Ron DeSantis Says His Border Wall Support Was ‘Satirical’

National File ^ | May 24, 2023 | FRANKIE STOCKES

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Ron DeSantis says he co-opted the MAGA agenda in 2018 to get elected as Governor of Florida.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis told reporter John Stossel in a recent interview that his famous 2018 “build the wall” campaign ad backing President Trump and the construction of a wall on America’s southern border was a “satirical” publicity stunt meant to feign support for the MAGA movement and manipulate the anti-Trump media into playing the ad on TV, giving his campaign more recognition among voters.

John Stossel interviewed Ron DeSantis ahead of his official presidential campaign announcement and asked him about his famous 2018 gubernatorial campaign ad that features DeSantis reading stories about President Trump to his young child and building a mock border wall out of children’s building blocks behind a caption reading “Build The Wall”.

The ad called DeSantis a “pitbull Trump defender” and also featured Casey DeSantis boasting that her “everybody knows” that her “husband is endorsed by President Trump.”

Now, DeSantis is preparing to challenge Trump for the GOP presidential nomination and Team DeSantis is claiming that Trump had little to do with his 2018, victory despite his endorsement demonstrably flipping the GOP Primary race in DeSantis’ favor.

“It sounds like you were sucking up to Trump,” Stossel told DeSantis.

“Well if you watch that, I mean, you know, it’s a satirical ad, it was a little tongue-in-cheek,” DeSantis replied.

“But that was, uh, many years ago I was running, and um, we wanted to get some notoriety and so I knew if we did that, that it would cause the press to go berserk,” he went on. “And what they would do is they would be outraged by it but they would keep playing it and so people would see [the ad].”

“And so what we were able to say is ‘ok here’s my wife, we’re a young family, here’s that. And so that kind of got projected out. So, I don’t even know how much money we paid to run it, but the media ran it for us because they were so upset, you know, that it was a pro-Trump ad.”

Watch the clip below:

#Video: Florida Governor Ron #DeSantis says his 2018 support for #Trump’s border wall was ‘satirical’ and meant to manipulate the media into talking about his campaign. pic.twitter.com/hSPb5dq2dw

— Frankie Stockes – Reporter (@stockes76) May 24, 2023

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Watch the FULL 2018 pro-Trump DeSantis ad, which he now insists was “satirical”:

2018 Campaign Ad For Gov Candidate Ron DeSantis

[conservative98]

Oh my.

[Kazan]

Admitting this alone should sink his support under 10%.

DeSantis is 100% establishment bought and paid for.

Trump needs to hammer him for his if he hasn't already.

[ArcadeQuarters]

[Fido969]

“Satirical”?

WTF?

[reasonisfaith]

How can DeSantis oppose Trump, when his entire strategy is to become Trump?

[mass55th]

Looks like he’s nothing more than a liar, and a phony just like the rest of the politicians.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Dead to me. Buh bye nomination.

[lurk]

If any of this is true he’s shooting off his own feet with a 44 Mag.

[Mount Athos]

That’s called “take backsies”. That’s not satire.

So we can’t take him at his word then?

This is actually him saying in his own words that he didn’t mean what he said? He said it only as a trick?

Terrible, terrible.

[PGR88]

He would have been better off hiring Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesperson instead of saying this.

[Reno89519]

Not that Trump actually built the wall anyway. He repaired a bunch, built 50 or so miles where there wasn't anything. All told about 500 for a 2,500 mile border. He continued giving releasing people, issuing work permits, not deporting those here in big numbers. End of his term there were more illegals in the US than before.

We really do need to have a national discussion and consensus on immigration. Build the wall, deport anyone here illegally, rescind all work permits, implement eVerify for all current and future workers, even temporary and part-time. That'd be a good start. Then, a federal law banning driver's licenses to illegals, mandating barring any future immigration if ever enter illegally, etc.

[mylife]

loser

[mass55th]

“'Satirical'”?"

He used his kid for that? What other political tricks will he use them for?

[JoSixChip]

DeSantis is 100% establishment bought and paid for.

True that!

[lee martell]

Ron. Listen to yourself.
Whoever advised this response is not your friend.
If you have already changed your mind about running, then speak up now. No need for some strange carnival side show.

[JoSixChip]

Not that Trump actually built the wall anyway.

That tell me everything I need to know about you. Why is it that all desanctomonious supporters are also blatant liars?

[southernerwithanattitude]

Ooopps!!! Thats going to leave a mark!! He forgot that the Bushies are Open Borders Prostitutes!!

[McGruff]

[mass55th]

"We really do need to have a national discussion and consensus on immigration. "

Good luck with that. Been at least 50 years I've been hearing the same thing from politicians. Anybody that votes for DeSantis obviously won't get that. Trump did more about the border than any President in my 75 years, and they destroyed him for it.