Alex Wagner opens his MSNBC show “Alex Wagner Tonight” with a video tribute to Dwight D. Eisenhower, pioneer of presidential television and the successful “I Like Ike” campaign — and topped with the notion of “likes.”
“Today there is one person in particular whose ability to be ‘likeable enough’ is really in question: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,” Wagner said.
With a screenshot of DeSantis leaning back laughing over his left shoulder, Wagner made what he said was a “choreographed” campaign to make the salty politician on the verge of announcing his bid for the GOP nomination seem more human. started doing
“DeSantis has already made some early visits to campaign states, which resemble a choreographed effort,” Mr. Wagner said. Recognizing the need was internal conversation: small talk, handshakes, eye contact. It seems that the governor is trying. Here he is, laughing – or something – while meeting with supporters in Iowa a few weeks ago. Does that, whatever it is, make it attractive?”
Then Wagner turned up the heat, saving DeSantis’ moment of flurry and suggesting that his leadership of Florida should cancel out any offensive attrition.
Wagner said, “Whether or not voters can see past the pudding-fingers and awful laughs, the thing that has people questioning whether or not Ron DeSantis is really likable is what he’s done for his state.”
Watch the full segment above.