{"id":1620149,"date":"2022-08-23T10:42:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1620149"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:42:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:42:33","slug":"florida-governor-desantis-releases-campaign-ad-spoofing-famous-all-american-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-governor-desantis-releases-campaign-ad-spoofing-famous-all-american-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Governor DeSantis Releases Campaign Ad Spoofing Famous, All-American Movie"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fflorida-governor-desantis-releases-campaign-ad-spoofing-famous-all-american-movie%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=1620149&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-23-at-10.03.04-AM-e1661263456924.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis released an ad Monday spoofing the movie \u201cTop Gun\u201d as he gears up for his re-election race.<\/p>\n<p>The 60-second \u201cTop Gov\u201d ad is a spin on \u201cTop Gun\u201d and opens with <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/27\/ron-desantis-christina-pushaw-washington-post-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSantis<\/a>\u00a0dressed up as a fighter pilot giving a lesson on \u201cdogfighting \u2014 taking on the corporate media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/12\/christina-pushaw-resigns-ron-desantis-florida-campaign-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSantis<\/a> then lists the \u201crules of engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber one, don\u2019t fire unless fired upon, but when they fire, you fire back with overwhelming force.\u201d The ad then plays a clip from DeSantis pushing back against reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvanDonovan\/status\/1500957687667908614?s=20&amp;t=4jyedgaWRhR30FCDjxxQdA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Donovan<\/a>, who referred to HB 1557 as the legislation \u201ccritics call the \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it say that in the bill?\u201d DeSantis fires back, saying it doesn\u2019t matter what critics say because the language is not actually in the bill.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Top Gov\u2026 Dogfighting\u2026 Taking on the Corporate Media\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Rules of Engagement are as Follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tG7iMCAXvY\">pic.twitter.com\/tG7iMCAXvY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Casey DeSantis (@CaseyDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaseyDeSantis\/status\/1561872752222535681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNumber two, never ever back down from a fight.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/04\/florida-ron-desantis-reporter-confronts-dont-say-gay-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Where Is That Coming From?\u2019 Gov. DeSantis Pushes Back After Reporter Confronts Him Over So-Called \u2018Don\u2019t Say Gay\u2019 Bill)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/07\/christina-pushaw-ron-desantis-florida-media-press\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSantis<\/a> is then shown telling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/florida-desantis-cnn-reporter-vaccine-video\/35132889#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN reporter<\/a> to ask a question rather than give a speech as the governor discusses the state\u2019s vaccine rollout plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber three, don\u2019t accept their narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ad flashes again to the Donovan encounter from March, with DeSantis telling Donovan he peddles \u201cfalse narratives\u201d and doesn\u2019t \u201ccare about the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s turn and burn,\u201d the ad continues.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis is seen as the likely winner of the November race and sits on $128 million in re-election\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/18\/florida-ron-desantis-overtakes-donald-trump-fundraising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">funds<\/a>. Nikki Fried and Charlie Crist will face off Tuesday in the primary for the Democratic nomination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/19\/doug-mastriano-desantis-pennsylvania-gubernatorial-candidate-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSantis<\/a> has also been eyed as a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/08\/17\/2024-presidential-election-odds-for-trump-biden-desantis-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2024 contender<\/a>, with polls showing him trailing former President Donald Trump in a potential matchup. A <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/19\/poll-trump-desantis-michigan-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WDIV\/Detroit News survey<\/a> from July found 45.2% of respondents favored Trump while 41.6% favored DeSantis. The Florida governor attracted more support from college-educated voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis released an ad Monday spoofing the movie \u201cTop Gun\u201d as he gears up for his re-election race.The 60-second \u201cTop Gov\u201d ad is a spin on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"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-1620149","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\/1620149","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\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1620149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1620149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1620149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1620149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1620149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}