DeSantis Pretends To Be A Populist As Campaign Reboot Flops

Ron DeSantis is still thinking that he can save his struggling campaign, and he thinks his new messaging is going to solve all his problems. DeSantis attempted to sound like a populist in a recent campaign speech, railing against "elites" who control our country for their own self-interest. Apparently DeSantis hasn't looked at who is funding his campaign, as most of his money is coming from those same people and corporations that he is now attacking as "elite." Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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*This transcript was generated by a third-party transcription software company, so please excuse any typos.

Ron DeSantis as part of the reboot of his campaign, showed up in New Hampshire on Monday to give a speech. Uh, New Hampshire, by the way, is a state that Ron DeSantis is currently losing to Donald Trump by dozens of percentage points. But nevertheless, Ron DeSantis showed up. He had his bus, they had some beers. They had some barbecue, right? Just a man of the people, Ron DeSantis is, and he gave a speech where Ron DeSantis was clearly trying to launch a new message for his failing presidential campaign. And he did his best impression of a populist as he could. Unfortunately, for everybody who knows Ron DeSantis, they know that this is total bss. But here is what Ron DeSantis told that crowd, we cannot allow or no longer.

Now, I wish I was misspeaking, but that is actually what he said. We cannot allow no longer the failed ruling class in this nation to dictate our nation's policies. We have to defeat those individuals and institutions that have caused our economic malaise. We cannot have policy that kowtows to the largest corporations and Wall Street at the expense of small business and average Americans. Okay. Is this, is this a speech from Ron DeSantis or are we, we talking about Bernie Sanders now? Like hell yeah. Let's take on Wall Street. Let's take on the massive corporations. Let's get them out of politics. Let's get 'em outta government. Hell yeah. And DeSantis even continued. He said there's a difference between a free market economy, which we want and corporatism in which the rules are jiggered to be able to help incumbent companies. right, Ron DeSantis, that might be the only thing you've ever said that I agree with.

Now, the problem, of course, is that Ron DeSantis himself doesn't even agree with that. You know, if if this were coming from a Bernie Sanders or an Elizabeth Warren, you'd be like, hell yeah, they mean what they say. And their record shows us that they mean what they say. DeSantis on the other hand, as he's railing against these so-called elites, seems to have forgotten the fact that these same individuals and corporations, these elites that he's railing against are the only people giving money to his campaign. So yeah, this is part of the reboot. This is what he is doing. He is like, I'm a populace now I'm a man of the people. I mean, hell, we had reports come out earlier this week as well, that Ron DeSantis made $1.1 million off the book he wrote. But he doesn't own any property. He doesn't own any property. He is saddled with student loan debt like the rest of us. He's just a man of the people. The reports are trying to convince us. But he's getting all this campaign money from wealthy billionaires and millionaires. He is among the bottom of all Republican

Candidates in getting money from the grassroots. He's, I think, third from the bottom. So we have Republicans running for president whose names I can't even remember, who are polling in the, you know, high 1% that are getting more grassroots money than Ron DeSantis. His money is coming from those same people he is railing against. So if his message does not work, then he's not only not attracting voters, but he's also turning off his donors, which of course would be the final nail in the coffin for that campaign. And hopefully that is what happens.