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Forget ‘DehSantis’ or ‘DeeSantis’ — How Do You Pronounce ‘Ron’?

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Republican Florida governor Ron Desantis kicks off his campaign at the evangelical Eternity church in West Des Moines, Iowa, May 30, 2023.

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Jim has a sadly hilarious Jolt on the media’s fascination with how the name “DeSantis” should be pronounced, which may or may not be fueled by a claim by Donald Trump (or is it “Drumpf”?) that the Florida governor is thin-skinned about the pronunciation . . . the evidence for which, as Jim observes, appears to be nothing more than Trump’s say-so.

It got me to thinking about Trump’s obsession with the governor’s given name, which may be even nuttier than the new meanderings about his surname. This was a topic on The Editors earlier this week, too: Why does Trump insist on referring to DeSantis as “Rob”?

Andrew C. McCarthy

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Andrew C. McCarthy

Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

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