'Ask Jeb Bush': Former GOP lawmaker breaks news to DeSantis his career is over
December 23, 2023
On Saturday morning, former Rep. Dave Jolly (R-FL) laughed when told how far Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is trailing Donald Trump in the race to be the 2024 Republican party presidential nominee and then noted that DeSantis' career in politics is coming to an ignominious and abrupt end.
With the Florida governor ineligible by state law to run for a third term, and the state already represented by two Republicans in the U.S. Senate, Jolly said DeSantis jumped the gun on starting his national career by taking on the former president who has the solid backing of the MAGA faithful.
With that in mind, the former GOP lawmaker said DeSantis is headed down the same road traveled by former Govs. Jeb Bush (R-FL) and Mike Huckabee (R-AR), both of whom launched humiliatingly bad presidential bids that failed.
"Why is Ron Desantis still in the race?" host Jonathan Capehart pressed, which set Jolly off laughing.
"Exactly, Jonathan. I heard that clip and I thought, 'Okay, we've now reached the excuses stage of his political campaign,' which is always the last one before withdrawal," Jolly stated while smirking.
"Look, the storyline on Ron Desantis is this, and on Saturday morning we can be light-hearted about it, but Republicans jumped into a hot and heavy dating relationship with him. He was the prom king. He was, Time magazine said, the future. His opening ad said on the eighth day God created him: Ron DeSantis."
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"And so they jumped into this heavy dating relationship with him, they thought he was all that — they realized he wasn't," he continued. "That he was just into himself and not into them. He was a little boring, he had lost his moves, he was stale. Republican voters have moved on and, just like a bad boyfriend, Ron DeSantis doesn't realize that."
After noting that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) has blown by the Florida governor in the polls, he added, "Ron DeSantis' presidential run is likely over. The question is, is his political career over as well? Because where does he go after leaving the governorship? Ask Jeb Bush and Mike Huckabee how that went. It doesn't go well."
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