This is not necessarily the best political ad we’ve ever seen. We will leave that to Chris Jones, running for governor of Arkansas. It is, however, the biggest gut-punch.

Ron DeSantis looks and acts like the single dumbest governor… ever. But he is a Harvard and Yale graduate, so we assume he’s also one of the single greatest actors, too. Admittedly, it cannot all be an act. No one is that good. But you cannot possibly appeal to MAGAs by appearing to be an intellectual. You have to appear to be a younger Donald Trump, dumb as toast. DeSantis has that part figured out.

Of course, being the “younger Donald Trump” requires someone to be just as reckless as Trump when it comes to COVID. It honestly appears as though the MAGAs do not even notice that Trump and his policies literally led to hundreds of thousands of needless deaths. Now that Trump is gone, someone has to pick up the sword, to ensure that the fight goes on, such that more people die. Albeit, most are choosing their own fate, this time. It is still not “good.”

But it doesn’t have to be this way. In the exact same way that a private business can keep people out for not wearing shoes (Or certain restaurants requiring a tie), a private business should absolutely be able to keep unvaccinated people out. Indeed, from a liability standpoint, it would be absurd to not do so. Against these private businesses ‘ freedoms, DeSantis led the effort in the one way to most ensure the epidemic beats on. He made it against the law to require vaccinations for admission.

And now, he’s getting hammered for it by one of the single most devastating and, frankly, hard to watch ads we have seen. It is an ad that is really upsetting DeSantis’s people. It is that good:

This ad has upset and triggered Ron’s bot army. Please do not retweet. pic.twitter.com/AyaHQ7oQi0

— Remove Ron (@RemoveRon) September 30, 2021

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