This is a very odd line inside an extended response to an audience question in New Hampshire (full context video below).
Candidate Ron DeSantis was responding to a question from a Jewish audience member about antisemitism in Florida and her concerns that her Jewish family were unsafe. As Ron DeSantis walks through the exceptionally pro-Israel policies he supports, particularly as the leading AIPAC candidate in 2024, the Florida governor is highlighting a series of Israel-first policies he implemented in the state, when suddenly he makes this weird statement:
…”We’re going to go after these third world countries that have become hotbeds of antisemitism.”
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Obviously, DeSantis is trying to position himself as the most pro-Israel candidate in the race; that part is not uncommon. Pulling Mark Levin away from President Trump would serve multiple interests around his candidacy. However, this specific line about going after third-world countries just seems a little strange.
What countries is he talking about, and how exactly would “we go after” them?
Perhaps the guiding hands of the 2018 congressional exit are starting to surface.
Well we’ve gotten smacked pretty hard by the Russians in Ukraine, Taiwan could sometime soon vote in a PRC China-tolerant government, we left 80 billion in weapons when we skedaddled from Afghanistan, just got asked to leave Sudan, lost dollar stability in the African Congress, & now we want to beat up on Niger?
It’s the lies, the wokeness, unnecessary wars, & the economic mismanagement that’s making us unpopular.