{"id":1974363,"date":"2023-07-16T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-roasts-desantis-after-pr-stunt-targeting-trump-falls-flat-on-its-face\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T14:39:37","slug":"twitter-roasts-desantis-after-pr-stunt-targeting-trump-falls-flat-on-its-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-roasts-desantis-after-pr-stunt-targeting-trump-falls-flat-on-its-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter mocks DeSantis as PR stunt against Trump backfires."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ftwitter-roasts-desantis-after-pr-stunt-targeting-trump-falls-flat-on-its-face%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=1974363&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--><h2>Is \u200cDeSantis \u2064Trying to Be the\u200b Next Trump?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u200b is becoming \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-data-for-masked-vs-unmasked-counties-would-be-on-every-front-page-if-it-showed-a-different-result\/\" title=\"This Data For Masked Vs Unmasked Counties Would Be On Every Front Page, If It Showed a Different Result\">increasingly clear<\/a>\u2063 that \u200bthe \u2063GOP \u200cprimary field \u200dis \u2062Donald \u2063Trump \u2014 and\u2062 then\u2064 everyone \ud834\udd7aelse.<\/p>\n<p>Former\u2062 President Donald Trump\u2019s \u2063overwhelmingly\u200b successful\u2062 visit \u2064to\u200c a Dairy \u2063Queen in Council\u2064 Bluffs, Iowa, on\u200d July 7 may\u2062 have \ud834\udd7agiven Florida Gov. <a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-campaign-memo-reveals-new-strategy-catch-donald-trump\/\" \u2064target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron\u200b DeSantis<\/a>\u00a0some copycat \ud834\udd7aideas.<\/p>\n<p>However, unlike Trump\u2019s \u2062visit,\u2063 which \u2064attracted large \u2062crowds, the \u2064response to\u200d DeSantis\u2019s \u200bstop \u2063at\u2063 the \ud834\udd7aice\u200d cream\u2062 chain\u200d store was \ud834\udd7aa\u2064 little\ud834\udd7a chilly.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday,\u2062 in\u200b an\u200c effort to \u200bconnect with Iowa voters, \u2062DeSantis\ud834\udd7a paid a visit to \ud834\udd7aa Des Moines\u2062 <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dairy-queen-angers-fans-discontinues-famous-item-summer-year-ruined\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">Dairy\u200c Queen<\/a>, indulged in \u2062a Blizzard\u2063 ice cream treat,\u200c and \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caught-on-video-georgia-hack-gabe-sterling-called-out-by-dominion-executive-eric-coomer\/\" title=\"CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Georgia Hack Gabe Sterling Called Out by Dominion Executive Eric Coomer\">fielded questions<\/a> from\u2062 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-opposition-held-congress-extends-term-after-disputed-vote\/\" title=\"Venezuela\u2019s opposition-held Congress extends term after disputed vote\">small group<\/a> \u2063of journalists in \ud834\udd7aattendance.<\/p>\n<p>Just\u200d in \u200ccase \u200canyone\u2062 had any doubts about\u2063 the visit \u2062being\u200b simply \u200bcoincidental, \u2064DeSantis\u2063 removed all \u200ddoubt when he \u200cquipped,\u2062 \u201cWhen you\u2019re\u200b here, \u2064you\u200b have to <a \u200bhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/want-back-trumps-gracious-act-caught-cameras-campaign-stop-iowa\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit \u2062a \u200bDairy \u2062Queen<\/a>. I\u2062 appreciate \u2063Senator\u2063 Grassley \ud834\udd7aarranging\ud834\udd7a this. I\u2019ve known \u200babout \u200dBlizzards for a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">long time<\/a>. It\u2019s an\u2063 important \u200cpart,\u2062 and I\u2019m happy to\u2063 partake. Let\u2019s\u200b go.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote \u2062class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p\u2063 dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DeSantis stops at\u2062 an Iowa\u2064 Dairy Queen,\u200d orders\ud834\udd7a a \u200bBlizzard\u200b and \u200banswers\u2064 questions.<\/p>\n<p>Still\u200c think\u2063 the \u200crace \u2062is\u200d just\u2063 between\u2063 you\u2063 and\u2063 Trump?