Porn stars vs. parenthood: Ron DeSantis plays the family card against Trump

NBC News ^ | June 2, 2023 | Natasha Korecki and Henry J. Gomez

[chickenlips]

SALIX, Iowa — It has become a bit. In these early days of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ bid for president, Casey DeSantis joins her husband onstage, and the stories start to roll.

There’s the one about bottled water from the Sea of Galilee, preciously savored for the children’s baptisms, that’s accidentally tossed out by a housekeeper at the governor's residence. Then there are Casey’s attestations of mom-hood, battling permanent marker scrawls on furniture and dragging by day’s end, when her husband comes home from work and she hands over the three children.

The couple fires off all the indicators of wholesome family values to a conservative evangelical-heavy GOP audience. And even without mentioning Donald Trump's name, they set up an inescapable antithesis to the former president, who faces charges related to a porn star payoff and was found liable for sexual abuse and who, when he landed in Iowa on Thursday, wasn’t accompanied by his wife.

[chickenlips]

I thought everyone needed a new article to discuss and this one has plenty of meat for the only-Trumpers to maul. Time to spit some orange venom.

[HYPOCRACY]

And when the hookers and porn stars come out of the woodwork to falsely accuse Meatball? He’s not important enough yet.

[Reno89519]

Yes, with the increasing focus on children, families, school, choice, etc. DeSantis wins out over trump big time. Not many of us can relate to elite private schools, mail order brides, porn stars, etc.

[nikos1121]

Huh?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Who cares what Ronald Herbert Walker DeSantis says?

[bigbob]

This is what is meant by MAGA without the baggage.

[Reno89519]

But other than the justifiable comparison, this article, the excerpt at least is raving lunacy. This is what counts as news at NBC?

[jimwatx]

Sorry but DeSantis is NOT MAGA.

[Drew68]

And when the hookers and porn stars come out of the woodwork to falsely accuse Meatball? He’s not important enough yet.

Where are they? Charlie Crist and Andrew Gillum would've liked to have known.

[Vendome]

Where to start?

Who in the h*** cares?

We hired the guy in 2016 to get shipped done. I wasn’t expecting him to develop into a saint and couldn’t care less about his personal life

All the virtue accountants are bowing to ron’s moral regency?

l o l

Ain’t no cap on this board or anyone in florida that doesn’t have skeletons

[jimwatx]

Whether DeSantis might be a better husband and family man than Trump doesn’t necessarily reflect how he would be as a president. We aren’t electing a husband of the year here we’re electing a president. Endless neocon wars of which DeSantis is fully onboard with isn’t exactly a family friendly policy either.

[Vendome]

Ain’t no cat on this board or anyone in florida that doesn’t have skeletons

[EliRoom8]

PLUS, the Harvard Law grad opting to serve his country in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay with the US Navy.

[peggybac]

NBC hates anything close to traditional family values. Just a hit piece and totally ridiculous. They think Hunter is the model son, just like his father.

[Robert DeLong]

Madison is 5 years old, Mason is 4 years old, and Mamie is 2 years old. So, neither does DeSantis, but nice try.

[Vermont Lt]

Where has Melania been?

I wonder what she has to say about Donald’s dick problem?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

And even without mentioning Donald Trump's name, they set up an inescapable antithesis to the former president, who faces charges related to a porn star payoff and was found liable for sexual abuse and who, when he landed in Iowa on Thursday, wasn’t accompanied by his wife.

I couldn't care less about Trump's private life - the Trump devotees and DeSantis-ites can wage their religious war over nonsense like this or DeSantis' disinterest while his wife speaks. I'm looking for the guy who can get Biden out of the White House and 2024 - if I think Trump has the better shot, he has my vote. If I think DeSantis has the better shot, he has my vote.

[SoConPubbie]

This is what is meant by MAGA without the baggage.

Get back to us once DeSanctimonious walks away from his Globalist / GOP-E Masters. Then we can talk about him being MAGA.

[Jane Long]

From a “dirty, leftist site” source … Bwahahaha

I’d ping the “DeSorosites Don’t Do This” fibbers, but, why bother? 😂

[Jane Long]

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