dairy Queen, doing that bit, is inauthentic.”
“I don’t know what’s authentic to Ron DeSantis,” Cain added. “I think we’re arriving at the place of post-inauthenticity, I hope, because there’s so much exposure, we can see when you’re fake and when you’re real.”
Hegseth agreed.
“It feels like DeSantis’ team is trying to say ‘Come on, show everybody your interpersonal skills,'” he said. “Maybe that isn’t your strength.”
14 comments
Dont Say FLA
July 15, 2023 at 9:44 am
Ron was paralyzed by fear of a new nickname, Fat Rhonda.
My Take
July 15, 2023 at 1:45 pm
Rotund Rhonda
Round Rhonda
Earl Pitts "The Real Mayor of Realville" American
July 15, 2023 at 9:53 am
Good mornting America,
The FOX folksy local diner events have been going on for years as a promotion for FOX which features American values and a large croud which 100% supports the FOX approved candidate.
Here’s the truth you just dont want to hear. The Trump Dairy Queen visitation ( and all such FOX local folksy diner events ) are funded by RINO FOX money. The participants typically in these FOX funded events are a base of a local VFW, American Legon, or some such orginazation. FOX typically meets with the group’s leadership weeks prior to the event. There is a type of “donation” made to the local orginization, which has strong “verbal”, never written, instructions for a good number of people “showing up” and even dress code is discussed. And FOX pays for everybody’s food. This is the FOX business model and it is what it is and there is nothing wrong with it. The logical business principal behind it is FOX gets a great croud and there logically is some pre-coaching on what the locals should say and not say. There would of course be consultation with the local leaders as to who to select for interview but more importantly who not to select for interview.
Well Desantis was on his own at his ice cream social with no FOX production money and crew to support him. No sound and lighting experts no make-up experts none of that.
Still there would be nothing wrong with what happened; unless we consider that Democrats beat Trump last time and there is no logical reason for Anybody to assume Trump will beat the Democrats this time.
Think about it America, RINO FOX has colluded with the left to ensure Trump is the RNC’s pick, and Again, there is no logical reason to think Trump will not loose Again to whoever the Democrats run for 2024.
Earl Pitts “The Big Voice on The Right” American
Dont Say FLA
July 15, 2023 at 11:08 am
But dad, Ron knows all this. Why would Ron go to a no-show DQ event of his own making, knowing Trump had full production support and crisis acting extras hired by Fox when Ron had none of that?
Why wouldn’t Ron arrange a NewsMax production or at least charter a jet of MFLs from Florida and bring them in to cheer for him at the DQ?
Ron’s no-show DQ seems really amateurish, especially given that Donald went first, meaning Ron knew what he was up against.
I don’t get Ron’s strategery here. Help me out, pops!
Thank you
Your sondaugher Dontcé
Earl Pitts "The Real Mayor of Realville" American
July 15, 2023 at 1:34 pm
Valid points my beloved Son/Daughter the incredibally beautiful Dontce’. Thank you for the wonderful ways you have opened your Dad’s eyes to new ways of looking at things.
Love always and 4eves, Dad
Earl Pitts "The Real Mayor of Realville" American
July 15, 2023 at 1:42 pm
Oh and Dontce’ I’ll talk to Ron about this being an example of how things dont just happen on their own.
We’ve got to grease the wheels of media to make them turn our way. Which involves a substantial deposit being made of which my beloved Son/Daughter gets her usual 50%.
Love you,
Dad
Dont Say FLA
July 20, 2023 at 9:43 am
Thanks pops! 50% woo hoo!!
Beverly Brevity
July 15, 2023 at 12:35 pm
Too many words, Earl, no time to read it all.
J Wizzle
July 15, 2023 at 10:07 am
I think at this point, we can all assume there is no “D-Queen” caucus on the planet that’s ever voting for Ron. I hope he at least used a spoon for this visit.
Sam
July 15, 2023 at 10:33 am
Yes. From Drag Queens to Dairy Queens, Ron DeSantis is the universal loser.
Perhaps he should try his luck at a Klan meeting.
RonBeGone
July 15, 2023 at 12:56 pm
What is a Blizzard? It’s the weather around the DeathSantis campaign. Way below zero and buried above their eyeballs.
Earl Pitts is half right up there. The part he’s wrong about is pudding fingers having any chance whatsoever on the national stage. We are going to get four more years of Dark Brandon and Bidenomics and I’m here for it. May 2024 be the final bell for the Gross Old Party.
Soft Serve
July 15, 2023 at 7:06 pm
Can’t wait to see how much stronger the backbone of the Legislature becomes when our Gov “Ron DeSantis” just becomes “Gone DeSantis.”
Tom
July 15, 2023 at 3:58 pm
DeSantis is so unhip, it’s a wonder his bum doesn’t fall off.
His doctor says he has narcissistic personality disorder
But that’s impossible, as the smartest man alive I think he would have noticed.
The day he finally came to know his real personality
Was the day when he put his iPhone in his rear pocket and the face ID unlocked it.
Been There
July 15, 2023 at 7:58 pm
Ron,
Thank you for your persistence in campaigning to be President. Because of your hard work and effectiveness at dividing the GOP and alienating mammals generally, I no longer own the stigma of being “that boring white dude who went from being Florida’s Governor to a punch line on Saturday Night Live, due to my unremarkable personality and an outdated campaign plagued with strategic blunders that make Donald Trump the only serious choice for primary voters.”
Indeed, your light has shone far more brightly in these important respects. You have even done extra credit by resorting to fundraising discounts, a rather thoughtful ploy my team never even considered.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart, as I now shed my prior reputation as “low energy Jeb” and bestow the title of “Low-Rent Ron” upon you. May God grant you all the help you need during this time.
Your predecessor,
Jeb!
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