{"id":1563020,"date":"2022-07-20T13:34:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563020"},"modified":"2022-07-20T13:34:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T17:34:21","slug":"could-i-just-end-the-misery-desantis-wont-choose-between-getting-stranded-with-aoc-or-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/could-i-just-end-the-misery-desantis-wont-choose-between-getting-stranded-with-aoc-or-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Could I Just End The Misery?\u2019: DeSantis Won\u2019t Choose Between Getting Stranded With AOC Or Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcould-i-just-end-the-misery-desantis-wont-choose-between-getting-stranded-with-aoc-or-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563020&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) prompted laughter during a recent interview when he struggled with the idea of being stranded on a deserted island with either President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> or Congresswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY).<\/p>\n<p>The video, which was posted Wednesday morning by Florida\u2019s Voice, showed <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/joe-scarborough-floats-questionable-theory-on-why-people-like-ron-desantis-better-than-kamala-harris\/\">DeSantis<\/a> reacting to Florida\u2019s Voice Founder and Editor-in-Chief Brendon Leslie, who asked a\u00a0question regarding who he might prefer as a companion should he ever find himself in such a predicament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Who would you rather be stuck on a deserted island with \u2013 President Brandon, or AOC?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RON DESANTIS: &#8220;Could I just end the misery right now and have my maker call me back?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kxOF6UcJGC\">pic.twitter.com\/kxOF6UcJGC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida\u2019s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLVoiceNews\/status\/1549767891494518786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interview covered a broad range of topics \u2014 from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/new-study-reveals-florida-and-gop-led-states-dominate-covid-19-best-responses-democrat-led-states-rank-among-worst\/\">Florida\u2019s response<\/a> to the COVID pandemic and vaccine mandates to the political climate going into November\u2019s midterm elections \u2014 but Leslie hit DeSantis with the money question right out of the gate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst question: Who would you rather be stuck on a deserted island with \u2014 President Brandon or AOC?\u201d Leslie asked.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis responded first with a chuckle, then asked, \u201cI mean, ah, could I just end the misery right now and have my Maker call me back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leslie, laughing at the governor\u2019s response, continued with the next question: \u201cWho would you rather go to bat against? Tampa Bay\u2019s pitcher and all-star Shane McClanahan or the mainstream media?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That question \u2014 rooted in DeSantis\u2019 history as a four-year starter and senior-year captain of his baseball team at Yale \u2014 prompted a slightly more serious response from the Republican governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I mean like \u2014 you know, look, I was a pretty good hitter in baseball \u2014 but the mainstream media, I mean, you know we know how to fight back against them and so I\u2019m happy for that challenge any time they want to throw it to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has often gone toe-to-toe with the media, often <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/does-it-say-that-in-the-bill-ron-desantis-rebukes-reporter-for-pushing-dont-say-gay-narrative\/\">challenging reporters<\/a> directly when he does not like the framing of their questions.<\/p>\n<p>During a March press conference, for example, a reporter asked DeSantis about Florida\u2019s newly enacted law concerning parental rights in education \u2014 which a number of critics have falsely labeled \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST NOW: I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> if he supported HB 1557, the legislation critics call the &#8216;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8217; bill.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CGiooSrKYn\">https:\/\/t.co\/CGiooSrKYn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WFLA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H34CGSj7BJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/H34CGSj7BJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C518l1QaC3\">pic.twitter.com\/C518l1QaC3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan Donovan (@EvanDonovan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvanDonovan\/status\/1500957687667908614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reporter Evan Donovan, referring to the bill by its false label, asked the governor if he supported it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it say that that in the bill?\u201d DeSantis interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that you support \u2014\u201d Donovan tried again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it say that in the bill?\u201d DeSantis repeated the question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking \u2014\u201d Donovan protested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking you to tell me what\u2019s in the bill, because you are pushing false narratives,\u201d DeSantis pushed back. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what critics say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt bans classroom instruction on sexual identity and gender orientation,\u201d Donovan continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor who?\u201d DeSantis asked. \u201cFor grades pre-k through three. So five-year-olds, six-year-olds, seven-year-olds \u2014 and the idea that you wouldn\u2019t be honest about that and tell people what it actually says, it\u2019s why people don\u2019t trust people like you because you peddle false narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) prompted laughter during a recent interview when he struggled with the idea of being stranded on a deserted island with either President Joe Biden or Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The video, which was posted Wednesday morning by Florida\u2019s Voice, showed DeSantis reacting to Florida\u2019s Voice Founder and Editor-in-Chief Brendon Leslie, who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1574700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1563020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1574700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1563020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1563020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}