ProPublica Reporter Dragged on Twitter After Bringing up ‘Pathetic’ Decades-Old Story on DeSantis
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…
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.'”
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.”
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.”
CEO and co-founder of The Federalist Sean Davis joked, “I’ll take things that never happened for $600, Alex.”
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