<br \u2063\/><br \/>\n[Nods\u2064 head] \ud834\udd7a\u201cJust watch, just \ud834\udd7awatch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Worried about Tim Scott?<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m not\u2063 worried about \u2063anything, \u2062man. \u200bWe\u2019ve got \u2063a plan.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JkmyxwKRB\">pic.twitter.com\/3JkmyxwKRB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will \u2064McDuffie \u2062(@wrmcduff) \ud834\udd7a<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrmcduff\/status\/1679947728757960706?\">July \u206314, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u2064 remark\u200b was \u200ca \u200dnot-so-subtle dig \u2063at \u2063Trump\u2019s lack of \u2062knowledge \u200dabout the \u2063iconic Dairy\u2064 Queen\u200d frozen \u2064dessert\u200d during his visit\u2063 earlier \u2062in July.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2064Trump\u200b may \ud834\udd7anot\ud834\udd7a have known what a\u200c DQ Blizzard\ud834\udd7a was,\u2063 his visit took\u2064 the \u200darea by \u2064storm. \u200bThe \u200bsame cannot be said\u200b about \u200dthe DeSantis visit.<\/p>\n<p>Chants of \u2063\u201cWe love Trump!\u201d and\u200b \u201cUSA!\u201d\u200b could\u200d be \u200cheard in the\u2064 store \u200das \ud834\udd7aTrump\u2064 generously \u200dbought \u2062Blizzards (after he\u2064 found \u200cout \u2064what they\u2062 were) for \u200beveryone.<\/p>\n<p>The\ud834\udd7a optics \u200cof the\u200d Florida\u2063 governor \ud834\udd7astanding by\ud834\udd7a himself \u200bat the counter of Dairy Queen just \u200ba \u200bfew\ud834\udd7a days \u200blater\u200d did not\u2062 quite\ud834\udd7a capture the \u2063same\u2064 energy of Trump\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump \u200dvisits Dairy Queen \u200cin Iowa \ud834\udd7a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WP69KQPxkk\">pic.twitter.com\/WP69KQPxkk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200cBenny Johnson\u2063 (@bennyjohnson) \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1677414678450909185?\">July \u20627,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote\u200b class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President \u200d<a\ud834\udd7a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> \u2062ordering\u2064 Blizzards \u2063at\u2064 local\u2064 Iowa \u200cDairy Queen! <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rrxbUDSvCm\">pic.twitter.com\/rrxbUDSvCm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud834\udd7aMargo \u2063Martin\u2063 (@margommartin) \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/margommartin\/status\/1677416132989386754?\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><br\u200b \/><br \/>\nTwitter \ud834\udd7ausers,\u2062 who \u2064have \ud834\udd7abecome\ud834\udd7a a sort \u2064of barometer\u200b for the \ud834\udd7anation\u2019s \u2063opinions, \u2064had \ud834\udd7amuch\u2063 to say \u200dabout \ud834\udd7aDeSantis\u2019s \u2063lukewarm reception \u200bat the\u2063 Dairy Queen.<\/p>\n<p>One \ud834\udd7auser\u2063 wrote, \u201cWhen \u2062<a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-make-huge-mistake-experts-say-cost-big-key-state\/\"\ud834\udd7a target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> stopped \u200binto \u200ba Dairy Queen \u200dlast week, \u200dthe \u2063entire operation\u2063 shut \u200cdown. \u200dWhen \u2062Desantis \u2063pulls\u200c up, they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-roasts-desantis-after-pr-stunt-targeting-trump-falls-flat-on-its-face\/\" title=\"Twitter mocks DeSantis as PR stunt against Trump backfires.\">literally continue serving drive-<\/a>thru \u200bcustomers.\u2062 There \u200care\u2062 levels\u2062 to this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2064the underwhelming\u200b turnout,\ud834\udd7a DeSantis \ud834\udd7aappeared\u200c unperturbed when questioned \u2062about\u2064 the competitive\u200d landscape of\u200c the Republican \u2064presidential\u2064 nomination.