Roger Stone’s Assault on Casey DeSantis Sparks Livid Backlash

Roger Stone’s assault towards Casey DeSantis, the spouse of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, has sparked an enormous backlash on social media, with some customers saying the longtime Donald Trump ally has crossed the road.

Stone is the political strategist who was convicted in 2020 on fees together with mendacity to Congress and obstructing justice and witness tampering. He was later pardoned by Trump in his final weeks within the White Home. Stone known as Casey DeSantis a “c***” on Wednesday evening for mentioning her kids throughout her husband’s marketing campaign path.

Casey DeSantis has not solely supported Ron DeSantis’ bid for the White Home, but additionally performed a task as strategic adviser to her husband, participating in a number of marketing campaign occasions.

The remark was made by Stone, who’s supporting Trump’s bid for a second presidential time period in 2024, on X, previously often called Twitter, in response to a put up by failed Republican congressional candidate Mike Crispi.

“Casey Desantis campaigning: ‘I’ve a 6, 5 and a 3 yr outdated’ ‘I’ve a 6, 5 and a 3 yr outdated’ ‘I’ve a 6, 5 and a 3 yr outdated’ ‘I’ve a 6, 5 and a 3 yr outdated’ ‘Do you know I’ve a 6, 5 and a 3 yr outdated?'” Crispi wrote on X. It was in response to a put up by Casey DeSantis saying she and her husband had been “incomes each vote.”

“SeeUNextTuesday,” Stone wrote in response to Crispi’s remark, utilizing a slang expression for the vulgar insult. It’s a swearword that’s thought-about misogynistic. Newsweek contacted DeSantis’ 2024 marketing campaign for remark by electronic mail on Saturday.

Relating to the slur, there is no such thing as a direct connection to Trump himself, whose veiled swipe at Ron DeSantis didn’t go down effectively with supporters throughout a GOP summit in Florida. The 2 White Home hopefuls each claimed the state as their turf throughout the Florida Republican Celebration’s Freedom Summit in Kissimmee on Saturday. Trump stays the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican nomination, whereas DeSantis—initially anticipated to be Trump’s greatest rival after successful reelection as governor in a landslide final yr—stays a distant second and has struggled since launching his marketing campaign in Could.

Stone’s remark sparked a right away backlash on the platform, the place customers wrote about “the unacceptable habits from Staff Trump,” together with utilizing a despicable slur towards Casey DeSantis.

Others known as Stone’s habits trashy and disrespectful and requested if the Trump supporter was “actively attempting to make sure that even when Trump is nominee we cannot vote for him,” one wrote. “As a result of it is working,” the identical person added.

“Solely the most effective individuals. Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump, known as Ron DeSantis’ spouse Casey a c**t. Being too cute by half, he used the slang time period ‘SeeUNextTuesday’,” wrote an X user on the platform. “Reminder- as unhealthy as Trump is, he surrounds himself with individuals like Stone, who’re simply as unhealthy.” Others known as Stone pathetic and a typical Trumper.

“I am not huge on the entire ‘disavow’ factor, as a result of every of us solutions for ourselves, however there are strains one doesn’t cross, and Roger Stone crossed it with Casey DeSantis. For those who can’t disassociate your self from this, kindly save us each the trouble and block me. That is vile,” one other person wrote.

It is not the primary time that Stone has attacked Casey DeSantis. In a put up on Telegram final yr, he in contrast her to Girl Macbeth.

DeSantis’ supporters have rebuffed each Crispi’s and Stone’s criticism of Casey DeSantis. They are saying it is regular that she introduces herself and her kids to voters, including that Trump’s allies are upset solely as a result of DeSantis has a younger household.

“I can see why Staff Trump could be upset about Casey highlighting the truth that they’ve a contented younger household and her husband’s opponent is nearly twice his age,” one person wrote on X.