If you thought the hit job on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by “60 Minutes” was bad, take a look a this “SCOOP” in the DC Politico Playbook today.
Apparently, some anonymous former staffers do not like the governor which is just unheard of in the history of former staffers and their bosses:
SCOOP: @GovRonDeSantis is setting himself up to be Trump's successor.
But he has a bit of problem: a bunch of ex-staffers who say he's a bad boss & consultants who say they won't work w/him again.
w/@tarapalmeri in @playbookdchttps://t.co/FZ2zudlJf6
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) May 7, 2021
And these “scarred” staffers have formed a “support group”:
NEW: Scarred DeSantis staffers form a support group https://t.co/psCdVcoIMJ w/ @rachaelmbade
— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) May 7, 2021
Well, there’s a reason they’re “former” staffers, right?
Former staff are generally "disgruntled."
That's why they're, you know, former.
This "oppo dump" is basically "people who probably got fired don't like him," and "he takes counsel from his wife." https://t.co/CVm9ikgv3W
— Dan Isett (@DanIsett) May 7, 2021
Quoting from Politico, “DeSantis treats staff like expendable widgets”:
According to our anonymous sources with an inside look at Ron DeSantis, he doesn't trust smart, attractive people who he thinks might snitch on him as a form of petty revenge but prefers talking to his dumb wife, who probably didn't even go to Yalehttps://t.co/3GvjOQCE2E
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) May 7, 2021
LOL. This makes us like him MORE, not less;
I vastly prefer *any* candidate where oppo hit on them is "they didn't seem to trust any of the creepy little weasels who attach themselves like barnacles to anyone with power but sneak off at their first opportunity to go tattle in exchange to an ice cream and a pat on the head"
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) May 7, 2021
Dana Loesch agrees:
This makes me like @RonDeSantisFL even more https://t.co/TEd2bdEk9G
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 7, 2021
Won’t someone shed a tear for these political operatives?
“Politician treats fungible flunkies like fungible flunkies.” https://t.co/BbRdP9v0qP
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 7, 2021
Big DeSantis scandal here. He doesn’t have a presidential campaign yet, and he prefers his and his wife’s instincts, to those of political operatives. https://t.co/1ODzJcDdEp
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) May 7, 2021
Does Ron DeSantis admire flacks, operatives, and flunkies enough? https://t.co/3wyks8NOhy
— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) May 7, 2021
But wait, it gets better. . .
DeSantis reportedly has such a hatred of meetings set up by his expendable widgets that they have to trick him to attend by serving cupcakes:
my fave nugget — “Aides would lure DeSantis to staff meetings with cupcakes, saying that it was a colleague’s birthday to get him to attend.”
— Tara Palmeri (@tarapalmeri) May 7, 2021
That’s it? That’s all they got on him?
"Aides would lure DeSantis to staff meetings with cupcakes.."
Who doesn't like cupcakes? I'm there.
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) May 7, 2021
He’s doomed!
DeSantis will never recover from this https://t.co/aQFAHRSxsD
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) May 7, 2021
He’s done for! https://t.co/WdXz0U34Iv
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) May 7, 2021
he’ll never recover from this. https://t.co/YQuqfsGXno
— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) May 7, 2021
Or not.
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