Conservative Mocks DeSantis For Courting Elon Musk's Support

Ron DeSantis opened himself up to mockery by launching his presidential campaign alongside capricious billionaire Elon Musk, according to a new column by conservative Charlie Sykes in The Bulwark.

Photo Insert: The social media mogul fancies himself a kingmaker, Sykes wrote, and DeSantis was indulging in that fantasy -- which comes with a cost.

The Florida governor will reportedly announce his 2024 bid for the White House during a chat on Twitter with CEO Elon Musk, and Sykes battered DeSantis, questioning his political instincts and judgment, if not his mind, Travis Gettys also reported for Raw Story.

"In 2023, a major candidate for president of the US is paying court to an erratic, decompensating, narcissistic, endlessly needy, petulant man-child, who has spent the past few months posting poop emojis, taking counsel from someone called catturd, and destroying the social media platform he bought on a whim," Sykes wrote.

"Along the way, Musk has opened the door to bigots, crackpots, conspiracy theorists, charlatans, and the insane of every stripe, while displaying his own brainworms on a regular basis."

The social media mogul fancies himself a kingmaker, Sykes wrote, and DeSantis was indulging in that fantasy -- which comes with a cost.

"Meatball is also now at the mercy of Elon’s whims," Sykes wrote, using Donald Trump's nickname for his closest rival.

"Just days ago, Musk was emoting over Tim Scott; and tomorrow he may decide that DeSantis is cold product. He could endorse, unendorse, praise, mock, embrace, and discard the Florida man in one of his 24-hour manic bursts of a--holery."

He added: "Meatball would be well and truly screwed."

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