Ron DeSantis viciously mocked for mentioning pudding in an interview & twitter went wild

Twitter is having a field day after GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis declared that “the proof is in the pudding” when it comes to his electability as he moves further and further right.

The current Florida governor has long been mocked for an alleged 2019 incident on a private plane in which he ate chocolate pudding with his fingers rather than a spoon. DeSantis has since claimed he has no memory of that happening, but social media users could not believe he would make any sort of pudding reference that would bring that story back to the forefront.

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“The proof is in the pudding, I mean I took a state that had been a one-point state and we won it by 20 percentage points,” he told CNN’s Jake Tapper.

“I think he means, the fingers are in the pudding,” wrote former CIA agent John Sipher.

I think he means, the fingers are in the pudding.

— John Sipher (@john_sipher) July 18, 2023

“His Effing fingers are in the Effing pudding – that’s what’s in the pudding,” joked podcast host Keith Olbermann.

His Effing fingers are in the Effing pudding – that's what's in the pudding https://t.co/sVljKdBRwl

— Keith Olbermann↙️ (@KeithOlbermann) July 18, 2023

Pod Save America host Jon Favreau tweeted his disbelief that DeSantis “actually included the phrase.”

When @jaketapper asked DeSantis about the state of his campaign, his answer actually included the phrase….

"The proof is in the pudding" pic.twitter.com/r4ROWvlYjU

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 18, 2023

And oh so much more fun was had.

Ron DeSantis literally said “The proof is in the pudding?!?!?" He didn’t learn to excise that word from his vocabulary forever?

And then he talked about “bread and butter" which is stealing Chris Christie’s line, even though he didn’t also mention donuts and french fries.

— Paul Gundlach (@PaulSGundlach) July 19, 2023

Dude is just trying for the coveted Jell-O pudding sponsorship.

— LetsGetReal (@damnUJones) July 18, 2023

Looking forward to DeSantis serving Snack Packs at his post inauguration luncheon. You should come.