Casey DeSantis, the First Lady of Florida, was disparaged by a liberal media panel as “America’s Karen,” but her husband and the Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis defended her against the criticism.
“My wife is an incredibly strong First Lady of Florida, a fantastic mother and a great wife, and that threatens the left,” the Florida Gov. said on Monday.
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“So she and I kind of shrug it off because we know it just shows they view her as a threat, because the message that she was bringing in Iowa about the rights of parents and how we are not going to take this anymore with the left trying to indoctrinate our kids, they understand that that resonates not just with Republican parents, with independent parents and, yes, with Democrat parents,” he added.
The Florida First Lady was ridiculed and called names by a political panel on MSNBC’s “Saturday Show with Jonathan Capehart” this past weekend as they discussed DeSantis’ campaign approach, especially in light of Casey’s recently announced Mamas for DeSantis project.
“Casey DeSantis is a fairly compelling political figure in Florida, and now nationally. For many, she’s the brighter side to Florida’s angry governor. For others, she’s become America’s Karen. And I think that’s the ultimate disconnect here with a campaign that needs to embrace more constituencies to get to the White House,” MSNBC analyst David Jolly said on Saturday.
The panel, which also included Tara Setmayer from The Lincoln Project, laughed at the moniker “America’s Karen” and went on to make fun of Casey.
Setmayer stated: “Well, I called her, I called her this, you know, Serena Waterford wannabe needs to cut it out. We see you. So… there’s all kinds of names for her. She needs to stop trying to measure the drapes in the White House and think that she’s some kind of Jackie O reincarnate. I mean, Casey DeSantis, keep an eye on her, though. She’s a wily figure.”
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Ron DeSantis argued that the critics are worried about the first lady’s “effectiveness.”
Parental rights are a key component of Casey’s national campaign, which also seeks to expand DeSantis’ Florida education agenda.
According to the most recent Fox News poll, DeSantis is 34 points behind former President Donald Trump. In response to the statistics, DeSantis asserted that it is obvious that the mainstream media does not want him to be the Republican nominee.
