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@Rapidcreek@reddthat.com to politics @lemmy.world • 2 years ago

Ron DeSantis Denies Wearing ‘Heels,’ Refuses Gift of Shoes in Awkward Podcast Exchange

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  • @SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
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    75•2 years ago

    Unless I’m misremembering but isn’t there a pic of him?

    • gregorum
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      56•2 years ago

      Many. So, so many. And video. Lots of video.

      • @jballs@sh.itjust.works
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        27•2 years ago

        Video since no one else has bothered posting it yet. Warning, it’s TikTok so it’s annoying as fuck.

        • gregorum
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          9•2 years ago

          That made my phone sad. I didn’t know it could do that.

    • themeatbridge
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      I mean, what’s he going to do, admit he wears heels? He’s already a laughing stock. The best he can hope for is a distraction which will make everyone stop paying attention to this for a while, so that he can gradually stop wearing them and when it comes up again, he can act like “Oh god, are you still on this?”

      • SuperDuper
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        He’s already a laughing stock. The best he can hope for is a distraction which will make everyone stop paying attention to this for a while, so that he can gradually stop wearing them and when it comes up again, he can act like “Oh god, are you still on this?”

        Man, you just described the standard GOP playbook.

        • themeatbridge
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          21•2 years ago

          Less of a playbook and more of a playmat.

          • norbert
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            10•2 years ago

            Scribbled hastily with crayons and a Sharpie.

        • @EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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          2•2 years ago

          Exactly and there’s layers to it, this is distracting from certain court proceedings so it’s drowned out

      • BarqsHasBite
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        I doubt that people that wear them ever stop.

  • TigrisMorte
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    Rhonda Santis needs to come out and admit it so the healing can begin.

    • @Im14abeer@midwest.social
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      31•2 years ago

      So the heeling can’t begin.

      • @SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world
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        11•2 years ago

        Ron has been a heel for quite a while

    • @spider@lemmy.nz
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      And Susan Lopez, acting Hillsborough State Attorney for two months now, really does have a dog named Rhonda Santis.

      (Lopez is, obviously, a DeSantis toady.)

  • teft
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    DeSantis said he’s 5’11.

    🤣

    • The Assman
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      12•2 years ago

      It’s two numbers. The 5 is his height. The 11 is his high score in pickleball.

      • @AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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      • Flying Squid
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        He’s pretty good at playing pickleball in those heels.

    • @groupofcrows@lemmy.ca
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      4•2 years ago

      DeSantos is 5’11"-ish.

  • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    54•2 years ago

    “I’m a big fan of yours, but I’m not a big fan of your marketing team,” Bet-David said, praising DeSantis’ leadership during Covid, but calling his book, released earlier this year, a “miss.”

    “It was number one in the country for two weeks,” DeSantis said about his book.

    “That’s not a long time though,” Bet-David responded.

    LOL

    • prole
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      32•2 years ago

      praising DeSantis’ leadership during Covid

      Ahhahhaahahahahhahahah

      • @IDontHavePantsOn@lemm.ee
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        You should read the YouTube comments. His fans sniff his farts the same way they did for trump. Literally saying he saved their lives.

    • @spider@lemmy.nz
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      “It was number one in the country for two weeks”

      Among those who bought it, or those who actually read it?

      • @Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        I’ve heard it’s not uncommon for the team of the person who wrote them to buy all of them up to get it on the top list and then just gift them/chuck them or store them indefinitely.

        • @RunawayFixer@lemmy.world
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          Here’s a very good article on this republican practice: https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/474662-the-myth-of-the-conservative-bestseller/

          • @spider@lemmy.nz
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            2•2 years ago

            I recall seeing a staged photo of George W. Bush carrying a copy of Bernard Goldberg’s Bias, and thinking the pope shitting in the woods is more likely than W. reading a chapter of any book.

      • TigrisMorte
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        22•2 years ago

        If you look into it you’ll likely find most of the copies were bought in bulk by his campaign, the State of Florida, and a few large donor PACs

        • @Telorand@reddthat.com
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          This is why “#1 Bestseller” doesn’t mean shit.

        • @spider@lemmy.nz
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          Wouldn’t be a surprise; manipulating numbers is just business as usual for them.

      • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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        I have no idea, I just liked the response about it not being long enough.

        • @spider@lemmy.nz
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          That was tongue in cheek; there’s no real way for them to tell the difference.

          • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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            Ah. Okay, I see it now. It just didn’t register when I first read it, lol sorry.

            • @spider@lemmy.nz
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              No big deal; it’s still Monday after all (at least here in the States).

  • @mateomaui@reddthat.com
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    52•2 years ago

    Not so much “heels” as they are more “meatball kickstands”.

    • @Godric@lemmy.world
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      Say what you want about Trump, but “Meatball Ron” is a 10/10 killshot fuck-you nickname

      • @mateomaui@reddthat.com
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        12•2 years ago

        He doesn’t get them as much these days, but that was a direct hit.

    • @ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.world
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      11•2 years ago

      I like to think of them as pudding cups.

    • LousyCornMuffins
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      3•2 years ago

      Toothpicks?

