The world works better when people’s personal moral standards and society conspire to reward good behavior. Today, the system rewards bad behavior. Rather than turning off voters who see him as a bully or a blowhard, DeSantis is lauded as a “fighter.”
I’m no fan of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, but he showed some real righteous indignation when he said of DeSantis: “I don’t like bullies.”
“To call [Dr. Fauci] pejorative terms because they’re short,” Newsom continued, “who the hell raised these guys?… I got four kids, I don’t want these guys being [role] models.”
Once upon a time, that’s the kind of conservative finger-wagging my parents might have delivered while criticizing foul-mouthed Hollywood liberals.
Newsom is 100 percent correct, but how many voters will agree? My guess is DeSantis will benefit from both his own comments—and the criticism against them.
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