MSNBC’s Joy Reid devoted two minutes to thrashing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after the Republican presidential candidate eked out a distant second-place end within the Iowa caucuses on Monday.
“I think we must remark upon the absolute tragedy of Ron DeSantis as a human being as a politician,” she mentioned throughout MSNBC’s evaluation of the primary nominating contest of the 2024 race.
Reid mentioned the state of Florida was paying the value for DeSantis betting large ― and dropping ― in Iowa.
She pointed to controversial insurance policies he carried out over the previous yr, together with a six-week abortion ban, new college requirements on the best way to train about slavery and a “draconian” immigration invoice he signed into legislation, in addition to his vendetta in opposition to Disney.
“He put it all on Iowa. His whole ground game is Iowa. His whole strategy is Iowa, and he destroyed his political career in his home state, neglected his home state during two hurricanes, wore weird high boots in and humiliated himself,” Reid mentioned.
“And he’s going to finish maybe in the 15s, maybe in the 20s in Iowa, and he’s finished as a politician in Florida as a result,” she added.
DeSantis invested important marketing campaign time and sources into Iowa. He visited each county within the state, however didn’t win a single one.
He had been seen by many as the largest menace to former President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination early final yr, however his marketing campaign didn’t reside as much as the hype.
He completed with simply over 21% of the vote in Iowa on Monday. Trump obtained 51% and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley got here in a detailed third with 19.1%.
Watch Reid’s commentary under, from the two:15 mark.
