Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a big stink over poop in San Francisco after the Republican unveiled a map of crap in the city in a bizarre moment during his prime-time Fox News debate against California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday.
The GOP presidential candidate broke out the plots of poop as the Democratic governor weighed in on homelessness in America by touting reform of California’s behavioral health system.
“Ron has literally the worst mental health system in America, forgive me, outside of Mississippi and Texas. And so, with all due respect of being lectured on some of these topics, Ron DeSantis is not the one I’m going to be listening to,” said Newsom before the Florida governor reached for a paper in his suit blazer.
“This is a map of San Francisco,” replied DeSantis as he showed off a map of reported “human feces” in the California city.
The map, which got a laugh out of Newsom, appears to be one on OpenTheBooks.com, which plotted instances of human waste reported in San Francisco from 2011 to 2019.
DeSantis’ poop problems aren’t new in clogging up his mind.
He previously claimed to see people “defecating on the sidewalk” during a visit to San Francisco and complained of poo as he criticized the “collapsed” city’s “leftist politics” in a campaign video earlier this year.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) later pushed back at DeSantis’ gripes, calling his complaints “the oldest playbook in politics to get attention.”
Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany deemed DeSantis’ map “another strong and powerful moment” from the debate, although several critics on X (formerly Twitter) mocked the Florida governor for his “print out of poops.”
Republicans – they may not have any ideas, they may not be able to lead, they may not be able to govern, they may not be serious humans but they are always ready with a shit show for the cameras
— RiotWomenn (@riotwomennn) December 1, 2023
Ron DeSantis is getting humiliated and some synapse fired in his brain and he decided that the solution was to hold up a poop map.
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) December 1, 2023
I think the feces map was just chocolate pudding spread on a piece of paper. But I can’t prove it.
— Captain CV (@Buckiman16) December 1, 2023
The Feces Award goes to Ron DeSantis 💩💩💩
— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕖 (@SundaeDivine) December 1, 2023
Literally throwing shit because he has nothing else
— Barklee woke anti-facsist 🇺🇦🌊🌊🌊 (@northclarctica) December 1, 2023
This is the difference between a serious person who wants to make things better, and someone who is only interested in political theater.
— Bluedog (@HereLiesBlueDog) December 1, 2023
“okay, here’s what you’re going to do: when he talks about what shit show Florida is, pull out the shit map. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE SHIT MAP ON YOU AT ALL TIMES.” https://t.co/EVK0jnA2ym
— Rachel Vindman 🌻 (@natsechobbyist) December 1, 2023
I’ve lived in SF for almost 14 years. This “feces map” is proof that Republican voters will believe literally anything, and it’s a huge part of why we can’t have nice things as a country.
— Jeff Stein (@thejeffstein) December 1, 2023
DeSantis to self: “What’s a thing a normal, respectable human being carries around on their person?”
………
“Eureka! A shit map!”
— Brian K Anderson (@Brian_KA) December 1, 2023
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