Scarborough alleged that DeSantis is “all hat, no cattle,” i.e. someone who talks big but doesn’t carry through on his positions. Joe also downplayed the significance of DeSantis’ overwhelming victory, claiming that “He was running against nobody. He was playing against the Washington Generals [Harlem Globetrotters reference]. The Democratic party in the state of Florida is dead.”
That’s an interesting new hot take when Scarborough was tossing softballs at Charlie Crist just days before the election, saying they were both more conservative than DeSantis on this fighting-with-Disney thing.
In August, Morning Joe allowed Crist to claim he was massively more popular than DeSantis when he was Governor of Florida, that “it’s an amazing thing. It’s a God thing.”
Scarborough also expressed skepticism that the DeSantis brand can work outside of Florida, passing along sniping from unnamed sources in Tallahassee claiming that “one-on-one, he’s not that good of a politician.” That’s the spin Mark Leibovich offered on Morning Joe.
So try and follow along: when DeSantis wins by 19.4 points, you say he’s not a good politician, one on one?
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