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we've only got a little bit of time and we've got a lot more to cover. So let's jump right back
into it here, folks. Ron DeSantis, in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network this week,
lamented the fact that Donald Trump has been indicted because Ron DeSantis seems to think
that had Trump not been indicted, then DeSantis wouldn't be doing so horribly in the Republican
primary. Here's what DeSantis had to say. I would say if I could have one thing changed,
I wish Trump hadn't been indicted on any of this stuff. It just crowded out. I think so
much other stuff and it's sucked out a lot of oxygen. Yeah, it sucked out a lot of oxygen.
What do you think would have happened if Trump hadn't been indicted? I mean, listen, DeSantis
has a point here. Every time Trump has been hit with more indictments, which, you know, is kind
of becoming a common theme, his poll numbers go up. That's a given like that is happening that is
quantifiable. We can see it happen. It's it defies logic. I mean, you would think the opposite,
but we're dealing with people who defy logic. So now it makes sense. But DeSantis seems to
be laboring under the delusion that if Trump hadn't been indicted, his campaign wouldn't have
gone completely down in flames, which is simply not true. DeSantis was already losing to Donald
Trump before the indictments came down. I mean, he's losing to him by like 40 plus points now,
but he was losing to him by like 20 points back then. So even if Trump hadn't been indicted,
all things staying the same, you still wouldn't be the front runner. Ron. So I don't know what
you're complaining about because your failures as a candidate are not because Donald Trump got
a boost from the indictments. Your failures as a candidate are due to the fact that you're a weird,
creepy guy that nobody likes to be around. And from what we've seen on video, you don't like to
be around other people either. Like you're just kind of awkward. You do that weird, like tongue
thing. You can't even stand like a human when you're at the debate stage. It's just. Weird.
You're off putting and you should be off putting based on stories that have also emerged this year.
But listen, your personal weirdness aside, you also have nothing to run on. All you've done as
governor of Florida is oversee some of the largest culture wars that this country has ever seen,
you know, attacking the LGBTQ community, starting the book banning trend that's now going viral in
Republican states, banning critical race theory, even though it wasn't being taught in the schools.
And, of course, we can't forget your abortion ban. Now, you were one of the last people in the game
on that one. Other red states got a jump on you. But you still came in strong after you got your
fight with Disney that you're losing. And by the way, most of those signature accomplishments I
just mentioned are all being challenged in court. And so far, the ones that have been decided,
DeSantis has lost. Meanwhile, Florida has seen more than 20 of the largest insurance companies in
the state completely abandoned us, leaving us with fewer choices for home insurance. And the few that
are left are, of course, jacking up the prices. He allowed the power companies in the state to just
converge into one giant monopoly, which quadrupled our power rates here in the state. Many of us,
myself included, saw our power bills jump from $250 a month to literally more than $1,000 per
month. Yeah, so you may be weird and creepy, but that's not exactly what's turning people off the
most. What's turning people off the most is that you've done a horrible job of turning Florida into
this just horrible cesspool of insanity. And then you told the country you want to make America,
Florida. They look down here at us and they said, Oh, God. Thanks, but no thanks. You can keep that
to yourself. So even if the indictments hadn't hit Donald Trump and boosted him in the polls,
trust me, Ron, your campaign would have been just as big of a failure.