Sadly, this new campaign ad from Ron DeSantis does not meet with Joe Scarborough's approval. How will the Florida governor ever recover?

Greg P. | 11:08 AM on January 26, 2022

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is out with an amazing campaign ad with the tag line “Fauci can pound sand” that uses flip flop sandals to bash Dr. Anthony Fauci and his *many* flip flops, which you can actually pre-order now. The sandals we mean:

Now, here’s the ad:

Dr. Fauci is the central character in this new @GovRonDeSantis 60-second campaign ad that first aired at 0649 today on OAN. pic.twitter.com/9rt05E3Unx

— John McCormick (@McCormickJohn) January 25, 2022

But, alas, not everyone is happy with it. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough says it’s “so stupid it should make your teeth hurt“:

“I thought his ads four years ago were the dumbest ads I’ve ever seen, where he’s reading Donald Trump bedtime stories to his baby,” Scarborough said. “I bet he’s sorry he did that now, but this is just so stupid. I guess stupid people will like the ad, I don’t know. Maybe P.T. Barnum was right, a sucker is born every day, but to attack a guy because, well, the realities of a virus change, as the virus changes, as the virus moves, as the virus, you know, mutates, it just — again, the height of stupidity.”

“It got him elected last time, I suppose it will get him elected again this time,” he added, “but just, again, so stupid it should make your teeth hurt.”