This is funny. Bill Kristol says he’s neither Left nor woke. But is he one of those guys walking around still claiming to be a True Conservative™? We can’t recall the last time he posted anything even remotely conservative to Twitter or we might have written about it. Maybe it’s just him, but he finds Gov. Ron DeSantis’ boast that he’ll “destroy leftism” and his claim that “Florida is where woke goes to die” creepy.
Creepy.
Anyone with eyes who can see that leftism is destroying the country would be happy to be rid of it. And DeSantis is making good on his claim of wokeness by stripping critical race theory out of school curriculums and defunding DEI departments in state universities. Some would consider those conservative wins.
At the risk of being too earnest, may I say that DeSantis's boasts that he "will destroy leftism in this country" and "Florida is where woke goes to die" are creepy? I'm neither Left nor woke, but in a free country, individuals and groups do have a right to be Left or woke.
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 29, 2023
You are both left and woke and you depend on Trump to keep your website financially solvent. Happy to answer your questions. https://t.co/vjjzwNBHbU
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 30, 2023
Wokeness demands compliance. Bill Kristol complies with whomever pays him. Pretty simple. @BillKristol
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) May 30, 2023
That should leave a mark on Kristol
Without Trump, he’s out of a job
— DANGER: DISINFORMATION (@RetiredCrimeDog) May 30, 2023
Hey Bill, you fake and fraud. You’ll side with anyone who pays you enough.
— RadioFreeOxford (@RadioOxford) May 30, 2023
"Woke" isn't a set of opinions or beliefs. Without the demands for compliance it's just a difference of opinion.
— Julie Pascal (@JuliePa08044150) May 30, 2023
You are 💯 % a leftist
— 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐤 𝐉𝐞𝐰 (@HonkyTonkJew) May 30, 2023
You're creepy.
— New Sons of Liberty (@NSOL_USA) May 29, 2023
Except you are Left. And you’re definitely creepy.
— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) May 29, 2023
DeSantis never said that he would take away the right to speak or have ideas, he did say that he would help lead the way to the death of leftism and woke ideology which is precisely what needs to happen to both. Bravo DeSantis!!
— Laurie Burnell (@burnelll) May 30, 2023
It's hilarious that you think you are neither left nor woke, lol
— Clint Micheau (@ClintMicheau) May 29, 2023
Do the people in a free country have the right to be MAGA and Right?
Don't you find it creepy that Biden keeps calling them "white supremacists" and "domestic terrorists?"
— CoolCzech (@CoolCzech1) May 30, 2023
DeSantis is talking about eliminating a dangerous and destructive ideology, not people.
But you already knew that.
— Rightwing_Vet🐾 (@Florida_Veteran) May 30, 2023
No one is saying that people don't have a right to be whatever they want, they just don't get to force those philosophies unto the rest of the country. Big difference which I would have assumed you understood but times have changed.
— Scott Coleman (@bandphan) May 30, 2023
Sure people have the right to be “woke”, but if their “woke” philosophy is damaging the country then DeSantis damn sure has the right to oppose it.
— Rich Newton (@Rich_Newton_) May 29, 2023
It's about destroying bad ideas.
— Zachary Tisdale 🇨🇦 (@ztisdale) May 29, 2023
You can still restrain its political influence, which he's done in Florida with legislation. I'm pretty sure that is the concept he's talking about despite his choice of words. I think we got it figured out what he means, Bill.
— Tom (@Tom88206311) May 29, 2023
Oh don’t sell yourself short… you are plenty left and woke.
And you darn well know that DeSantis is speaking figuratively in these statements – and he means that the left and the woke will be rendered culturally and politically irrelevant.
I know it pains you to hear that.
— The Yootopian (@TheYootopian) May 29, 2023
So who’s Kristol going to vote for in 2024? Biden, obviously. Everything about conservatism is “creepy” to him now.
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