I was standing there about 100 feet from the former president, Donald J. Trump, as he introduced a young, energetic Harvard Law School grad named Ron DeSantis. DeSantis was all politics at the Pensacola Airport Hangar a few years ago. He went on to win an election for governorship over a thug later found in a Miami hotel with male prostitutes. Imagine the tyranny if we, happy Floridians, had that embodiment of sewage leading us during COVID!
These introductory remarks, resembling the start of a happy ending, are the prequel to the following statement: Donald J. Trump, who gave us much happiness and made the right enemies during his solitary four years, is acting with much buffoonery.
Trump is looking to take credit for developing the COVID-19 vaccines, which continually appear to have been a wrong move for history and humans. But apart from that, it was a great idea. And let us not forget that Archbishop Trump put the high-priest of sadistic arts, namely Antonio Fauci, to lead the task force. Fauci was such a fraud that fraud was feeling timid about its definition.
Years later, Trump continues his idiocy tour, accusing Ron DeSantis of sundry things. Now, don’t think I am so naive as to assume Trump is some rookie insult connoisseur. The man masters in insult; frankly, it was worthwhile, needful, helpful, charming, and funny. Seriously, the man has a gift. But again, this is one of those moments when his gifts need to stay close to his Mar-a-Lago staff instead of addressing them to what some–mainly me–consider one of the great benedictions in Florida history.
DeSantis took on COVID like a prophet. He publicly perspired priestly oil on C-SPAN, and we all watched in amazement how he stood there against all odds and challenged the status quo. Yes, he could have done more earlier, but again, our expectations for politicians could be higher.
Trump is being Trump. And I just wish he would stop it! I am not asking for something extraordinary. I am asking for a year of monastic living. That’s it. But I know this won’t take place. So, I think it’s time DeSantis answered a fool according to his folly and exercised that sharp rhetoric to prove his record.
There is no mistake I wish to preserve Florida’s sanity for four more years, but the more I hear Captain Tan-tan poke fun at one of my heroes, the more tempted I am to make Florida America again.
AMEN!!