A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ congressional endorser and campaign companion Thomas Massie is taking scrutiny from Nikki Haley.
The South Carolina Republican’s campaign slammed DeSantis for campaigning in Iowa with the iconoclastic Kentucky Republican, given Massie’s contrarianism on the question of Israel’s foreign policy.
“Ron DeSantis needs to explain to Iowa voters why he is palling around with an anti-Israel congressman who votes to undermine Israel and foster antisemitism,” said Haley spokesperson Nachama Soloveichik. “Iowans deserve to know what Ron DeSantis really believes.”
The Haley camp claims Massie “is the most anti-Israel Republican in the entire GOP and often votes against recognizing Israel’s right to exist, condemning Hamas and antisemitism, and sanctioning Iran.” It cited a vote this week in the House against a resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses as the most recent evidence.
Massie is slated to appear with DeSantis in Fort Dodge and Johnston on Saturday.
The DeSantis campaign did not respond to a request for comment on Friday afternoon. Nor did it respond to a comment earlier this month after a Massie post to X that joked about “Zionism.”
The Congressman employed a popular Drake meme in setting up his attempt at humor Tuesday, with “Congress these days” splashed across the pop artist’s chest in two contrasting images.
The top image, in which the Canadian singer-rapper indicates disgust, juxtaposes the image with “American Patriotism.” The bottom image, depicting a delighted Drake, shows the entertainer’s face next to the word “Zionism.”
It’s worth noting in this context that DeSantis floated Massie’s name for House Speaker earlier this fall, meanwhile, calling him “excellent.”
“I think you have guys like Chip Roy from Texas, who’s excellent, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, who’s excellent, Jim Jordan from Ohio. These guys are all good guys and I think they would do a good job,” the Governor told a South Carolina broadcast outlet.
As Governor, DeSantis has made two trade missions to Israel and has offered staunch and unflinching support of the Israeli position in the nearly two-month conflict with Hamas in the wake of terror attacks by the Palestinian militant group on Oct. 7. He also commissioned rescue flights at the expense of the state of Florida to bring back Americans from Israel in the immediate wake of the attacks.
In April, Massie endorsed DeSantis in a statement promulgated by the Never Back Down super PAC, saying the Florida Governor was a proven “America First” candidate.
“Ron knows that putting America first means putting Americans first, not corporations, and he’s never backed down from a fight with the big guys in pharma, agriculture and tech,” Massie said.
10 comments
My Take
December 16, 2023 at 9:12 am
Speaking of Israel, the “kill anything that moves” IDF savages who killed the three hostages reportedly ignored a white flag the hostages were carrying.
Rick Whitaker
December 16, 2023 at 9:43 am
my take, literally the whole world is watching what a far-right wing government looks like.
My Take
December 16, 2023 at 11:44 am
Nazionists — Likud, the Settlers’ Movement, and the farther fringers.
WaffenIDF — Hamas’s fraternal twin anymore.
My Take
December 16, 2023 at 11:48 am
“IDF: Israeli hostages killed by soldiers waved white flag, yelled ‘help’ in Hebrew:
— Haaretz (israel)
Dont Say FLA
December 16, 2023 at 10:19 am
Careful Nikki Haely, you have just firmly planted your foot in poo.
Sorry to say, but: One Point for Rhonda.
My Take
December 16, 2023 at 12:21 pm
ᛋᛋLikud — Shocktroops of a Pariah State.
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The ghost of Golda Meir is moaning.
Ron Forrest Ron
December 16, 2023 at 1:01 pm
I bet the real killers were some of Rhonda’s Goon Squad that he offered to help with the ongoing slaughter of Palestinians by other** bigoted, religious zealot right wingers.
**other than Rhonda
Richard Russell
December 16, 2023 at 2:41 pm
Haley is a shill for the Military Industrial complex who favors forever wars as diligently as that lame brain former Wyoming Congresswoman and her Father, Bush’s VP. Need I say any more!
Dangerous Florida Chri$tians
December 17, 2023 at 2:01 am
The most Christian blog comments ever
My Take
December 18, 2023 at 10:11 am
Haaretz (israel)
“Local council head in northern Israel calls for Gazans to be ‘loaded up’ on Israeli navy ships and taken to Lebanese refugee camps, with Gaza turned into a museum ‘so the whole world will learn what Israel can do’
“The head of an Israeli local authority called for the Gaza Strip to be “flattened completely, just like Auschwitz today,” and for its Palestinian residents to be forcefully transferred to refugee camps in Lebanon in an interview with Israel’s Radio 103FM”.
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