DeSantis Mocks Trump Supporters As “Listless Vessels” Who “Kiss His Rear End” And Call Everyone Else RINOs.

“If all we are is listless vessels that are just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement. And so you could be the most conservative person since sliced bread, but unless you’re kissing his rear end, they will somehow call you a RINO.

“So it’s been totally detached from principle in what you actually believe and results. And it’s more about, you know, just what faction you happen to do. So there will be people who are huge Trump supporters like in Congress who have like incredibly liberal left wing records that are really just atrocious and yet they’re viewed by some of these folks as like as like really, really good.

“Then you have other people, you know, like a Congressman Chip Roy who’s endorsed me, Congressman Thomas Massie. These guys have records of principle, fighting the swamp that are second to none, and yet they will be attacked by some of these people and called RINOs.

“So it’s just been totally detached from any type of substance. And ultimately, a movement can’t be about the personality of one individual. The movement has got to be about what are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people.” – Ron DeSantis, speaking to the Florida Standard, an outlet effectively founded last year by an anti-LGBTQ former PragerU staffer to promote DeSantis.