In what is likely to be one of many “basketful of deplorables” moments in his campaign, Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis called the remaining supporters of Donald Trump’s reelection attempt “listless vessels,” the Orlando Sentinel reports.
“If all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement,” DeSantis said in a taped interview with the conservative website The Florida Standard. “Ultimately, a movement can’t be about the personality of one individual. The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people.”