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The Fall of Ron DeSantis

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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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


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0:00.0

Setting an example for your kids, doing embarrassing dance moves to your 90s playlist, bad example.

0:08.0

Taking Halib Orange vitamins? Good example.

0:11.0

It's as simple as one for me and one for you. Stave off colds and sniffles and make

0:17.1

vitamin time as fun as you remember it. With Hallib Orange's great tasting vitamins

0:21.8

that benefit the whole family.

0:23.4

Start your healthy habit together with Halle Boren's.

0:27.4

The steakhouse stack with two beef patties,

0:32.2

crispy onions and pepper corn sauce,

0:33.7

it's the kind of McDonald's you take photos of to put pride of place on the mantelpiece.

0:37.7

Sure you'll need to make room. But you remember what your wedding day looked like.

0:41.6

The Steak out stack.

0:43.0

It's McDonald's and then some.

0:46.0

Available into the 6th of feb, sir, from 11 a.m. subject to availability,

0:49.0

participating restaurants only. Ron DeSantis was suspending his presidential run.

1:04.3

Because you know what?

1:05.4

He was getting those texts too.

1:07.7

People sent it to me with usually a comment such as L-O-L-O-L-O-L-E,

1:18.0

which I think speaks to the way that DeSantis went into the race.

1:22.0

He went in hoping to really bother people

1:26.2

in the mainstream press.

1:27.5

He went in, but hoping to bother liberals and Democrats.

1:30.7

He succeeded.

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