▲ 715 ▼ Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico (prospect.org) submitted 3 years ago by tintory@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 511 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rephlekt2718@kbin.social 52 points 3 years ago (1 child) Absolutely batshit rhetoric, this guy better lose hard……….. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverseren@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) At the very least, that is certainly the case right now. All the polls of conservatives consistently show Trump smoking Desantis. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Unfortunately he’s only 44 years old. Hoping he slides into oblivion but I worry he’s going to be flirting around for decades. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverseren@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do wonder if Desantis' insanity will ever meaningfully affect his electoral chances in Florida or if the boomers there are too far gone to care about the state around them (and their ongoing dwindling Social Security and Medicare thanks to Republicans). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago He's using a pretty standard tactic for a right wing politician down in the polls: throw increasing amounts of crazy against the wall until something sticks and the polls improve. His consultants will call this "calibrating", to find the right level of insane to match voter expectations and grab media attention for a few cycles along the way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 years ago That's a whole different kind of problem and I hate it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) At the very least, that is certainly the case right now. All the polls of conservatives consistently show Trump smoking Desantis. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Unfortunately he’s only 44 years old. Hoping he slides into oblivion but I worry he’s going to be flirting around for decades. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverseren@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do wonder if Desantis' insanity will ever meaningfully affect his electoral chances in Florida or if the boomers there are too far gone to care about the state around them (and their ongoing dwindling Social Security and Medicare thanks to Republicans). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago He's using a pretty standard tactic for a right wing politician down in the polls: throw increasing amounts of crazy against the wall until something sticks and the polls improve. His consultants will call this "calibrating", to find the right level of insane to match voter expectations and grab media attention for a few cycles along the way. permalink fedilink source parent [–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 years ago That's a whole different kind of problem and I hate it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Unfortunately he’s only 44 years old. Hoping he slides into oblivion but I worry he’s going to be flirting around for decades. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Silverseren@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do wonder if Desantis' insanity will ever meaningfully affect his electoral chances in Florida or if the boomers there are too far gone to care about the state around them (and their ongoing dwindling Social Security and Medicare thanks to Republicans). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago He's using a pretty standard tactic for a right wing politician down in the polls: throw increasing amounts of crazy against the wall until something sticks and the polls improve. His consultants will call this "calibrating", to find the right level of insane to match voter expectations and grab media attention for a few cycles along the way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 2 points 3 years ago (1 child) I do wonder if Desantis' insanity will ever meaningfully affect his electoral chances in Florida or if the boomers there are too far gone to care about the state around them (and their ongoing dwindling Social Security and Medicare thanks to Republicans). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago He's using a pretty standard tactic for a right wing politician down in the polls: throw increasing amounts of crazy against the wall until something sticks and the polls improve. His consultants will call this "calibrating", to find the right level of insane to match voter expectations and grab media attention for a few cycles along the way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 years ago He's using a pretty standard tactic for a right wing politician down in the polls: throw increasing amounts of crazy against the wall until something sticks and the polls improve. His consultants will call this "calibrating", to find the right level of insane to match voter expectations and grab media attention for a few cycles along the way. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 3 years ago That's a whole different kind of problem and I hate it permalink fedilink source parent