Ron DeSantis Campaign Shake-up (Again) and Debate Prep
Politics Politics Politics
Justin Robert Young
4.6 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
- Ron DeSantis' campaign replaces Generra Peck, his campaign manager who ran his 2022 reelection campaign. James Uthmeier steps in as his new campaign manager, the chief of staff from his state office.
- We revisit the 2018 Ron DeSantis / Andrew Gillum Florida gubernatorial debate as we begin debate prep for the first Republican debate later this month. How does DeSantis stack up as a debater and what lessons does he need to learn to face off against the likes of Trump, Christie, and more?
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of the program, Ron DeSantis shakes up his campaign again. |
| 0:05.6 | Will this one stick? |
| 0:07.2 | I think it might, but to what end? |
| 0:11.2 | Also, we watch the 2018 gubernatorial debate that effectively set up his entire career. |
| 0:18.2 | It's all coming up. |
| 0:20.3 | This is made possible by Dustin Campbell, Oh Them Bones, politics, politics! |
| 0:35.0 | Oh! Hello! Hello and welcome everybody to the politics, politics, politics program for Friday, August 11th, |
| 1:02.0 | 2023, your old pal, Justin Robert Young joining you here in Austin, Texas. |
| 1:07.0 | I literally almost said South Florida because I've been thinking about Florida while working on this episode because it's all gonna be about Ron Desantis. |
| 1:16.7 | Former candidate, DeSantis? |
| 1:20.8 | Things haven't been going well. |
| 1:25.0 | And in fact, the one thing that's been called for |
| 1:30.0 | has now happened. |
| 1:31.0 | Rhonda Sandis has changed campaign managers. |
| 1:35.0 | Now there's a lot of conversation around Rhonda |
| 1:38.8 | Santis and some of our favorite voices on this show, |
| 1:41.8 | Bill Share and Evans Grimshaw, would be as one when they say |
| 1:47.2 | that Ron DeSantis is an empty suit that got propped up by a very weird situation in Florida and was a beneficial second banana to |
| 1:57.2 | Donald Trump but now that he has stepped out on his lonesome well he finds out that it's pretty cold in the big city. |
| 2:05.0 | I'm slightly more bullish on Desantis, and I still do think that there are cards for which he has not played that makes him a more credible |
| 2:17.4 | alternative to Trump. |
| 2:20.3 | I do believe that Ron Nisantis in another world could be saying things that he's kind of saying now. |
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