'Talk like a human being!' Morning Joe pummels Ron DeSantis for 'robot' stump speeches

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough doesn't see Ron DeSantis connecting with voters by giving the same speech over and over on the campaign trail.

The "Morning Joe" host played video clips of DeSantis and Donald Trump arguing over who could "tame the deep state" quicker, and he said the Florida governor's political skills were vastly overrated.

"Oh my god, you know, do they give him a word and they program it in to him -- 'tame the deep state?'" Scarborough said. "Again, going back to 'Succession,' it's like Logan Roy's famous line, where he told his kids, 'I love you, but you are not serious people.' I keep waiting for Ron DeSantis to become serious."

"I don't know why -- maybe because he speaks in complete sentences, you think at some point some Republican will figure out that being a serious person is the best alternative to Donald Trump," Scarborough added. "He's talking like a robot. He can't just say Donald Trump failed last time, he had four years, his GDP numbers were worse than seven other presidents -- he's not good at this job, he couldn't do it. Instead he goes, it will take more time to tame the deep state. They ask him a follow-up, it will take more time to tame the deep state. They ask him a question, he goes, deep state. Seriously, these are not serious people."

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DeSantis has staked his political reputation on culture-war issues by prohibiting classroom discussion of race and gender, enabling right-wing activists to ban books on those same topics and attacking Disney for opposing those measures, but Scarborough said those issues only appeal to the most hardcore conservatives.

"It goes back to what I've been saying nonstop for the past two years," Scarborough said. "You're making yourself more unelectable. You're driving away more parents, you're driving away more suburban voters, you're driving away more educated people. According to the demographics, you're driving away the very people who really would like an excuse to vote for you."

"The deep state, woke, war on woke -- it's like, talk like a human being to us," he added. "But this is what we're hearing from so many people on the far right. They're just undercutting the ability of candidates that you want to beat Democrats to actually win elections."

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06 02 2023 09 05 36 youtu.be