“It’s one Florida fascist or another, I mean,” he said on Sunday night. “Don’t think that Florida’s governor is any less extreme, any less dangerous, any less authoritarian than Donald Trump.”
DeSantis, Hasan noted, has struggled to differentiate himself from Trump on policy issues while continuing to attack the LGBTQ community, the media, Dr. Anthony Fauci and others.
“DeSantis will take on everyone: Doctors! The media! Gay people!” said Hasan. “But he won’t fight the former president.”
“His own man! His own friend!” Hasan exclaimed. “They also see him as a potential loser. Call from inside the house.”
Hasan said he was reminded of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R.C.) who portrayed Trump’s 2016 pick or Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.)
“Choosing between the two, he said at the time, was like choosing to be shot or poisoned,” Hasan said.