On Friday, President Ron DeSantis’ campaign announced on “The View” after a committee likened the Florida governor to a cartoon villain and mocked footage of the governor explaining the state’s controversial education reforms. ” and fired back at the hosts.
“Boo,” co-host Joy Behar said after DeSantis’ clip was played on Thursday’s show.
“He’s lying,” co-host Sonny Hostin added, before co-host Whoopi Goldberg likened him to a Batman villain.
“Do you know what he’s like? Remember the Penguin from Batman?” Goldberg said before mocking the governor’s voice. The committee continued to criticize DeSantis’ campaign, insisting that he was not a threat to the Republican nomination.
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L- Ron DeSantis; R- Whoopi Goldberg (Getty Images)
In response, the DeSantis campaign told Fox News Digital on Friday that the footage shows the committee is “out of touch.”
“Like Team Trump, the liberal, apathetic women on The View spend a lot of time claiming Ron DeSantis is not a threat and then attacking him. That’s exactly what we’re aiming for,” DeSantis spokeswoman Carly Acheson said. .
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May 24, 4023 Whoopi Goldberg’s “The View.” (The View/ABC)
“Unfortunately for these very rational, thoughtful women, if Ron DeSantis becomes president, Americans will not pay for a ninth COVID-19 booster.”
DeSantis’ campaign I posted a clip The program was posted on X’s “war room” account, formerly known as Twitter.
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Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks at the Iowa Republican Party’s 2023 Lincoln Dinner held at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28, 2023. ((Photo credit: SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images))
“The very thoughtful and intelligent women of The View are losing their minds over Ron DeSantis, Part CXXVIII,” the caption read.
Representatives for The View did not respond to requests for comment from Fox News Digital.
