{"id":830856,"date":"2021-09-30T09:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=830856"},"modified":"2021-09-30T09:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:43:32","slug":"political-commentators-mock-purge-themed-remove-ron-desantis-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/political-commentators-mock-purge-themed-remove-ron-desantis-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Commentators Mock Purge-Themed \u2018Remove Ron\u2019 DeSantis Ad"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fpolitical-commentators-mock-purge-themed-remove-ron-desantis-ad%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=830856&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><\/div>\n<p>Political commentators from the right mocked a Purge-themed \u201cRemove Ron\u201d ad Thursday that compared Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2019 COVID-19 policies to the 2013 horror movie.<\/p>\n<p>In the ad, a flight attendant tells terrified passengers aboard a Florida-bound plane, \u201ceveryone on board will be required to comply with the state\u2019s \u2018Florever purge.\u2019\u201d Passengers hold hands as audio from DeSantis\u2019 press conferences plays over ominous music.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/28\/florida-ashley-moody-sues-biden-administration-border-policies\/\">(RELATED: Florida Sues Biden Administration Over \u2018Illegal Border Policies\u2019 That \u2018Harm\u2019 The State)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not doing any vaccine passports in the state of Florida. We trust people to make their own decisions in the state. We are not going to be bludgeoning people with restrictions, with mandates, with lockdowns or any of that stuff,\u201d DeSantis can be heard saying.<\/p>\n<p>The ad then shows clips of news coverage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/24\/hospital-capacity-florida-texas-covid-19-coronavirus\/\">pandemic in Florida<\/a> as the state\u2019s COVID statistics flash across the screen. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/29\/anthony-fauci-nba-player-kyrie-irving-vaccine-claim\/\">(RELATED: Dr. Fauci Responds To NBA Star Kyrie Irving Over Vaccines)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Governor DeSantis stated, while in state lines, you do not have to wear a mask, you do not have to get a vaccine \u2026 you have the absolute right to infect whoever you want, whenever, and wherever, with COVID-19. Thank you for traveling with us, and please enjoy your \u2018Florever\u2019 purge,\u201d the flight attendant tells passengers.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter users, including National Review senior writer Charles C.W. Cooke and The Daily Wire\u2019s Matt Walsh, scoffed at the ad, with Cooke calling it \u201cone of the funniest things I\u2019ve ever seen\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.4857142857143\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is one of the funniest things I\u2019ve ever seen. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oC0YRpc3zK\">pic.twitter.com\/oC0YRpc3zK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlescwcooke\/status\/1443541524403396608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.3114754098361\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I like DeSantis even more now. Thanks for this. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3dhCQHaGTK\">https:\/\/t.co\/3dhCQHaGTK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1443541763667513344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.983606557377\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the best evidence of our cultural-political chasm\u2014that someone thought this was an attack on De Santis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4tVn9opW3J\">https:\/\/t.co\/4tVn9opW3J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Carney (@TPCarney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPCarney\/status\/1443543683379380228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Karol Markowicz of the New York Post said she felt as if she was \u201cbeing punk\u2019d\u201d and that the ad was \u201cpro-DeSantis\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.7222222222222\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I feel like I\u2019m being punk\u2019d and this is actually a pro-DeSantis ad. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9lWmXsz2qv\">https:\/\/t.co\/9lWmXsz2qv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Karol Markowicz (@karol) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karol\/status\/1443412884520845318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Emily Zanotti of The Daily Wire also weighed in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"5.0714285714286\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Is this\u2026is this a\u2026pro-DeSantis ad? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YlZLKmNtLU\">https:\/\/t.co\/YlZLKmNtLU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emzanotti\/status\/1443539992324759554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>66.8 percent of Floridians have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/health\/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses\/\">received at least one vaccine dose<\/a>, compared to the overall 64.5% national rate. Florida\u2019s rate of COVID deaths per 10,000 is 188.9, compared to 211 nationally. DeSantis recently blocked Florida employers from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/13\/ron-desantis-florida-government-agencies-faces-fines-mandate-covid-vaccines-employees\/\">requiring vaccines<\/a> for employees.<\/p>\n<p>More people moved to Florida in 2020 than to any other state, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.move.org\/2020-moving-stats-and-trends\/#TopStatesWherePeopleMovedtoandFrom\">Move.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political commentators from the right mocked a Purge-themed \u201cRemove Ron\u201d ad Thursday that compared Republican Florida Gov. 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