MSNBC host Jen Psaki performed political shrink Friday, asking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, “Are you OK?” (Watch the video beneath.)
Psaki’s mocking concern drove a section that completely skewered DeSantis’ sputtering try to win the Republican presidential nomination.
“So currently as I’ve been watching the best way Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is working his presidential marketing campaign, there’s a query that has been working by means of my thoughts: Are you OK, Governor? I imply, for actual, are you good?” mentioned Psaki, a former White Home press secretary below President Joe Biden.
“It’s OK in the event you don’t truly wish to run for president. It’s utterly OK,” she added.
Psaki mentioned it was tough to reach at every other conclusion due to DeSantis’ “weird” marketing campaign.
She thrashed DeSantis for overspending on the path like a “teen pop star,” particularly on personal aircraft journey. She additionally took him to job for his state’s new college curriculum, which teaches that slaves benefited by studying expertise. This prompted a rebuke from South Carolina’s Tim Scott — the one Black Republican within the Senate — who mentioned, “There is no such thing as a silver lining in slavery.”
In one other head-scratcher, Psaki famous that DeSantis floated the concept of appointing Democratic anti-vaxxer candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to steer the Meals and Drug Administration or the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. (DeSantis has tried to walk that one back.)
“DeSantis is floundering within the polls, burning by means of money, defending the deserves of slavery, floating jobs for conspiracy theorist Democrats,” she mentioned. “It’s sufficient to make you marvel if this complete marketing campaign is mostly a cry for assist. Does he actually wish to do it?”
DeSantis, who trails former President Donald Trump by more than 30 points in lots of polls of GOP candidates, has minimize a few third of his paid marketing campaign workers.
