Tucker Carlson has ripped in to Ron DeSantis’ presidential marketing campaign crew because the “nastiest, stupidest” political operation he has ever seen.
Mr Carlson additionally blamed the Florida Governor’s flip-flop on opposition to Ukraine funding after being pressured by prime GOP donor Ken Griffin throughout a dwell debate with podcaster Tim Pool at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest.
“You really get the sense that Ron DeSantis – who I liked as governor – the people who represent him online are the nastiest, the stupidest, and the most zero-sum people I’ve ever seen in my life,” Carlson stated.
“And I don’t think that reflects him, but it’s like, this is kind of small ball.”
Pool, an influential far-right media determine, agreed that the DeSantis marketing campaign’s repeated missteps mirrored badly on him.
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“Ron should have fired the people running his campaign a long time ago,” Pool stated.
“The high heels, boot scandal. Who’s giving this guy advice and why does he keep taking it?” he added, referring to Mr DeSantis being roasted for sporting heel lifts.
“Politically, and policy wise, we love Ron DeSantis. He’s done an amazing job. But his campaign is a trainwreck.”
Mr DeSantis’s repeated missteps have seen nationwide assist for his ailing presidential marketing campaign fall from 30 per cent in March to 12 per cent, in accordance with FiveThirtyEight.
He has confronted workers departures, plummeting funds, and a donor revolt, whereas being unable to land any blows on the runaway frontrunner Donald Trump.
Carlson, who has been linked to a run for vp, additionally claimed that Mr DeSantis had been unduly influenced by deep pocketed donors resembling Mr Griffin, a billionaire hedge fund supervisor.
He stated Mr Griffin had advised him to “change his view on Ukraine from ‘It’s a regional conflict we shouldn’t get involved in’ to ‘It’s a super important thing. We should send more money.’”
Source: www.unbiased.co.uk