The Entire Internet Comes Together to Drag Pathetic Ron DeSantis
You have to hand it to Ron DeSantis: the man successfully brought a divided country together. Just not in the way he wanted.The Florida governor on Sunday ended his presidential campaign, a run that was arguably more embarrassing to watch than for him to actually do it. But what should have been a serious and bittersweet moment was instead ruined by a now-classic DeSantis goof.“We don’t have a clear path to victory,” DeSantis said in a video message, which he accompanied with the caption, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”DeSantis attributed the quotation to Winston Churchill, but in a perfect encapsulation of what a disaster his campaign was, social media users were quick to correct him. “The quoted words in this tweet do not appear in this phrasing in any of Winston Churchill’s books, articles, speeches and papers,” a community note on X (formerly Twitter) read. “They do appear in a Budweiser print ad from 1938.”The note was later removed for unknown reasons, but other X users had the receipts: The International Churchill Society stated the British prime minister never said that quotation. It didn’t take long before someone else found the exact Budweiser ad that did use that line.It’s also ironic that DeSantis accidentally used a line from a Budweiser ad, as the beer brand came under fire last year from the exact people DeSantis was hoping to win over. People on the right claimed Budweiser had gone “woke” after it did a brief ad campaign with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. And DeSantis was all too happy to fuel the fire against the company.While the mistake is a terrible look for DeSantis, it feels like the perfect bookend to a campaign that has been a hot mess from start to finish. Throughout his campaign, DeSantis successfully managed to unite the United States in making fun of him. People across the political spectrum poked fun at how he allegedly ate pudding with his fingers, had apparently never seen a piece of pizza before, and didn’t know how to smile.I think he should be forced to carry it to term https://t.co/XPPchN5bcS— Infield Fly Girl (@infieldflygrl) January 21, 2024He was not in Florida when he did it, having to go to a state where it was allowed.— Richard Martin (@ScinaryActual) January 22, 2024Right- and left-wingers delighted in the conspiracy that DeSantis wore lifts in his cowboy boots to make himself appear taller. Historically, taller presidential candidates tend to perform better. But instead of giving himself an edge, DeSantis made himself a heel.Ron DeSantis the minute he dropped out of the presidential race: pic.twitter.com/dQqmtjEp29— eric (@MrEAnders) January 22, 2024it's not just that DeSantis was easy to bully, but also that he was fun to bully. you really got the sense that he went home and wept every night.— JP (@jpbrammer) January 22, 2024ron desantis for president (2023-2024) https://t.co/ykCy0RpPli pic.twitter.com/g1Eu5uPQvN— emilie frank (@emiliepfrank) January 21, 2024DeSantis has also succeeded in uniting Floridians—against him. His popularity has dropped in the Sunshine State, and he may even go home to a state Republican Party that has soured on him.So pour one out for Ron DeSantis. He’s just another Florida man now. But hey, at least that’s everyone’s favorite genre of joke!
You have to hand it to Ron DeSantis: the man successfully brought a divided country together. Just not in the way he wanted.
The Florida governor on Sunday ended his presidential campaign, a run that was arguably more embarrassing to watch than for him to actually do it. But what should have been a serious and bittersweet moment was instead ruined by a now-classic DeSantis goof.
“We don’t have a clear path to victory,” DeSantis said in a video message, which he accompanied with the caption, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
DeSantis attributed the quotation to Winston Churchill, but in a perfect encapsulation of what a disaster his campaign was, social media users were quick to correct him. “The quoted words in this tweet do not appear in this phrasing in any of Winston Churchill’s books, articles, speeches and papers,” a community note on X (formerly Twitter) read. “They do appear in a Budweiser print ad from 1938.”
The note was later removed for unknown reasons, but other X users had the receipts: The International Churchill Society stated the British prime minister never said that quotation. It didn’t take long before someone else found the exact Budweiser ad that did use that line.
It’s also ironic that DeSantis accidentally used a line from a Budweiser ad, as the beer brand came under fire last year from the exact people DeSantis was hoping to win over. People on the right claimed Budweiser had gone “woke” after it did a brief ad campaign with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. And DeSantis was all too happy to fuel the fire against the company.
While the mistake is a terrible look for DeSantis, it feels like the perfect bookend to a campaign that has been a hot mess from start to finish. Throughout his campaign, DeSantis successfully managed to unite the United States in making fun of him. People across the political spectrum poked fun at how he allegedly ate pudding with his fingers, had apparently never seen a piece of pizza before, and didn’t know how to smile.
I think he should be forced to carry it to term https://t.co/XPPchN5bcS— Infield Fly Girl (@infieldflygrl) January 21, 2024
He was not in Florida when he did it, having to go to a state where it was allowed.— Richard Martin (@ScinaryActual) January 22, 2024
Right- and left-wingers delighted in the conspiracy that DeSantis wore lifts in his cowboy boots to make himself appear taller. Historically, taller presidential candidates tend to perform better. But instead of giving himself an edge, DeSantis made himself a heel.
Ron DeSantis the minute he dropped out of the presidential race: pic.twitter.com/dQqmtjEp29— eric (@MrEAnders) January 22, 2024
it's not just that DeSantis was easy to bully, but also that he was fun to bully. you really got the sense that he went home and wept every night.— JP (@jpbrammer) January 22, 2024
ron desantis for president (2023-2024) https://t.co/ykCy0RpPli pic.twitter.com/g1Eu5uPQvN— emilie frank (@emiliepfrank) January 21, 2024
DeSantis has also succeeded in uniting Floridians—against him. His popularity has dropped in the Sunshine State, and he may even go home to a state Republican Party that has soured on him.
So pour one out for Ron DeSantis. He’s just another Florida man now. But hey, at least that’s everyone’s favorite genre of joke!
