Goodbye, Ron DeSantis

Ron DeSantis withdraws from the 2024 presidential race, after one of the worst campaigns in political history

A while back, I wrote that Ron DeSantis’s campaign had already gone tits up. My post proved prescient, as he just withdrew from the race today. He also endorsed Donald Trump for president, in an attempt to salvage some sort of political future from the 2024 presidential debacle.

Don’t feel sorry for Ron DeSantis, he’s rich now

DeSantis got into the race partly because Rupert Murdoch paid him $10–$20 million for a book deal. These deals are legalized bribery, but I don’t blame DeSantis for taking Murdoch’s because he and his family had no money. So he rolled the dice, took the bribe and ran for president. In a financial sense, he walks away a winner because he gets to keep the money, and he and his family are much better off in terms of their net worth.

One of the worst campaigns in presidential history

Unfortunately for DeSantis, he has run one of the worst campaigns in presidential history. He never had a real chance to beat Trump, and he barely pulled ahead of Haley in Iowa by a points…