Fox News appeared to be gloating Wednesday over the glitchy launch of Florida Gov’s presidential campaign. Ron DeSantis (R) 2024 on Twitter.
The Conservative Network, perhaps hurt that DeSantis didn’t make the announcement on the Conservative Network, responded in the meanest way possible on its website.
It published a banner headline describing the issues as “Amateur Hour”.
“Ron DeSanti’s much-hyped presidential announcement is a disaster on Twitter,” it added.
The homepage also aired a crawl image that read, “PROGRAMMING NOTE: Do you really want to see and hear Ron DeSantis? Tune in to Fox News at 8 p.m.”
And when DeSantis later spoke to Fox’s Trey Gowdy for a mostly rambling interview, Gowdy told the governor, “I can’t promise you I won’t crash, but Fox News won’t crash on this interview.”
Gowdy later prompted DeSantis to spin the issues, saying “Maybe you just had a big audience.”
“We had a huge audience. It was the biggest they’d ever had,” DeSantis replied, adding, “It broke the Twitter Space, and so we’re really excited about the enthusiasm, but at the end of the day, it’s about the future of our country.”