Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis became angry with a constituent who accused him of enacting policies that hurt the minority community. At an event in Jacksonville, Florida, a Black man complained to DeSantis about his policies. The man pointed to a recent race-based shooting in th...
  • IHeartBadCode@kbin.social
    171·
    1 year ago

    I am not going to take that! I am not going to take that! You should want to have a civil conversation.

    Constituents kissing your ass isn’t a civil conversation, it’s just someone being a yes man. Political power comes with being able to deal with detractors of your agenda. Just indicating “I’m not going to take that” really shows that you aren’t able to handle difficult situations.

    I mean, what if this guy is the President and then the next day Iran says something he doesn’t like? Is he just going to wave it off like it doesn’t matter? Is he going to deal with it?

    If some random guy yelling at him is too much to handle that he’s just “I’m not going to take that!” Fuck imagine if it’s some country that’s got nukes. Dude will absolutely be in shambles.