<\/p>\n<p>When \u2064asked \u200bby \u2062a<a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-escalates-war-african-reporter-must-comply-demand-lose-press-pass\/\" target=\"_blank\" \u200crel=\"noopener\"> reporter<\/a> \u2063if the\u200b race was\u2062 still just between \ud834\udd7ahim \u200dand Trump,\u2062 the \u200bgovernor simply \u2062nodded\ud834\udd7a and responded, \u201cJust watch, \ud834\udd7ajust watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote\u2063 class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p\u200d dir=\"ltr\"\u2062 lang=\"en\">When Trump \u200bstopped\u200b into a\u2064 Dairy Queen \u2063last \u2063week, \u200dthe\ud834\udd7a entire operation \ud834\udd7ashut down<\/p>\n<p>When \u200cDesantis\u200d pulls \u2063up, \u200dthey literally \u2064continue\u200b serving \u2064drive thru\ud834\udd7a customers<\/p>\n<p>There are \ud834\udd7alevels \u2063to\u200c this <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/unuYdZiX9p\">pic.twitter.com\/unuYdZiX9p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 johnny maga \u200b(@_johnnymaga)\u2063 <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_johnnymaga\/status\/1679959008281501706?\">July\u200d 14,\ud834\udd7a 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"\u2062 lang=\"en\">President Trump at \u2063Dairy Queen<\/p>\n<p>Vs.<\/p>\n<p>Ron\u200c DeSantis at \u200bDairy \ud834\udd7aQueen<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t\u2064 buy\ud834\udd7a authenticity, Ron!\u200c <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZ1sSClnk3\">pic.twitter.com\/HZ1sSClnk3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200c Lucky (@TheMagaHulk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMagaHulk\/status\/1679955381433384962?\">July\u2064 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"\u2064 lang=\"en\">DeSantis \u200dstops at \u2063an\ud834\udd7a Iowa \u2063Dairy Queen,\u200b orders\u2064 a Blizzard\u200b and \u200canswers \u2063questions.<\/p>\n<p>Still \u200cthink the race is just between \u200byou \u200dand Trump?<br \/>\n[Nods \u2063head] \u201cJust watch, just watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Worried about\u200d Tim\u2062 Scott?<br \ud834\udd7a\/><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m \u2062not \u2063worried about anything, man. We\u2019ve got a\u2064 plan.\u201d \ud834\udd7a<a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JkmyxwKRB\">pic.twitter.com\/3JkmyxwKRB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will\u200b McDuffie \u2064(@wrmcduff) <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wrmcduff\/status\/1679947728757960706?\">July\u200d 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200c problem\u200c for \u200cDeSantis \u2063is \u2064that \u2064he\u200c is \u2063attempting \u200bto \u2062mimic Trump\u2019s successful campaign \u2063strategies \u200cwithout\u2064 truly grasping the charisma\u2063 that\u2064 endeared \u2063Trump to\ud834\udd7a his \u2064base. Imitation\ud834\udd7a may be the \ud834\udd7abest \u2062form \u2063of \u2063flattery, \u2064but\u2064 it\u2019s\u2062 no\u200b substitute\u2064 for\u2062 authenticity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u200band DeSantis \u2062have\u2062 pretty clearly separated themselves from the \u200crest\u2063 of\u200d the crowded \u200cGOP\u2064 primary \u2064field.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2064for the\u200b head-to-head \u2063between\u2064 Trump and DeSantis? \u2064The \u200dgovernor \u200basked \u200bAmericans \u2064to \u200d\u201cJust \u2062watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So\u2063 far, \u200dwhat\u2064 Americans\u2063 are watching\u200b just isn\u2019t that \u200dimpressive.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063post <a \u2064rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/twitter-roasts-desantis-pr-stunt-targeting-trump-falls-flat-face\/\">Twitter Roasts DeSantis\ud834\udd7a After \u200cPR Stunt \u2062Targeting \u2062Trump \u200bFalls Flat \u200con Its \u200cFace<\/a> appeared first\u2063 on <a\u200d rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western\u200c Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s evident that the GOP primary revolves around Donald Trump, leaving others in the background. Former President Trump&#8217;s triumphant visit to a Dairy Queen in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on July 7 seems to have inspired Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Yet, unlike Trump&#8217;s crowd-drawing visit, DeSantis&#8217; response falls short.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2105,"featured_media":1974364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974363","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\/2105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}