A.G. Gancarski
It appears the professional symbiosis between Florida’s Governor and a certain conservative cable outlet may be collapsing.
During an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Ron DeSantis ripped Fox News for not asking “critical questions” to Donald Trump during a town hall.
“It was massive, massive gaslighting. He was able to do that, I guess, on Fox with no pushback, which was really, well, I guess that’s just par for the course at this point.”
During the same interview, DeSantis fumed about his falling poll numbers, likening the “conservative media” to a “Praetorian Guard” that allowed Trump to not debate and portrayed him as “inevitable.”
The comments follow up on previous ones from DeSantis and a key staffer casting aspersions on the network that facilitated the Governor’s rise from a Congressman to running Florida then running for President.
“Fox has turned into full blown Trump TV, honesty thrown to the wind,” lamented James Uthmeier on Tuesday, in a social media post responding to a Fox graphic that inaccurately showed DeSantis only going to 57 Iowa counties, rather than the 99 he visited.
During remarks last week in Waukee, Iowa, DeSantis ripped Fox News for pushing “garbage” polls that show Trump leading the race by massive margins.
“I know Fox News is going to say, oh, he’s winning this poll, he’s winning this poll. These polls are garbage,” DeSantis said.
The Governor has dealt with tougher process questions from the conservative network of late, even from friendly hosts. On an episode last week of “The Ingraham Angle,” DeSantis was confronted with the RealClearPolitics polling average in Iowa showing him more than 30 points down. Host Laura Ingraham said Trump was dominating in the state.
During an appearance last week on “America’s Newsroom,” DeSantis was also greeted with a Fox Business poll from December showing Trump leading him 52% to 18% in Iowa. The same survey suggested 83% of Trump voters are certain to support him, with just 39% of DeSantis backers saying they’re that committed.
DeSantis’ career has been dependent to no small degree on Fox News. In December 2017, he went on “Fox & Friends” to tease his run for Governor after Trump endorsed him. As Governor, he signed legislation exclusively on the same morning show. He promoted his book heavily on the network in a series of fawning interviews. He also used Tucker Carlson’s show, which was on the channel until the host was fired, to make his then-controversial claim that the war in Ukraine was a simple “territorial dispute.”
But with DeSantis, that was then and this is now.
7 comments
Dont Say FLA
January 11, 2024 at 12:56 pm
Rhonda went on MSNBC?
Like that silly wabbit says, he’s crazy.
MSNBC just a buncha loons same as FoxNews except marginally less to the right.
That’s correct, MSNBC is marginally less to the right than FoxNews.
USA would implode if there were actual liberals on cable news here talking incessantly about actual liberalism.
Poor USA citizens, spending all that tax money and getting not a damn thing out of it beyond National parks but you still gotta pay even just to go a National Park.
USA Gov’t is a total rip off for the tax payer.
Ron Forrest Ron
January 11, 2024 at 1:45 pm
DeSantis might have stopped in all 99 of Iowa’s counties, but they only counted the counties where anybody else showed up. That number is 57.
PeterH
January 11, 2024 at 1:56 pm
Ron …. you’re no longer a money maker for the grifters at Fox. Start picturing yourself under the 2024 Republican Primary Clown Bus!
Earl Pitts "Sage Political Expert Emeritas" American
January 11, 2024 at 4:38 pm
Actually, America, FOX NEWS is not privy to our “Sage Plan” of having “The Donald” pull out of the POTUS race just 2 short weeks prior to the start of voting. Thus leaving our “Sage Patriots Nation-Wide with ni acceptable choice other than Ron and The Beautiful Casey Desantis as the only “Sage Choice”.
America, honestly, we left FOX “or should I say “FIX NEWS” out of the loop of “Sage Political Wisdom” as vengence for what “FIX NEWS” did to our boy Tucker Carlson.
So there you have it, America, we have Earl, Don, Ron, and Tucker sticking the “Stinky Do Do Smell Finger” in “FIX NEW’S” eye as Sage Vengence for the dirt they did to our “Boy Tucker”.
ANYWAY YOU LOOK AT IT:
America this Desantis Train has already “Left The Station”.
Earl Pitts American
Eugene Krabs
January 11, 2024 at 4:59 pm
I got the hotty hots for fox weather girl and was going to call her and tell her that Earl is pretty upset over how tucker was kicked to the curb.
But then i told myself no Eugene they crapped in their own nest just let them get a little tast of what they did to tucker. Eugene
Earl Pitts "Sage Political Expert Emeritas" American
January 11, 2024 at 5:51 pm
“Sage Wisdom” my man Eugene.
“Sage Wisdom Indeed”.
Earl Pitts American
wake
January 12, 2024 at 10:26 am
Who needs Fox Entertainment TV when one can watch Rona lumber out to the CNN stage in his heavy, high heel boots? Oh, let’s not forget all the lip licking!
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