Let's check out Russian hero Ron DeSantis... Ron DeSantis labeled ‘new Russian hero’ in Super PAC ad https://floridapolitics.com/archive...n-desantis-gets-ironic-tribute-in-new-pac-ad/ The spot parodies the 'Top Gov' ad from the 2022 campaign. Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting unwelcome air cover from a new ad in the wake of his controversial position on the Ukraine war. The Center Street PAC rolled out a spot Friday that paints “American Ron DeSantis” as a “new Russian hero fighting imperialist American aggression in our glorious liberation of Ukraine.” The 15-second spot includes a voiceover with a Russian accent and English and Cyrillic subtitles, and derives the video footage from DeSantis’ own tribute to the Top Gun: Maverick movie from last year, where the “Top Gov” takes aim at unfriendly media outlets. While the original ad shows DeSantis explaining the art of “dogfighting” with “the corporate media,” with spliced-in footage of DeSantis belittling TV reporters along with shots of the Governor in a flight suit, the Center Street PAC parody cuts much of that narrative, relying on shots of DeSantis’ pastiche of Tom Cruise. While in Congress, DeSantis was a hawk on aiding Ukraine, but his position evolved over the years. Last year, he downplayed the threat posed by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as his troops marauded in Ukraine, likening the dictator to an “authoritarian gas station attendant.” This year, DeSantis went further, saying that the U.S. had no compelling national interest in what was just a “territorial dispute” between Russia and Ukraine. The original DeSantis ad was roundly pilloried by his critics last year, who downplayed his staunch attacks on corporate media in favor of withering appraisals of the aesthetics. Many people were striking unfavorable comparisons to 1988 Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, who did a photo op in a tank with a military helmet on ahead of his loss to Bush later that year. The Lincoln Project offered its own parody of the original spot last year. See the Center Street PAC ad below:
previously posted in Election 2024 thread. New thread not needed. Could have also gone under one of your 30 or 40 existing DeSantis threads.
Seeing that I have only started 5 DeSantis threads over my past decades on ET. Your assertion is laughable. I will admit I did miss this particular Twitter PAC post on the other thread.
Ron DeSantis emboldens Vladimir Putin https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/03/16/ron-desantis-emboldens-vladimir-putin
It's an encouraging sign he's enough of an independent thinker to see beyond the propaganda and groupthink on Ukraine.
Ron DeSantis is one step short of putting on knee pads and sucking off Putin. Emboldening tyrants who are attacking democratic nations is unacceptable. Either you are a Patriot who supports Democracy or a Traitor supporting Putin & Fascism.
DeSantis joins the pro-Putin MAGA crowd Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), a probable presidential candidate, has decided that if you can’t beat the pro-Putin wing of the Republican Party, then join them. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/15/desantis-ukraine-maga/
Putin isn't a fascist. He spent his formative years as a communist. He lost his older brother in the siege of Leningrad fighting against the fascists.