DeSantis earlier this year made headlines after The Daily Beast reported that the Florida governor during a private flight ate pudding with his fingers.
The report provided fodder for late-night comics and prompted a Donald Trump campaign ad mocking DeSantis over his silverware-averse eating style.
“Pod Saves America” host and former Barack Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau tweeted: "When @jaketapper asked DeSantis about the state of his campaign, his answer actually included the phrase.... ‘The proof is in the pudding’” along with photos depicting a person eating pudding without silverware.
Political commenter and “Countdown” host Keith Olbermann tweeted: “His Effing fingers are in the Effing pudding - that's what's in the pudding.” Olbermann in a subsequent tweet called the Florida governor “Ron DePudding.”
“The proof is in the pudding” … which I ate with my g***amn fingers,” MSNBC columnist Michael A. Cohen tweeted.
“The only thing in the pudding is his fingers," tweeted Kelsie Taggart, the director of a media watchdog group.
Twitter user @Rschooley wrote: “He owns the pudding lane. Might as well drive it.”
