MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan said the GOP’s choice of Donald Trump over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t a choice at all.
“He’s a Florida fascist or something, I mean,” she said Sunday night. “Don’t think for a second that the governor of Florida is any less extreme, any less dangerous, any less authoritarian than Donald Trump.”
DeSantis, Hasan noted, sought to differentiate himself from Trump on policy issues while continuing his attacks on the LGBTQ community, the media, Dr. Anthony Fauci and others.
“DeSantis will face them all: the doctors! mass media! Gay! Hassan said. “But he’s not going to run against the former president.”
As a result, some insiders say DeSantis can’t beat Trump. Hasan noted a private GOP rally where donors suggested DeSantis not run until at least 2028.
“Your own people! His friends!” exclaimed Hassan. “And they see him as a potential loser. The calls are coming from inside the house.”
Hasan said he remembers Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-Tex.) describing the 2016 election of either Trump or Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.)
“Choosing between the two, he said at the time, was like choosing between being shot or poisoned,” Hasan said.
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