Ron DeSantis labeled 'new Russian hero' in Super PAC ad
Gov. Ron DeSantis is getting unwelcome air cover from a new ad in the wake of his controversial position on the Ukraine war.
The Center Street PAC rolled out a spot Friday that paints “American Ron DeSantis” as a “new Russian hero fighting imperialist American aggression in our glorious liberation of Ukraine.”
The 15-second spot includes a voiceover with a Russian accent and English and Cyrillic subtitles, and derives the video footage from DeSantis’ own tribute to the Top Gun: Maverick movie from last year, where the “Top Gov” takes aim at unfriendly media outlets.
While the original ad shows DeSantis explaining the art of “dogfighting” with “the corporate media,” with spliced-in footage of...
