“Calling DeSantis a fascist isn’t hyperbole, it’s defining what he is.”

  • I admit I got all the way to the end waiting for the swastika, and figured, “eh, well it must be that thing.”

    Thing is, while I find this entirely plausible, unless there’s an archive.org of the tweet before deletion, I don’t think we can credibly tie this back to anything DeSantis wanted or approved.

    He’s in my top 5 list of people actively trying to destroy the US, but unless the provenance of the linked video can be proven I don’t see this going anywhere. Folks who hate him aren’t surprised, folks who don’t will ask for more proof, DeSantis will deny if he acknowledges it at all.

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      My only pushback is how much evidence do you need? He’s anti-latin, anti-gay, anti-teans and uses neo-nazi imagery.
      Anyone that’s willing to ignore one of those because it’s not explicit enough, is highly suspect.

      • I completely agree with you, but that still leave the minds that will be changed by this existence of this video at zero, the way I read it. Yes it’s appalling, but he was appalling before the video too.

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          The people that can’t have their minds changed are fascists. You should thank them for making it clear

          • Absolutely fair point I’m just saying I don’t think the existence of this moves the needle in any way in the current environment. It can’t even be used in a campaign smear against him without being verifiable as to its origin and his approval of it.

            TL;DR: Entertaining, but not whatsoever the immediate career destroyer that it could have been, or that we all would have hoped for.