Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is frequently described as “awkward” when it comes to schmoozing with voters—see this New York Times story describing him in Iowa—so.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is frequently described as “awkward” when it comes to schmoozing with voters—see this New York Times story describing him in Iowa—so much so that it seems to have become an accepted truth on the 2024 campaign trail. In fact, wife Casey DeSantis is seen as an important counterbalance to her husband in this way. But Politico reports that the governor’s critics have begun expanding on this by tossing around a flippant new shorthand about him: He’s “a little on the spectrum” is how Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon put it on his podcast, per Newsweek.
