ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis failed on Twitter after bringing up a decades-old story about Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
Over the weekend, he shared a story written by Joshua Chaffin of the Financial Times titled, “Ron DeSantis is Donald Trump with brains and without the drama.”
MacGillis tweeted, “Yikes: “According to a friend, DeSantis would tell dates he liked Thai food, but pronounced it ‘thigh.’ If they corrected him, Finch wrote, he would find an excuse to leave. ‘He didn’t want a girlfriend who corrected him.'”
Yikes: "According to a friend, DeSantis would tell dates he liked Thai food, but pronounced it 'thigh.' If they corrected him, Finch wrote, he would find an excuse to leave. 'He didn’t want a girlfriend who corrected him.'" @JoshuaChaffin: https://t.co/hgPwPVhqdp
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) October 22, 2022
Twitter users appeared to find it ridiculous that the reporter found the story concerning.
One user tweeted, “*This* is what they are slinging at DeSantis? Pathetic. Also, no one wants a boyfriend or girlfriend who corrects them, and if they do it on the first date it’s a really bad sign.”
*This* is what they are slinging at DeSantis? Pathetic
— Jennifer Van Laar (@jenvanlaar) October 22, 2022
Also, no one wants a boyfriend or girlfriend who corrects them, and if they do it on the first date it's a really bad sign https://t.co/4IvqgdY90i
Another wrote, “What are you in high school? LOL!!! This seems like high school girl gossip!!!! ‘Oh he left them because they corrected him…’ Blah blah blah. Geesh you people have no scruples.”
What are you in high school? LOL!!! This seems like high school girl gossip!!!! ?? "Oh he left them because they corrected him…" Blah blah blah. Geesh you people have no scruples. https://t.co/2VcF0FPLs2
— ????Dania Alexandrino???? (@DaniaPeriodista) October 24, 2022
CEO and co-founder of The Federalist Sean Davis joked, “I’ll take things that never happened for $600, Alex.”
I’ll take things that never happened for $600, Alex. https://t.co/GH8M8AkAyl
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 24, 2022
Read more reactions below:
This is really the angle they’re going to run with? https://t.co/1ks3QeVoHF
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) October 23, 2022
Instead, he found a wife who stands strong beside him while beating breast cancer.
— Joey Jones (@Johnny_Joey) October 23, 2022
Whatever his methods on dating, it worked. https://t.co/O9dlgWYqMX
I don’t think this is true but I hope it is true. I like a president who doesn’t take shit. https://t.co/YJfcr4jIhV
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) October 23, 2022
I heard DeSantis cuts the tags off mattresses…
— Jeff "The Prophet Jeffiziah" Charles (@JeffOnTheRight) October 23, 2022
Including ones he doesn't own. https://t.co/uXfvgkYQHP
I mean.
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) October 23, 2022
Biden hung out with segregationists and Harris kept innocent men in prison to advance her career, but this is bad too.
I guess. https://t.co/HKqdFY20iI
Never mind, I change my mind, he will be the Republican nominee one day https://t.co/IzuH2RQixa
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24) October 22, 2022
How do you square this quote with the story headline ????? https://t.co/dazlRnXtYL
— Drew Godinich (@DrewGodinich) October 23, 2022
It’s over guys. DeSantis is done.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) October 22, 2022
How pathetic are these idiots? They have been working overtime since 2018 to find dirt on the governor, and this is the worst they could come up with. ??? https://t.co/l6QRtg9A5L
An ABC News/Ipsos poll published Sunday found 64% of registered Republicans believe former President Donald Trump should have a “great deal or good amount of influence” on the future of the party.
However, 72%, believe the same about DeSantis.
Forty-seven percent say DeSantis should have “a great deal” of influence on the party.
The poll was conducted from October 21 to October 22.
FiveThirtyEight shows DeSantis holds a 7.7 point lead over his Democratic opponent Charlie Crist.
The governor and Crist will battle Monday evening during the first and only debate of the race.
As Politico notes, this may “mark one of the few times this campaign that DeSantis gives any extended comments about his opponent, who once was governor.”
