Fox's Brian Kilmeade tries to find a DeSantis voter in a MAGA crowd but fails miserably

Kilmeade is derptacular as usual.

DS DeSantis should focus on FL for at least another Presidential term.

it’s called propaganda ...

Fox News Having Trouble Finding DeSantis Supporters in Florida for 2024 Presidential Run

February 28, 2023 | Sundance | 110 Comments

Fox News has a big sad today.

CONTEXT – After months of promoting Ron DeSantis to become the 2024 GOP nominee, which includes the efforts of Rupert Murdoch (and family) via a multimillion-dollar Harper Collins book deal for the Florida governor; lengthy friendly interviews with DeSantis on every program; a full feature infomercial running on Fox News to present him to the national audience; attendance by key program pundits at DeSantis donor events and campaign organization meetings; weeks of specific messaging coordinated with board member Paul Ryan – and the consulting efforts of Karl Rove with the DeSantis operation; they are just not able to move the needle.

With the DeSantis book launch officially taking place today, Fox News Corp sends Brian Kilmeade to Florida to assist the DeSantis operation. Producers used the entire Fox and Friends morning programming to support the intent and Ron DeSantis’s ‘big day’. [See Long Video Here] However, when Brian Kilmeade broadcasts live from the Metro Diner in Ponte Vedra beach to promote the DeSantis narrative, the diners at the venue did not go along with the anticipated narrative. {Direct Rumble Link}

What follows in the live broadcast becomes a hilarious exhibition in how media-driven astroturf propaganda runs directly into the reality of the situation. It really is quite funny to see the escalating desperation of Mr. Kilmeade as he asks whether the audience supports Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis for the 2024 GOP nomination and cannot find anyone who puts DeSantis first – even the lady wearing the DeSantis T-shirt supports Trump first.

WATCH:

Fox News Massive Failure Trying to Promote DeSantis over Trump MAGA

But wait, it gets better….. Even more funny.

Corporate Fox News is not going to give up, they had this whole production scripted. Karl Rove who is a key consultant in the managing and branding effort, is left retreating to the narrative that DeSantis doesn’t need to do anything yet. {Direct Rumble Link}

Watch below:

FOX big push for DeSantis

Rove is facing a big challenge. The Atwater-Rove days of gaslighting, manipulating and ultimately controlling the republican illusion of choice are in the rear-view mirror. The traditional mechanisms have collapsed and are no longer useful as the electorate have become more aware, and simultaneously the grassroots communication platforms have evolved.

Even extremely expensive political Astroturf is much harder now. People can just see through the issues and the fallacies are debunked in almost real time.

Rupert Murdoch has a sad.

Paul Ryan has a sad.

Karl Rove has a sad,….

…..and I’m over here enjoying every moment of it.

This is BS. I saw people he interviewed later in the show who said they would vote for DeSantis.

If Ron was my governor, I wouldn’t want to him to leave, either.

There are quite a few Floridians who don’t want to give their governor up yet.

I don’t blame them-I wish he was mine. Mine is Pritzger.

I’ll bet they wouldn’t be able to find a J6 prisoner willing to vote for Ron. They are screwed if he becomes president

For the same stupid reason Freepers post to articles they didn’t read.

He is mine too. Thankfully, I live in a red county

I’m not taking the bait of pitting one against the other. Four more years of Trump and then eight years of DeSantis.

You’re probably right there. But I’m not sure what Ron’s stance is on that. I would hope that he’d do the right thing.

“Why would a DeSantis supporter attend a Trump rally?”

For the same reason they show up here on Free Republic, an overwhelming Trump supporting group.

Did you not read the article? It states “Visiting a Florida diner”. Diner not rally.

I’m in Winnebago Co.

Governor DeSantis will find out alienating Trump supporters was his biggest mistake of his political career.

It also states “MAGA crowd”.

Murdoch wants DeSantas. I have always thought that Murdoch was an evil mother f&@#% so if he and Fox are pushing DeSantis then I DO NOT WANT DESANTIS.

President Trump has all of the right enemies.

Spot on

“Kathy Barnette never supported BLM, CRT, etc. but that didn’t stop him from finding things saying she did and posting them.”
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He shouldn’t have done that to Kathy. Now we’re stuck with Fetterman and Shapiro.