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, āRon Desantis is Donald Trump with brains and without the drama.ā
MacGillis tweeted, āYikes: āAccording to a friend, DeSantis would tell dates he liked Thai food, but pronounced it āthigh.ā If they corrected him, Finch wrote, he would find an excuse to leave. āHe didnāt want a girlfriend who corrected him.'ā
Twitter users appeared to find it ridiculous that the reporter found the story concerning.
One user tweeted, ā*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 itās a really bad sign.ā
Another wrote, āWhat are you in high school? LOL!!! This seems like high school girl gossip!!!! āOh he left them because they corrected himā¦ā Blah blah blah. Geesh you people have no scruples.ā
CEO and co-founder of The Federalist Sean Davis joked, āIāll take things that never happened for $600, Alex.ā
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1584361698848538624
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An ABC News/Ipsos poll published Sunday found 64% of registered Republicans believe former President Donald Trump should have a āgreat deal or good amount of influenceā on the future of the party.
However, 72%, believe the same about DeSantis.
Forty-seven percent say DeSantis should have āa great dealā 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 āmark one of the few times this campaign that DeSantis gives any extended comments about his opponent, who once was governor.ā