A.G. Gancarski
Another holiday season is upon us and Ron DeSantis is offering a seasonal reminder not to stuff stockings with playthings from Beijing.
During an event in Prosperity, South Carolina, the 2024 presidential candidate and Florida Governor pivoted from a discussion of banning Chinese vapes to explaining how toys from the country have wreaked havoc with DeSantis family Christmases.
“We get the kids these toys and they’re all made in China. A lot of them are and literally they break within, like, a couple of days,” DeSantis vented, calling the products “the cheapest stuff I’ve ever seen in my life.”
Those following the Governor may have heard this line of complaint before, such as in Iowa in October.
“These toys made in China, literally, they break within 48 hours. It’s the cheapest stuff imaginable,” DeSantis said.
“A lot of times they don’t even have the full parts, and I burned a lot of hours putting together dollhouses and all this stuff. The worst feeling is you sink two hours into it and then there’s a part missing and you can’t complete it,” he added.
In Texas this Summer, DeSantis said, “This cheap stuff from China, you know, when my wife and I get our kids Christmas presents, and the stuff made in China breaks, it’s like you can’t even last two days after Christmas without the toys breaking. And so, it’s really, really cheap stuff.”
During remarks in January in Bonita Springs, the Florida Governor warned St. Nick against Chinese toys, the highlight of comments denouncing the “hostile” regime in Beijing.
“And I’m just thinking to myself like, ‘OK, you get it from China because it’s cheaper to pay.’ But if it doesn’t even last a week, then what difference does it make? So a lot of these things we got? Santa Claus may need to not do Chinese toys because let’s just make it here … honestly anywhere, but not China.”
Back in 2021, meanwhile, DeSantis lamented not the quality of the toys, but whether issues at ports would stop them coming in at all.
“You see all of these problems with the shipping and not being able to get goods. We don’t even know if the kids will get toys for Christmas,” the Governor said in Niceville.
The good news? The supply chain issues have been solved.
The bad news? What’s coming in now isn’t worth buying, at least in DeSantis’ estimation.
10 comments
Jay Smif
December 1, 2023 at 3:37 pm
Fascist Ronny neglected to mention the part where he broke them himself in a fit of failure, frustration, and ozempyic rage.
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Joe
December 1, 2023 at 4:08 pm
Waaah. Change your diaper, Tiny D.
TJC
December 1, 2023 at 4:26 pm
The same thing used to be said of toys made in Japan back in the 1950’s and 1960’s, and yet everyone kept buying them. Next thing we knew, Japan was making high quality expensive TV’s and stereo systems, and we bought those, too. If Ron wasn’t so cheap at heart, he could spend a few extra bucks and buy something better for his kids. China makes plenty of high quality toys. You get what you pay for.
What DeSantis is really trying to do is create a racist trope in which we are being ripped off by Chinese manufacturers of toys — instead of putting on his big boy pants and offering a detailed and documented picture of a Chinese Communist Party that encourages and engages in stealing technology from the west. But he seems to figure his audience is too dumb to hear about something that complex. Sorry, South Carolina, Ron says you’re not up to it.
Dont Say FLA
December 1, 2023 at 4:46 pm
If the toys made in China are so terrible, why do Mrs Rhonda keep shopping at the WalMars AND bragging about it?
Laura T
December 1, 2023 at 4:53 pm
Stop buying your kids cheap toys, Ron. I’m sure you can afford FAO Schwartz or Hammacher Schlemmer
John G
December 3, 2023 at 11:05 am
Laura T, while Hammacher Schlemmer draws attention for its unusual items like a $58K hovercraft golf cart and a $35K Tranquility Pod, it also offers many items under $100 https://www.hammacher.com/category/gifts-under-100?promo=gift-guide. And even if an item is imported, they stand by its quality with a lifetime guarantee, one of the reasons they’re still going strong after 175 years—more than a decade before Lincoln was president. Full disclosure: this comment was posted by a Hammacher Schlemmer employee.
My Take
December 2, 2023 at 7:15 am
When some of us were kids, “”Made in Japan” meant junk; it was understood to mean cheap in both senses of the word. Not necessarily fragile, but very friugal. Items that upon close examination were sometimes literally made from a used “tin” can.
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Then Japan decided to get good and reputable at lenses and lensed objects like cameras. Apparently you could still make poorer products but were prohibited from exporting them. Reputation skyrocketed.
Then èlectronics.
Then cars.
Then medium-heavy mobile equipment I believe.
No one is afraid to buy Japanese products now?
China’s next move?
Jojo
December 3, 2023 at 11:12 am
A) if it’s such a big deal, doesn’t Ron look to see where the product is made?
B) does anyone really believe he buys his kids gifts?
FloridaPatriot
December 8, 2023 at 9:51 am
And his not too bright wife shops at Walmart looking for those $2 Chinese T-shirts. Typical hypocrisy.
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