DeSantis mocks Biden for being in ‘state of confusion and disorientation’

Naomi Lim

July 27, 02:50 PM July 27, 02:50 PM

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CHARITON, Iowa — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) made fun of President Joe Biden during the first stop of his Iowa bus tour.

“Biden is actually usually in more than one state in a day, usually the state of confusion and disorientation,” DeSantis said Thursday in the basement of the Iron Horse bar and restaurant.

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DeSantis then criticized Biden for overseeing the country’s economic and cultural decline before promising to bring the southern border “to a final conclusion,” including declaring a national emergency on the first day of his hypothetical administration and deploying service members who can use deadly force.

“If the Democrats get in, they’re going to pack the Supreme Court; they’re going to try to abolish the Electoral College. They’re going to try to make Washington, D.C. a state, and they’re going to eliminate voter I.D. in every jurisdiction in this country,” he said. “That is not an agenda that is addressing the kitchen table concerns of the average American family.”

DeSantis’s intimate meet and greet event in Chariton Thursday afternoon came before a walk through the Wayne County Fair in Corydon and a town hall in Osceola; all stops as part of a bus tour organized by his super PAC Never Back Down amid his campaign’s strategy reset and restructure. He is scheduled to appear in Albia and Oskaloosa before addressing the Iowa Republican Party’s Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines on Friday.

The campaign overhaul coincides with DeSantis’s polling decline from an average of 31% in January to 18% on Thursday, according to RealClearPolitics. Former President Donald Trump averages 52%. While DeSantis raised $20.1 million since he announced his bid in May through June 30, two-thirds of the money came from donors who cannot contribute again, and he has already spent $7.9 million of what is in his pot.

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“DeSantis has already made three trips to Iowa since launching his campaign and has participated in 13 different public events in the state,” DeSantis campaign spokesman Andrew Romeo said. “Meanwhile, Trump’s engagement with Iowans can be summed up by headlines like this from the New York Post: ‘Trump to skip second Iowa cattle call after spat with state governor.'”

“No one will outwork Ron DeSantis in the Hawkeye State, and he is just getting started,” he added.