      • @mateomaui@reddthat.com
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        I mean, he’s a big ass meatball, so thick toothpicks, yeah

  • @erranto@lemmy.world
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    Have you seen His hand gestures and talking style lately, He is imitating trump so desperately it is pathetic. Even the most hardcore republican can see that he is a con artist.

    • @Otkaz@lemmy.world
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      “Even the most hardcore republican can see that he is a con artist.”

      Come now, that’s giving them way too much credit.

  • @photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    33•2 years ago

    America’s Biggest Boy will never be President.

    • @ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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      Ben Shapiro?

      • The Assman
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        Ben Shapiro wishes he was 5’6"

        • @mateomaui@reddthat.com
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          where’s marc rubio in this lineup?

  • Flying Squid
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    21•2 years ago

    After denying he wore heels, he added, “also, it’s pronounced ‘thigh food.’”

  • pingveno
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    Ugh, this stuff over height is so silly. None of it matters because they’re just variations of shorter than me.

    • @bitsplease@lemmy.ml
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      There’s absolutely nothing wrong with being short. Lying about your height and wearing ridiculously high lifts, while continuing to lie about it in the face of evidence however is a pretty powerful statement of character on his part. And not a flattering one

      • @Neil@lemmy.ml
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        16•2 years ago

        Seriously. If I was in this position I’d just be like “yep. I wear heels because it shapes the body better for suits and adds some height to me. I’m rather short. You should try it.”

        Boom done. Now I don’t have to lie for years on end in the face of video fucking evidence.

        • @bitsplease@lemmy.ml
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          Or just don’t wear heels, and when some opponent or interviewer makes some comment about your height, just dig into them like “really? We’re discussing the future of our country and you’re focused on my height? I’m here to focus on the real issues, not petty shit”. Boom, you’d come across way more confident and manly than any amount of height could give you.

          Ofc, his base is exactly the sort who is petty enough to care about height, so maybe that approach would only work for a dem candidate lol

          • prole
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            15•2 years ago

            Unfortunately, this is a country where a not insignificant number of people vote based on whether they’d want to have a beer with the candidate.

            The reality is, being short probably would (does) lose him votes, because people in this country (particularly conservatives that have a very strict, old school view of what a “man” should be) are fucking stupid.

            Remember Dennis Kucinich? His height didn’t do him any favors.

      • @LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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        Not once have I ever thought Danny Davito or Kevin Hart wasn’t talented or presentable because of their height.

        • @Lesrid@lemm.ee
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          And like sure, historically since televised debates height determines who is president but Meatball Ron is fighting for dear life to be a bit taller, not even the tallest choice.

      • @daltotron@lemmy.world
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        It’s not so much a statement of character. I’d get a more valuable statement of character by just looking at his basic political platform. If, say, bernie just had some weird tick where he was super insecure about his height, I would still probably like him about the same.

        The only thing this really is, is funny as shit.

    • @_bug0ut@lemmy.world
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      The initial video was kind of funny, but we could just focus on how fucking awful he is.

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        • @_bug0ut@lemmy.world
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          Sure, but at this point he’s in an endless tailspin. Could also just stop talking about him at this point altogether, probably. Whatever supporters there are, he’ll never be able to dig himself out to face down Trump now.

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            • @_bug0ut@lemmy.world
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              Won’t catch me standing in the way - it’s pretty entertaining, anyway.

            • @MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world
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              Yeah the Dean Scream is a perfect example of the media and public perception destroying a campaign. He was a solid candidate and one weekend of incessant coverage over that scream was all it took.

  • TubeTalkerX
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    He should blame Disney for it and move on.

    • Riskable
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      Yeah but the cold always bothered princess DeSantis.

  • @jackpot@lemmy.ml
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    his only chance is trump dying or going to jail and it’s all his fault for being so insanely unlikable. i had money on him to be the gop nominee last year and i feel awful. not a life changing amount but big enough. how could someone do so well in state politics so consistently and them butcher it every step of the way at the nationals. ron needed to resign as governor day one instead of trying to run with both

    • @FrostyTheDoo@lemmy.world
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      Maybe don’t gamble on politics

      • @jackpot@lemmy.ml
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        this implies i should gamble on other things instead

        • defunct_punk
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          Relevant username

          • @jackpot@lemmy.ml
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            HAH

  • RubberStuntBaby
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    Maybe he’s non-binary or just identifies as a taller person. I think we should support him. (On this one thing only)

  • @eran_morad@lemmy.world
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    Can we stop posting this douchecunt? He’s totally irrelevant.

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    I don’t understand. Doesn’t he wear like a men’s cowboy boot-type thing? What am I missing?

    EDIT: I see it. Never mind.

    • BarqsHasBite
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      What do your Elven eyes see?

      • LousyCornMuffins
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        Nachos. I don’t waste them on shit like that

      • @morphballganon@lemmy.world
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        Where is it? I only see a pic of him from waist up

        • @frogfruit@sh.itjust.works
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          https://www.tiktok.com/@spamellina/video/7286004686149127470?lang=en

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    And then find out Ron DeSantis is wearing ‘heels’ because he is actually a bitch disguised as an asshole.

    • @columbus@lemmy.world
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      The height discrimination was bought into Europe from American culture.

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        That’s kinda pathetic, tbh. Good thing it’s bs

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