A Divided Nation Comes Together to Dunk on Ron DeSantis’ Failed Campaign: ‘Worst of All Time’
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Following Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspending his presidential campaign, political pundits and activists from the left and right came together to dunk on his failed White House bid.
After losing the Iowa caucus earlier this month and dropping in the polls, DeSantis conceded defeat and endorsed his longtime rival former President Donald Trump.
Trump supporters and left-leaning pundits took to X (formerly Twitter) to bash DeSantis, starting with mocking the Florida leader for using a fake Winston Churchill quote in his remarks.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
– Winston Churchill pic.twitter.com/ECoR8YeiMm
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 21, 2024
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts,” DeSantis wrote on X, attributing the words Churchill. However, the World War II leader never said that, according to the International Churchill Society’s website, sparking further mockery and criticism for the governor.
Meanwhile, even California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who famously debated DeSantis last year, joined the dogpiling on the campaign’s demise with a mediocre, “Fire sale on all Ron DeSantis merch today!” tweet.
Read below the more brutal reactions to DeSantis suspending his campaign.
DeSantis’s implosion is more confirmation that anti-woke politics has completely fizzled. DeSantis organized his entire governorship *and* campaign on this theme. Now Moms for Liberty is losing everywhere, Youngkin failed disastrously, and “where woke goes to die” Ron is kaput. https://t.co/cgRsaliPRa
— Greg Sargent (@GregTSargent) January 21, 2024
I’ve covered lots of pathetic presidential campaigns, but none as AGGRESSIVELY, DELIBERATELY, EXPENSIVELY bad as #DeSantis’.
— howardfineman (@howardfineman) January 21, 2024
Peak 2024 GOP: dropping out and endorsing the candidate who humiliated you for a year – but doing it in a web video bc you’re too embarrassed to account for all Trump said and did.
And bc you want to get in one last Fauci reference
— Jonathan Martin (@jmart) January 21, 2024
Look: I totally get the urge to name Ron DeSantis’s campaign the worst of all time. (They blew $130 million for 21,000 votes in Iowa and likely a single-digit performance in New Hampshire!)
But the problems start with DeSantis. He has never been comfortable in his own skin.
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 21, 2024
“You belong in the Terrible Candidates Hall of Fame.”
-Mark Hamill https://t.co/tR6yOPW4Qv
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) January 21, 2024
Congrats to the crack DeSantis comms team @ChristinaPushaw, @BryanDGriffin, & @JeremyRedfernFL for being unable to get their guy even to New Hampshire. One of the most embarrassing, hapless, & disastrous presidential campaigns in memory. They couldn’t even teach Ron to smile. https://t.co/tqkFNh0ysv
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) January 21, 2024
Ron DeSantis literally launched his campaign on Twitter. His campaign was dominated by terminally online people So because Calacanis wants to fit DeSantis’ failure into a pre-existing narrative, he just makes up an imaginary history in which DeSantis didn’t “engage new media.” pic.twitter.com/fgTQrQJYiQ
— James Surowiecki (@JamesSurowiecki) January 21, 2024
DESANTIS BENDS THE KNEE pic.twitter.com/gqcNDGXQXL
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 21, 2024
There won’t be more to come because @RonDeSantis’s career is OVER and everyone who worked for him is FOREVER BLACKLISTED.
You supported the worst candidate ever, and now you have to live with that for the rest of your life.
You will never be taken seriously ever again. https://t.co/mcO6rGszy6
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) January 21, 2024
DeSantis started his campaign on Twitter with a malfunctioning Spaces and ends his campaign on Twitter with a fake Winston Churchill quote https://t.co/mJnRyFKdXU
— Populism Updates (@PopulismUpdates) January 21, 2024
Fire sale on all Ron DeSantis merch today! https://t.co/BAXE7PUSTP
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January 21, 2024
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