DeSantis has been a critic of Biden on nearly every policy front. But he sure does like the president's wallet.
— POLITICO (@politico) October 3, 2022
Over the past two years, DeSantis’ admin received billions in federal relief cash, which the governor has used to fund his top priorities.https://t.co/pmzBGQpz2e
Uhhh....the president's wallet?????? First off, the President doesn't control the purse strings (though, to be fair, Joe Biden's attempt to "cancel" student debt via Executive fiat may give people that impression). This is money allocated to FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) specifically used to aid state and local governments amid a disaster. If you've seen footage of the parts of Florida ravaged by Hurricane Ian, the carnage was definitely too much for state and local jurisdictions to handle. And secondly the money comes from tax payers. That Politico tweet frames it as if Daddy Biden doles out allowance to good boys and girls (Oof. Given the current President's tendencies, I apologize for that imagery).
- Old and busted: Bake the cake, bigot.
New hotness: Why y'all homophobes not packin' the theaters to see my gay RomCom?!?!?
Billy Eichner's new romcom (entitled "Bros") completely bombed at the box office -- and he appears to be chalking it up to homophobia across the country.
"That’s just the world we live in, unfortunately. Even with glowing reviews, great Rotten Tomatoes scores, an A CinemaScore etc, straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up for Bros. And that’s disappointing but it is what it is."
Going out on a limb here: I'm not sure it's the best marketing strategy to label people as homophobes just because this kind of genre isn't their thing.
- Just two months ago I would have bet against the prospects of Republicans taking control of the U.S. Senate this election cycle. However, their odds have improved greatly since that time given the Dems' lunacy and vapidity has been on full display (that, and abortion wasn't quite the wedge issue they believed it to be).
All that being said, the GOP's Senate takeover hinged strongly on candidate Herschel Walker ousting incumbent Dem Raphael Warnock. Given that Walker had pulled ahead of Warnock recently (as well as Republican Adam Laxalt overtaking Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada), the Republicans appeared to have a margin for error in the event one GOP-held seat (i.e. Pennsylvania) flipped to the Dems.
Now?
Herschel Walker, the football legend now running for Senate in Georgia, says he wants to completely ban abortion, likening it to murder and claiming there should be “no exception” for rape, incest, or the life of the mother.
But the Republican candidate has supported at least one exception—for himself.
A woman who asked not to be identified out of privacy concerns told The Daily Beast that after she and Walker conceived a child while they were dating in 2009 he urged her to get an abortion. The woman said she had the procedure and that Walker reimbursed her for it.
She supported these claims with a $575 receipt from the abortion clinic, a “get well” card from Walker, and a bank deposit receipt that included an image of a signed $700 personal check from Walker.
I'm still not 100% convinced this sinks Walker simply because Warnock himself is atrocious as well as has his own baggage. But where Warnock has the advantage is his ads attacking Walker have been effective. Thus far, Walker has yet to put forth a coherent response.
And just like that, it would appear that it's up to Dr. Mehmet Oz (R-PA) to put the Republicans in the majority. While that would have sounded absolutely insane just a couple of months ago, Cook Political Report on Tuesday officially updated Oz's race against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman from "Leans Democrat" to "Toss up."
What a time to be alive.
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