‘Poetic justice’: Ron DeSantis says ‘blundering’ Joe Biden undercut Kamala Harris’ closing argument

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'This is blowing up in their face.'

The Veep’s speech on the Ellipsis was eclipsed by the President’s gaffe about garbage.

That’s the take from political commentator Ron DeSantis, who remarked on the “poetic justice” of Joe Biden’s “blundering” working to undercut understudy Kamala Harris’ closing argument in the Nation’s Capital.

DeSantis dished to Fox News host Jesse Watters that Harris sought “massive production value to try to have a closing argument,” but was sabotaged by the man she replaced as the Democratic nominee earlier this year.

“Here comes old Joe blundering into the scene, saying that all the Trump supporters are garbage, totally undercutting her at that moment in the race,” DeSantis declared.

The Governor had stressed a strong relationship with Biden in the wake of destructive hurricanes this season, but true to past form, once the storms passed, the familiar rhetoric returned about the President.

President Biden seemed to compare Trump supporters to “garbage” in the wake of a comedian’s description of Puerto Rico as an “island of floating garbage” Sunday at a Trump rally in New York. A transcript cast some doubt as to whether the President was referring to supporters writ large or the roast comic cooked by many in the wake of comments more suited to a comedy club than the close of a campaign.

But Republican House members are casting doubt on the transcript as “false.”

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer argue that the clean-up attempt violates the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

Regardless of the quote, the political impact is being felt from Biden’s ill-timed remarks, as comments from DeSantis and many others on the right shows this week, offering effective counterprogramming to the self-inflicted crisis created by the “Kill Tony” booking in the Big Apple.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


8 comments

  • I Am Garbage

    October 30, 2024 at 8:40 pm

    I love that guy Slo Joe Biden. #1 Republican recruiter for the month of October.

    Reply

    • White Spiteful Devil Rapist Trump

      October 31, 2024 at 5:55 am

      You are trash too Trump and even worse ,you are to.dumb to.know Google Trump Supporters Basement Dwellers

      Reply

  • EARL PITTS AMERICAN

    October 30, 2024 at 8:43 pm

    America just loves the fact that Ron and The Beautiful Casey Desantis will occupy THE WHITE HOUSE for the next 12 years following Don “THE DONALD” TRUMPS upcoming 4 year term.
    EARL PITTS AMERICAN

    Reply

  • cindy

    October 30, 2024 at 9:40 pm

    he calls it raw sewage the stuff we swim in the rivers trailer trash waste that need to be disposed of

    Reply

  • Frankie M.

    October 30, 2024 at 10:16 pm

    Joe Biden calling out a racist comment by a Trump supporter(or maybe he was a Biden plant all along as Ronnie will soon claim) is blowing up in his face….right. Ronnie better hope another hurricane doesn’t hit anytime soon or he might end up in a campaign mailer shaking Joe’s hand. 😂

    Reply

  • Tom Palmer

    October 30, 2024 at 10:43 pm

    If there ever were a Florida blunderbuss. it would be Rhonda

    Reply

  • Michael K

    October 30, 2024 at 11:00 pm

    On October 25, Donald Trump called this great nation the garbage can if the world. Typical of his dystopian view of this great nation and her people.

    Reply

  • A Day without MAGA Trash

    October 31, 2024 at 5:47 am

    When has MAGA not been trash, Google Melania Jan 6 White Trash

    Reply

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