The Fall of Ron DeSantis
Slate Daily Feed
Slate
3.9 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Once, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was Trump’s biggest rival. Now, his campaign is over – and Trump seems to be sailing to the Republican presidential nomination. How did DeSantis squander his lead? And if Trump’s nomination is preordained – what does that mean for the general election?
Guest: Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate senior writer
If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The Virgin Atlantic Holiday Sale |
| 0:03.0 | It's a big deal. |
| 0:05.0 | Wherever you want to go in the world. |
| 0:06.0 | Whether you want a ton of sun in the Caribbean, |
| 0:09.0 | a ton of fun in Florida, |
| 0:11.0 | or to go full Diva in the Maldives. |
| 0:15.0 | And the biggest deal of all, you can book right now. |
| 0:19.0 | The Virgin Atlantic Holiday sale, see the world differently. |
| 0:23.7 | T-S and C supply, see Virgin Holidays. |
| 0:28.5 | co-dot UK for details. |
| 0:31.5 | Spark your creativity with the Sims. |
| 0:34.0 | Sometimes you might feel like you're not creative |
| 0:37.0 | and you have to go in search of your creative spark again. |
| 0:40.0 | Maybe this is catching up with creative friends, experimenting with a new look or trying out a new recipe. |
| 0:46.1 | And thanks to The Sims, Inspiration is just one game and one spark away. |
| 0:51.5 | Ready to spark something. |
| 0:53.0 | Download the Sims 4 and play for free. Slates Ben Mathis Lily, he knows exactly how a lot of you got the news that Florida Governor |
| 1:08.2 | Ron DeSantis was suspending his presidential run. |
| 1:12.6 | Because you know what, he was getting those texts too. |
| 1:16.0 | People sent it to me with usually a comment such as L-O-L-O-L-O-L. |
| 1:26.4 | Which I think speaks to the way that DeSantis went into the race. |
| 1:30.7 | He went in hoping to really bother people in the mainstream press. He went in |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Slate and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.