Ron DeSantis laments high cost of living in Iowa

'They've got four kids outside of Des Moines and she's talking about how much the groceries have gone up.'

Ron DeSantis presented on Wednesday deeply empathetic comments about the high cost of living in the state of Iowa.

The Governor was discussing what the 2024 presidential election should be about on Wednesday’s “Guy Benson Show,” where he painted a picture of a family in the Hawkeye State bristling under Bidenflation in pitching himself as an alternative to Donald Trump.

“People out there want a different direction and we need to show them how we’re going to reverse the decline and restore the American dream. You have people.I mean, I was in Iowa. I met a lady who, they’ve got four kids outside of Des Moines and she’s talking about how much the groceries have gone up, how much their energy costs have gone up, how it’s hard to afford a new car,” DeSantis related.

“These are middle class people who are doing everything right, who are working hard and they’re seeing the American dream slip away. If we can’t do well for those types of Americans, this country is not going to succeed, but that’s what the election needs to be about,” he added.

The Governor’s Florida speeches haven’t touched on the localized impacts of inflation with that kind of anecdote. Surprisingly to some, Florida is even more expensive to live in than Iowa.

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18 comments

PeterH
August 16, 2023 at 8:59 pm

Come back to reality Ron! Come back to Florida where inflation is the highest in the USA. Come back to Florida where home insurance is 40% higher than when you came into office. Come back to Florida where 7,000 school teachers are missing from classrooms.

On second thought …..stay in Iowa.
NotanExtremist
August 16, 2023 at 9:22 pm

And he is the governor of the state with the highest inflation.
- Earl Pitts "The Ronald's UnOfficial Campaign Manager" American
  August 17, 2023 at 7:53 am
  
  Good mornting Notan,
  Thank you for the set-up for me, Earl Pitts American, to drop a nugget of pure political truth and wisdom on our Great Nation.
  The epic fail of BidenNomics along with the resulting BidenFlation have been a devistating blow to our beloved citizens be they God Fearing Honest and Good Conservatives or scammy, lying, eat up with the dum @55 Dook 4 Brains Leftists.
  Thanks again Notan we are a great team. I, Earl Pitts American, may hire you to help me gut my golden nuggets of truth and great political wisdom out to out Nation’s Dook 4 Brains Leftists who like babes in the woods have lost their way.
  You keep on setting me up Notan and I, Earl Pitts American, will keep on slam-dunkin your clever set ups!
  Thanks Notan,
  EPA
  - Earl Pitts is a Pedophile
    August 17, 2023 at 11:06 am
    
    Hang yourself, pedo.
  - Lee Roller
    August 17, 2023 at 3:07 pm
    
    You blithering fool. If it’s Biden’s fault why are all 50 states not in the same boat as Fla.
    
    But I’m wasting my time. Even if you were interested the ability to digest information is at best…sketchy…with you.
    
    But that’s life in the pitts.
SteveHC
August 16, 2023 at 9:24 pm

Yeah, Iowans need Florida’s inflation rate. Like a hole in the head. What a moron.
Sparky DumbStinkis
August 16, 2023 at 9:29 pm

“If you stop paying for homeowners insurance, you can get an air boat.”
Michael K
August 16, 2023 at 10:25 pm

Says the little man whose private jet travel to Iowa is costing Florida taxpayers $13+ million. Of course, since he brought it up, Florida has the highest rate of inflation in the nation! Thanks, moRon!
- Earl Pitts "The Ronald's UnOfficial Campaign Manager" American
  August 17, 2023 at 8:01 am
  
  Good mornting Michael K,
  I, Earl Pitts American, encourage you to read my reply above to my new employee, Notan Extremist, for an inspirational morning wake up to go with your Starbucks coffee.
  I, Earl Pitts Ametican, am sure it will inspire you to leave your Dook 4 Brains childish ways behind and grow the “f” up.
  Thsnks Mike,
  EPA
  - Lee Roller
    August 17, 2023 at 3:10 pm
    
    You, Earl Pitts, moron, are a one trick pony with nothing to add and an endless stream of predictable drivel to say.
Dont Say FLA
August 17, 2023 at 8:19 am

The economy in USA is doing fantastic, going gangbusters relative to the rest of the world. Covid did the world like it did Ron DeSantis’ Florida, and Florida is the biggest culprit for why inflation is still kicking just a little when USA is taken as a whole. Eliminate Florida’s bad numbers and USA’s economy is astonishing. Omitting Florida, it doesn’t get any better than the other 49 states anywhere on Earth.
Ocean Joe
August 17, 2023 at 8:58 am

Meanwhile, Florida can afford to give every single kid an $8,000 voucher for school while some people are going to lose their homes over the increased burden of storm insurance.

25 years of climate denialism and the folks who sell insurance are calling it quits. Before they go, they will squeeze until it hurts while the GOP legislature protects them from accountability.
- Good For Business
  August 17, 2023 at 9:23 am
  
  That’s just the GOP’s way of being a “great place to do business”
  
  Externalize costs, normally borne by businesses, to private individuals. That way the businesses can say their salary is such and such high amount, never mind that a third of it will be eaten bearing costs privately that businesses have figured out how to dump onto their employees.
  
  For example, “employer provided” health insurance became “employer sponsored.” You know why? Because your employer “sponsors” you to buy your own insurance from, say, CVS/Aetna.
  
  Not only do you bear 100% of your premium, you also provide funds for kickback from, let’s say, CVS/Aetna, to your employer for their “sponsoring” you to buy “private” health insurance (private, which is supposedly much better than “public” health insurance, and for those who profit from it, this is true! Just like with schools)
  
  And they do that while claiming to pick up 50% of your premium. LOL. They pick up 50% of your premium, but that’s kicked right back to them, plus their finders fee for “sponsoring” you.
- JD
  August 19, 2023 at 8:29 am
  
  Socialism for businesses and billionaires and rugged individualism for everyone else.
  
  By every metric the GOP is losing long term. The 8th Political age of the USA is coming and the Republicans aren’t in that books outline, so they’re running scared.
Heiffer Mae Hepner
August 17, 2023 at 9:26 am

Human Resources these days would more aptly be named Human Trafficking
Work Required For Paychecks
August 17, 2023 at 9:27 am

Did DeSantis also lament how Iowans have to work for their paychecks? A lot of Iowans even have to show up for work. Like, you know, in person. So unfair. Sad!
JD
August 19, 2023 at 8:30 am

Socialism for businesses and billionaires and rugged individualism for everyone else.

By every metric the GOP is losing long term. The 8th Political age of the USA is coming and the Republicans aren’t in that books outline, so they’re running scared.
University of North Florida
August 19, 2023 at 11:00 am

I know you don’t visit Florida much anymore but maybe swing by and check out the high cost of living in the state you never set foot in and are paid to Govern!!