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Desperation appears to be setting in for the Left as all signs point to a massive red wave in the upcoming 2022 and 2024 election cycles.
“The View” co-anchor Sunny Hostin claimed Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is a “fascist” who would be “obliterated” by either Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in 2024.
Hostin also claimed Harris and Buttigieg could “obliterate” former President Donald Trump.
“I hope it’s not DeathSantis over in Florida, because I think he’s a fascist,” Sunny Hostin said.
“I think he handled COVID miserably, I think he is a fascist and a bigot,” she said.
Critics have used the nicknamed “DeathSantis” instead of DeSantis in order to criticize his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch the clip:
Speculating on who could be the GOP nominee in 2024, The View's Sunny Hostin lashes out at "DeathSantis."
"I think he handled COVID miserably. I think he's a fascist and a bigot…Those are his good points."
"I like Gavin Newsom because he's really pretty to look at," she added. pic.twitter.com/RCDxrZnUEs— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 14, 2022
“If the former twice-impeached disgraced president thinks he’s such a young spring chicken, I mean, he’s going to be 78 when Joe Biden is 81,” Hostin argued. “And so I don’t like this ageism argument.”
Many Americans have questioned Joe Biden’s physical and mental health to serve in the White House.
Hostin saod, “I do think there are plenty of Democrats that have tons of verve and energy. I like Gavin Newsom because he’s really pretty to look at and I think he does a great job in California.”
She claimed Vice President Kamala Harris and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would be “great.”
“Do you think they could win, really?” Joy Behar asked.
“Well, I would vote for them,” Hostin said. “I hope this country is ready for something like that. I think the brain power alone would just obliterate Trump or DeathSantis.”
Guest host Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House communications director for the Trump administration, expressed her opinion that President Joe Biden is not the best candidate for Democrats to run against Trump, who has given no indication he will not run for the White House again in 2024. This led to a conversation about Biden’s age, younger Democrats who may be better candidates, and Republicans who might challenge Trump for the GOP nomination…
The discussion came as Biden’s poll numbers are flailing and some Democratic Party insiders are expressing concerns about his prospective 2024 re-election campaign. While the president insists he intends to run for re-election, Democratic strategist David Axelrod and others have stated his age would be “a major issue” in the next presidential campaign…
DeSantis, meanwhile, is consistently coming in second place or outright beating Trump in prospective 2024 straw polls of conservative activists. While the Florida governor has not said he wants to run for president, he remains extremely popular with Republicans for refusing to lock down his state during the COVID-19 pandemic and for fighting back against woke corporations that have attacked his policies.
When asked about his future ambitions, DeSantis tells the media his focus is on his re-election campaign and on Republicans winning in the 2022 midterms.
“I think you have the opportunity to have a really big red wave,” he said on Fox News Monday. He stated his desire to end Florida’s reputation as a swing state and have Republicans “take it off the board” with decisive electoral victories at both the state and local levels.
