"Pudding Gate"
As reported by the daily beast and MSNBC
“The chatter over DeSantis’ public engagement has also surfaced past unflattering stories about his social skills—particularly, his propensity to devour food during meetings.
“He would sit in meetings and eat in front of people,” a former DeSantis staffer told The Daily Beast, “always like a starving animal who has never eaten before… getting shit everywhere.”
Enshrined in DeSantis lore is an episode from four years ago: During a private plane trip from Tallahassee to Washington, D.C., in March of 2019, DeSantis enjoyed a chocolate pudding dessert—by eating it with three of his fingers, according to two sources familiar with the incident.
A representative for DeSantis’ political team did not return a request for comment on it.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-republican-2024-presidential-campaign-trail-is-already-getting-gov-ron-desantis-proofed?ref=home
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Well done, Me. 
is a "flash in the pan," a supposed front runner destined to fail (like "Jeb!"
because it was created by a press with a bad record of understanding and predicting the base. And now the press is pack-attacking DeSantis's chances with this pack theme, as they do so often.
Who will they take up next?
thing about him.
I don't worry that the MAGAs won't have other scary-nasty pieces of work to choose from in the primaries, or that at least a couple of them won't be vying for title of nastiest. DeSantis-the-tRump-defeater has been drawing attention away from others also positioning themselves to win the competition.
I'm more worried that their choice might be able to successfully restyle himself in the GE for Republicans who want a more respectable appearing candidate. Or alternatively that the MAGAs settle on another charismatic populist strongman who, like tRump, could snort pudding to cheering crowds while smashing the nation for them.
with MUCH better, MUCH cheaper national healthcare; that worked great with RW and LW populist voters alike. 
Really, I think you're right, though. For Repub voters who want substance, candidates are likely to offer agendas of fake or very inadequate substance -- or IED-type (lots of tax "reform" going on in red states), and for MAGA barn-burners commitment to culture warring. And for all, continued promises to purge liberal government policies, along with the required swiftboating of everything Democrat.
Oh, joy.
if you want to run. According to an expert I heard the press is as egotistical as candidates and will go after him for his "disrespect".
And the germs on an airplane -- THE GERMS!
