Conservatives destroy ‘sexist’ article about Casey DeSantis that compares her to meddlesome Lady Macbeth

A profile of Casey, the wife of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, has sparked backlash after the piece compared her to Lady Macbeth and accused her of personally calling for a key executive to be fired as DeSantis prepares to run for president to be in 2024.

The Politics piece, titled “The Casey DeSantis Problem: ‘His Greatest Asset and His Greatest Liability’,” draws the ire of many who argue that the mainstream media would never treat a Democratic politician’s wife so harshly.

The Michael Kruse article was inspired by none other than former Trump adviser Roger Stone who once posted on Telegram, “Have you ever noticed…how much Ron DeSantis’s wife Casey resembles Lady Macbeth?”

It takes its cues from there, arguing that DeSantis’ wife is “unusually important and unusually involved” in his political work, as is his “key adviser.”

The story even goes so far as to explain and quote the plot of Shakespeare’s classic tale.

It then accuses her of being a problem for Florida’s popular governor, who was reelected by 20 points last fall, by restricting his inner circle “not just because he doesn’t trust people constitutionally, but because she doesn’t either.” .

“She is the power behind the throne,” Kruse quotes a Republican lobbyist. ‘The tip of the spear,’

Multiple sources anonymously criticized her for being behind the firing of Susie Wiles, a political operative who took credit for helping former President Trump and Governor DeSantis win Florida in 2016 and 2018. She now leads Trump’s 2022 campaign .

It then quotes an anonymous former DeSantis staffer calling his former boss “a vengeful son of a bitch” and defaming Casey as “twice.”

Many on Twitter criticized how they felt the attacks were sexist and a double standard for conservative women.

Nate Hochman, a DeSantis speechwriter, pointed out that just months earlier, Politico published a piece decrying “the Lady MacBeth trope” against Jill Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Gisele Fetterman.

“Politico, November 2022: Comparing women in politics to Lady Macbeth is a sexist trope,” he wrote. “Politico, May 2023: You know, now that I think about it, there’s a Shakespeare character that Casey DeSantis really reminds me of…”

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat snapped at the use of the piece as an attack by ‘Never Trump’ organization The Lincoln Project.

“The fascinating arc of history in which the founder of a ‘NeverTrump’ organization touts a piece about Casey DeSantis, organized around a Lady MacBeth analogy based on a quote from, er, Roger Stone.”

Daily Signal reporter Mary Margaret Olohan put it more bluntly, “LOL at Politico comparing Casey DeSantis to Lady Macbeth, what is this?”

“When activist media outlets like @politico et al don’t have real access but still want to push their story about @GovRonDeSantis or @CaseyDeSantis, they quote liberal activists and pretend to be insiders,” Bryan Griffin, DeSantis’ press secretary, tweeted Friday.

Griffin’s predecessor Christina Pushaw responded, “FACT CHECK: True.”

The piece is a great credit to the First Lady of Florida, noting that she used her experience as a broadcast journalist to improve optics.

They even quote Representative Matt Gaetz, a former DeSantis ally who is now running for Trump in 2024, saying in 2021, “I learned how to do my makeup from Ron DeSantis, and he learned from Casey.”

Others noted that they felt the Florida First Lady was behind a change in the pronunciation of the governor’s name from “Dee-santis” to “Duh-santis.”

It is also that Trump himself has taken note of his wife’s great influence.

“I know more about him than anyone except maybe his wife, who really runs his campaign”

She served as his media strategist and used her professional knowledge of optics. “I learned how to do my makeup from Ron DeSantis, and he learned from Casey,” Rep. Matt Gaetz, Florida Republican, me in 2021.

DeSantis has been trying to emulate Florida’s record since the end of the legislature by touting its low unemployment rate and comparing it favorably to New York’s on Friday.

In other comments Friday, DeSantis tore into campus “woke” culture, saying his Florida “got moxie,” preparing for a magazine article about his state as he prepares to become a champion in his home state with a launch in Miami.

“Basically, they said, you know, it’s the free state of Florida where wakes are broke, where men are men, and where business is good,” he said.

“And I’m like, you know what? That’s not a bad slogan.’

Trump leads DeSantis 56 to 19.9 in the final RealClearPolitics average.

That lead has only widened since Trump was found liable for sexual assault in the trial of E. Jean Carroll, while still facing a Jan. 6 federal investigation and federal filings, a New York trial related to his company and a Georgia investigation into his attempt to overthrow the election. over there.

Trump led DeSantis 42-22 in New Hampshire in a UNH poll released last month.

Trump visited the same dinner in Manchester three weeks ago, where a crowd developed both outside and inside. In 2016, when he appeared there, an exciting patron yelled “Enjoy your burger, racist!” while he was having dinner.