DeSantis: Trump mocking name is ‘petty’ and ‘juvenile’

The Hill ^ | 06/01/2023 | JULIA MANCHESTER

[ChicagoConservative27]

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said this week that former President Trump’s taunts regarding his last name are “petty” and “juvenile.”

“I think it’s so petty. I think it’s so juvenile. I don’t think that’s what voters want,” DeSantis told Jack Heath on “The Pulse of New Hampshire.”

Trump recently mocked DeSantis for the pronunciation of his last name and referred to the Florida governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious,” a nickname the former president frequently uses.

DeSantis told Heath that Trump’s behavior is one of the reasons why he lost the 2020 presidential election.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I need to buy stock in popcorn..

[steel_resolve]

I absolutely hate that Trumo calls him ‘Ron Desanctimonius’. I mush prefer Gov. Meatball

[Andyman]

Ron is right. This is one of the things that really bugs me about Trump; he can be very petty at times.

[Timber Rattler]

I mush prefer Gov. Meatball

And insult Italians?

[Just mythoughts]

I think saint Desantis sitting on rupert’s santa lap is juvenile... and how about the musk? I am most thankful to the Desantis gang for illustrating exactly what this claim of ‘principal conservative’ is literally... No wonder they hate President Trump, he was shutting down their government protected buffet. The crowd that worships the wall street bull.

[stanne]

RDS not playing right. You want to go up against a boy from Queens you have to say ‘it’s a complement’. Your clients in the SEALS didn’t teach you that?

[Mr. K]

Yes, and we love him for that. It’s refreshing.

It’s Trump’s style, he’s been doing it to everyone. But only to people who did something to him first. He’s a counter-puncher ONLY.

DeSantis backstabbed him, so he gets it.

RFK Jr has been nothing but respectful, and so Trump has said nothing derogatory about him.

[RoosterRedux]

It's called trash talk. It isn't intended to demean an opponent. It's meant to tease in fun.

Like "Low-Energy Jebra."

[lilypad]

DeSantis backstabbed all his voters in Florida too.

[RoosterRedux]

Yep. It's so petty and so juvenile. It works...and the voters love it because it's fun.

And, given that Trump and his primary opponents are on the same side, it's worth noting that this silly name-calling doesn't cause any permanent damage.

[Aria]

Petty...but usually funny.

RDS is probably stuck with Meatball.

[wardamneagle]

Trump being Trump....he did the same thing in the primary before he won election.

[gibsonguy]

+1, it’s often juvenile but occasionally funny

[adorno]

DeSantis: Trump mocking name is ‘petty’ and ‘juvenile’

It's working if DeSantis feels the need to respond to it.

[dforest]

Whiney lil Ron.

[proust]

Ron is right. It’s a tactic that worked in 2016, but has gotten old in 2023. With the shape the country is in, you have to be really out of touch to still be playing juvenile games.

[frnewsjunkie]

Yes, he’s right.. on the other hand if Trump was President there’d be no crash coming up from yesterday’s enfantile, republic destroying vote.

It bothers me a lot to have a senile old man who doesnt know where he is. To be in the oval office

[JonPreston]

And insult Italians?

Didn't you once tell me I was a racist for telling Polish jokes?

[alstewartfan]

Everyone who disagrees with DJT has BACKSTABBED him. Even Kayleigh! lol

[JonPreston]

It's working if DeSantis feels the need to respond to it.

And we have a winner!