On November 30th, Gavin Newsom and Ron/Rob DeSantis will debate on FOX. Will the Governor of Florida say "woke" more than 4.5 times? Will resolve YES at 5, NO at 4 or under.
He will most likely use it in the context of a "woke agenda" or "woke ideology" or "go woke, go broke" but any version of use of "woke" works, such as "I woke up next to my wife Casey who thinks less of me now that my poll numbers are in the toilet, and I had to stoop to doing this debate to get attention."
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@PlasmaBallin Desperate men. Do desperate things. He has to show how tough he is to MAGA. When in the R debates, the other candidates aren’t as woke as Gavin so he doesn’t need to say it.
@KevinBlaw How will calling Gavin Newsom woke make DeSantis seem tough? I think it would just make him seem pathetic. The term "woke" would be much more effective in a Republican debate than a Republican vs. Democrat debate because only Repiublicans care about something being "woke". The fact that he doesn't even use it there makes me think he's even less likely to use it in a debate with Newsom.
@PlasmaBallin So, let me get this right: Your position is that DeSantis does the thing that would help him? Hmm. It's not a strategy he's followed so far...
The transcript of the first Republican debate mentioned "woke" exactly one time (ascribed to Nikki Haley), and the second Republican debate mentioned "woke" exactly zero times. So I'm very doubtful that DeSantis, only one of several candidates, will be able to work "woke" into his speech an astounding five times.
@duck_master Do you think Roll Call will have the transcript for this debate? It would be awfully helpful to make sure I don't miss it.
For what it's worth, I agree that "woke" has not been successful for DeSantis on the campaign trail, and he has abandoned focusing on it. Why I think it is possible is because Hannity is trying to make this a Red State vs Blue State debate, and if Rob is going to talk about Florida, he can't not say WOKE as that is is whole identity.
@KevinBlaw As a Florida native that has watched anti-woke Ron drop all the anti-woke messaging over the last year I have an opinion on why. That messaging only really resonated with a demographic that rather vote for Trump, even in the most anti-woke pockets of North Florida. He's their second choice and he's already said "woke" enough times in speeches and tv appearances for Americans to heavily associate him with the word.
@becauseyoudo The other way to look at is that even though he doesn't want to say it, Newsom will bait him to say it, and put him in a position where he can't NOT say it. I dunno. It will be interesting.
@KevinBlaw This might be the only way to get some "wokes" out of Ron. If challenged, Ron would need to defend his decision to politicize and take executive control over the curriculums in Florida schools and universities.
@becauseyoudo They might have to hire back Bill O'Reilly for the day to cut Gavin's mic.