Casey DeSantis is still trying to convince everyone that being called “Walmart Melania” somehow isn’t an insult.
Girl, give it a rest!
Her latest attempt to save face came in an interview with former NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch, who now hosts a show on something called “First TV”, a no-name network also features notable right wingnuts Bill O’Reilly and Sean Spicer.
Casey said she loves the moniker, because it’s an honor to be included in the same breath as “Melania Trump.”
Also, she shops at Walmart, too! What a fortuitous coincidence!
“They’ve also called me Walmart Melania, which by the way, being in the same sentence with Melania, I consider that a major victory,” she said.
Casey’s unflattering comparison to the ex-FLOTUS spurred from a Washington Post feature story that outlines her, uhh… unique relationship with Ron.
A former TV news anchor, Casey is obsessed with appearance. She reportedly amasses total control over her husband’s wardrobe, right down to his earpieces.
She is also credited with pushing Ron to wear heels in his cowboy boots.
But back to the knock-off Melania accusations.
When Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis was first elected Florida governor, Casey reportedly asked for the full Melania treatment.
“As she was preparing for her new role, she asked an aide what Melania Trump would do or wear, what stores and designers she liked, looking to the president’s wife as a model,” writes the WaPo‘s Ruby Cramer.
From that moment, Casey has been dedicated to the routine, right down to her caustic indifference towards the pain and suffering inflicted on others, particularly LGBTQ+ people, by her husband.
PSA: Fake Melania is not to be confused with Walmart Melania….who is another person altogether…. pic.twitter.com/Y8hluMR5iZ
— Alejandro Villegas #🟦 (@thecorpmex) June 14, 2023
When Ron launched his futile presidential campaign, politicos thought Casey could be his secret weapon. Telegenic and personable, she’s the perfect contrast to Ron’s dour demeanor… at least on paper.
But in reality, her message is just as bad. Every time she tries to paint her gay-hating husband as a “normal family man,” it blows up in her face.
Take one of her August Fox News interviews, for example. Casey kept weirdly referring to the couple’s children as “hers,” painting Ron as some sort of babysitter.
I didn’t know robots could have kids.
— Mark Anthony (@MarkAnthonyLopz) August 22, 2023
That means he does nothing!
— Linda Schoenberg (@LindaSchoenberg) August 22, 2023
At an event the following week, Casey told a bizarre story about how their young children locked themselves in a bathroom and drew on the hotel walls prior to the first Republican debate.
In the aforementioned Fox interview, Casey also couldn’t resist attacking LGBTQ+ people, which isn’t surprising. Earlier in the summer, cut her own virulently homophobic ad, and shared a video of Ron ejecting an LGBTQ+ activist from one of his (sparsely attended) events.
Neither stunt resulted in Ron receiving more support.
The DeSantis’ are far from the first abnormal political family trying to paint themselves as “regular folk.” But they might be the worst at it.
Casey’s faux embrace of “Melania Walmart” fits right into that pattern.
She described the moniker as a “win” on a bus tour in Iowa, and boasted about her title in a podcast interview.
“They refer to me as the ‘Walmart Melania.’ And so I just had a beer. I can’t imagine what the media is going to say now as a result of all of this,” she boasted.
Ah yes, hating on the media. That’ll win hearts and minds!
At the very least, maybe Casey looks a little more comfortable holding a cold one than her hubby?
We know for sure she definitely doesn’t look comfortable inside of a Walmart, despite what she claims.
Baron Wiseman
This week, Governor DeSantis sent 85 pallets of donated supplies to Israel. Medical supplies that were donated include 735 ace bandages, approximately 5,000 hospital gowns, 84 IV kits, 30,000+ needles, 30,0000+ syringes, 57 ventilators and 10,000+ boxes of surgical gloves. Florida also donated: 1,000+ children’s toys, 300+ sleeping bags, 1000+ hygiene products and 2,000+ articles of clothing. DeSantis also paid for the evaluation of nearly 300 Americans out of Israel.
By contrast, the Biden Administration is demanding Americans sign a promissory note for reimbursement to be evacuated out of Israel.
Metro135
The evaluation of 300 Americans? What is he evaluating? Whether they’re gay or not and should be let back into the country?
Baron Wiseman
@ Metro135
Good catch. I think my spell check got me.
The second paragraph clearly states “evacuated” in case you didn’t know.
dbmcvey
I’m sure spell check has been responsible for all of your lies.
inbama
For Christ’s sake we sent a warship, are deploying men, and Biden’s asking Congress to send billions on top of what we already do
You really think that compares to excess supplies from the COVID epidemic when DeSantis fought every conceivable precaution and chose to just let people die?
storm45701
The Biden Administration is sending billions of dollars to Israel. We also have two carrier groups and SEALs stationed nearby. Please spare us the holier-than-thou take on DeSantis.
As for reimbursement for evacuation, that has been the policy of the United States for almost 80 YEARS. So please tell us how Biden is to blame for that? I’m sure the fee will be waived, as it usually is.
People like you are the worst, making up stuff to fit your worldview, and hoping something sticks. As usual, a little research, and your arguments go right down the drain, much like your moral code.
Kangol2
Inbama and storm, I’m going to agree with you here. Biden immediately pledged $4.5 BILLION (on top of what the US already gives Israel in annual appropriations, security agreements, etc.), sent two warships, flew into an active warzone not controlled by US forces (the only US president ever to do this twice), is now asking for $10 BILLION more for Israel (and Ukraine and a measly $100 million in humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza, over 1/2 of whom are children, who are being bombed off the face of the earth, and the West Bank), etc. But Baron knows he’s being disingenuous, and had to post because he is completely in the tank for GQP anti-LGBTQ fanatics like Ron and Casey deFascist. No thanks!
Baron Wiseman
@storm45701
You can’t tell me that something has been policy for 80 years and then say, I’m “making up stuff to fit your [my] worldview.” It can’t be both, make up your mind. My post, whether you like it or not, is factually correct.
You forgot that Biden is also giving Gaza/West Bank (AKA Palestinian terrorists) $100 million. What are their Arab neighbors giving? Nothing. After we have given Arab leaders billions of dollars, their leaders just snubbed President Biden by declining to meet with him – everyone except Netanyahu. Even with that embarrassing meeting, Biden nearly fell asleep, read off notecards and lost his train of thought when he tried to tell a story. This is beyond partisan politics; President Biden is a national embarrassment on the world stage.
Fahd
Someone should tell both members of the DeSaster couple that denial is not just the name of a river in Egypt.
How much longer can they hold on? Till he loses the Florida primary?
jax florida
Now I am curious to know whether Sean Spicer dances when he is on First TV.
Ronbo
Seems ironic that those who were once locked in concentration camps, have locked Palestinians into concentration camps while they occupy their lands and bulldoze their homes.
The war for land and supremacy did not start October 7th, it’s the result of decades of previous actions. Dehumanizing people by calling the “human animals” (Yoav Gallant, Defense Minister) tells the world that the Israel government is using the old Nazi playbook. Genocide is never the answer. Why MUST we finance it?
Baron Wiseman
@Ronbo
“Dehumanizing people by calling the “human animals” (Yoav Gallant, Defense Minister) tells the world that the Israel government is using the old Nazi playbook.”
When people rape women, burn entire families, take hostages and behead babies, they ARE animals. Worse than animals.
Keep defending the indefensible, useful idiot.