Ron DeSantis wouldn’t put Joe Biden on a mosquito control board

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'There's no way I would appoint him.'

Gov. Ron DeSantis is continuing his attacks against President Joe Biden and signs of decline.

DeSantis, addressing the Republican Party of Florida during a Wednesday breakfast meeting at Milwaukee’s Republican National Convention, said he wouldn’t even pick Biden for one of the most incidental appointed positions possible.

“If someone brought a candidate for mosquito control board appointment to me in Florida and it was someone like (Biden), there’s no way I would appoint him to the mosquito control board,” DeSantis said, making the case that the President isn’t “fit to lead.”

The Governor added that he’d like Biden to stay atop the Democratic ticket, however, even after describing the Biden White House as a “Weekend at Bernie’s” presidency on the RNC stage Tuesday night.

“In the spirit of unity, I just want to say that I sure hope he ends up with the Democratic nomination for President of the United States,” he said.

He added that the nominee “may not be Biden” even though “that’s who we want to run against.”

“There’s people that will look at this and realize that, ‘You know, it’s one thing to have a bad debate because we all make mistakes. You can put your foot in your mouth, you can do different things, but it wasn’t just that he had a bad debate. It was that he exposed a problem that is not fixable. And so there’s not a way for them to get out of this as long as he’s our candidate.'”

The Governor had previously told Fox News viewers during the post-debate “Hannity” that the televised face off was a “disaster” for Biden, and predicted that Democrats will have a tough choice to make in the coming months.

“It was a disaster for Biden. I think that they’re going to definitely try to do something this Summer, but if they don’t, there is no way the American people can give them another four years, you know?”

In a subsequent press conference, DeSantis said Democrats want Biden to leave the race “not because they think it’s important that a President can actually discharge the functions,” but “because that scene was so jarring that they understand he’s going to lose. And so they want to be able to try to get someone else in there that will carry out their agenda, but they really (wouldn’t) care if that debate had gone a different way.”

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


23 comments

  • ScienceBLVR

    July 17, 2024 at 11:53 am

    In a subsequent press conference, DeSantis said Democrats want….
    So Ronnie knows what Dems want?
    What a horse’s arse he is as Grandpappy would say…
    He doesn’t even seem to know or care what Floridians want. Let’s see if 60%+ prove him wrong on Election Day.

  • Not Woke

    July 17, 2024 at 12:04 pm

    Joe could be a Wal Mart greeter. That’s about all he is good for anymore

    • TJC

      July 17, 2024 at 2:12 pm

      Bullshit.

      • Not Woke

        July 17, 2024 at 2:28 pm

        The truth hurts. The coverup for over four years now is over.

        • TJC

          July 17, 2024 at 3:49 pm

          Paranoid bullshit.

      • Frankie M.

        July 17, 2024 at 4:38 pm

        It’s a good thing it doesn’t matter what rds thinks

    • Paul Passarelli

      July 17, 2024 at 4:55 pm

      There are two distinct types of WalMart Greeters:

      1) The ones that you look forward to seeing again, and sharing a warm “How are you today?” Those vital individuals with a firm handshake, bright & vibrant eyes, and a genuine smile. People you’d invite over for a picnic or holiday dinner.

      2) The ones you try to avoid making eye contact with, and hope they don’t approach too closely as you navigate to the door farthest from where you saw them standing.

      Sleepy Joe definitely falls into the latter category.

    • JustBabs

      July 18, 2024 at 9:02 am

      Desantis only appoints the criminal and cruelest of humans, so Biden would not be in the running. Than Desantis gives them a 100% raise because Florida’s revenues are his personal bank account. Most corrupt governor to ever serve. He and his wife stole those hurricane donations, also. Transferring them to their special groups who never even showed up for Florida’s victims. Florida has been sent into Darkness.

  • My Take

    July 17, 2024 at 12:52 pm

    DeScamus’s new god Trump is showing a declining brain regularly.

    • Not Woke

      July 17, 2024 at 2:42 pm

      Trying to put the spotlight on Trump for brain function compared to Joe is truly laughable.

      • Frankie M.

        July 17, 2024 at 4:44 pm

        Have you heard some of the things that come out of Trump’s mouth? Joe might mix up some names but he knows far more about policy than Trump will ever know or even care to bother to learn. That being said neither one of these senior citizens is for for duty.

        • Frankie M.

          July 17, 2024 at 4:45 pm

          Fit

      • Paul Passarelli

        July 17, 2024 at 5:08 pm

        You’re right. President’s Trump’s brain still works, Sleepy Joe’s is in deep decline.

        • MH/Duuuval

          July 17, 2024 at 9:46 pm

          Misidentifying Nikki Haley and Nancy Pelosi 3 times in an extended comment about J6?

      • JustBabs

        July 18, 2024 at 9:03 am

        Trump is batsh– crazy and lacks any good human qualities. He’s step on your child’s face if it gave him an advantage,

  • My Take

    July 17, 2024 at 1:46 pm

    Does DeScumtis ever shut up?
    He is the antipode of Silent Cal.

  • Frankie M.

    July 17, 2024 at 4:41 pm

    I think they should both have cognitive tests done & not just a note from Dr. Ronny signed by Trump. One is a senior with declining cognitive function and the other is senior who is a pathological liar.

  • Paul Passarelli

    July 17, 2024 at 4:58 pm

    I kinda wish these Leftwing trolls would at least come up with some new material. They really are worthless. But I repeat myself.

    • MH/Duuuval

      July 17, 2024 at 9:49 pm

      Why don’t you show everyone how to bring “some new material” with facts, instead of invective, insinuation, innuendo, and insult.

    • rick whitaker

      July 18, 2024 at 3:45 pm

      paul passarelli, yeah, i kinda wish these rightwing trolls would at least come up with some new material. they really are worthless. but i repeat myself. that paul creep is one of the worst.

      • Paul Passarelli

        July 18, 2024 at 3:54 pm

        I can lead the horses (asses) to facts & logic, but I still can’t make them think.

  • Michael K

    July 17, 2024 at 11:38 pm

    Descant is would only hire a sycophant – never anyone who is smarter and more capable than he. That’s how insecure tyrants behave. He’s paying a political hack with no experience $1 million to destroy New College. That’s cronyism, not leadership.

    • MH/Duuuval

      July 18, 2024 at 9:51 am

      And this on top of the mess Rick and Manny made of Jefferson County’s public school system. Where is the statewide grand jury when you need one?

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