{"id":2340744,"date":"2026-03-22T09:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2340744"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:50:13","slug":"ron-desantis-says-politics-should-be-more-than-sugar-high-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ron-desantis-says-politics-should-be-more-than-sugar-high-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis says politics should be more than &#8216;sugar high&#8217; entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"bt_bb_wrapper\" data-templates-time=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a speech full of recycled lines about various accomplishments, Gov.\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/2035529981925957810\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ron DeSantis<\/strong><\/a> made an argument for why politics and entertainment should not be conflated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cCalvin Coolidge said you cannot properly administer the government by substituting the power of entertainment from the power of accomplishment. And what we see now in this day and age with this influencer, podcast, all these other things, it\u2019s like politics has become entertainment in many respects,\u201d DeSantis<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>said at Arizona State University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWhat ultimately is that leaving, though? Is it just empty calories? Is it just a sugar high? Because if it\u2019s not leaving something that\u2019s durable, then it doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd so what we were focused on is not just getting in the news cycle one day, but delivering results that will not just help people today, but for many, many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DeSantis is term limited effective the end of this year. He is polling in single digits in surveys of Republicans looking at a 2028 option, but the fresh material in a stale speech suggested the soft launch of some new messaging that argues he puts substance over style and provides competence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"bt_bb_fe_preview_toggler\" class=\"bt_bb_fe_preview_toggler\" title=\"Edit\/Preview\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source floridapolitics.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a speech full of recycled lines about various accomplishments, Gov.\u00a0Ron DeSantis made an argument for why politics and entertainment should not be conflated. \u201cCalvin Coolidge said you cannot properly administer the government by substituting the power of entertainment from the power of accomplishment. 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