Florida's Governor continues to gripe about Kamala Harris' VP pick.
Gov. Ron DeSantis called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a "shyster" on Fox News, rattling off policy moves he finds objectionable.
"I watched his speech and this guy is a shyster," DeSantis told Sean Hannity, taking issue with Walz telling people that on abortion, they should mind their own business.
"This is the guy that set up a snitch line during COVID for neighbors to inform if somebody was violating his draconian code restrictions. He claims people should be able to make whatever health care decision they want. Yet he as Governor mandated the experimental COVID-19 jab. Then he says Republicans are weird yet this is the Governor who put tampons in the boys' bathrooms throughout Minnesota schools."
Walz has taken aim at Florida as noted Wednesday in POLITICO Florida's "Playbook," including urging people to move to his state during a flap over an AP Psychology class last year, and also saying that Florida was "focused on banning books, bullying LGBTQ+ students, and attacking teachers."
Regarding the word "shyster," there has been some debate about whether it is antisemitic or just defamatory toward lawyers. DeSantis has a history of using suspect language to make his points, such as his much-reported worries in 2018 that Democrat Andrew Gillum could "monkey this up" if elected, which DeSantis said had "zero" to do with race.
Speaking of accusations of antisemitism, DeSantis, who said Harris was enthralled to the "Hamas caucus" previously, doubled down on that rhyming pejorative during the Hannity interview when lamenting Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro not being on the ticket.
"They talked about her not picking Shapiro. And the question was, was she bending a knee to the pro-Hamas caucus and her own party? And I don't think that's the case. I think she is part of the pro-Hamas caucus in the Democratic Party," DeSantis said.
The Governor also laid into "mainstream media" noting Walz's military service, saying he also is "an Iraq veteran" but that doesn't get mentioned enough.
"They talk more about him being a veteran in 24 hours than the mainstream media has ever mentioned that about me my entire time as Governor," DeSantis said, in his latest foray into media criticism.
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