The conservative network, perhaps smarting that DeSantis didn’t make the announcement on the conservative network, responded in the snarkiest way on its website.
It published a banner headline that described the troubles as “Amateur Hour.”
“Much hyped Ron DeSantis presidential announcement a disaster on Twitter,” it added.
The homepage also aired a crawl graphic that read: “PROGRAMMING NOTE: Want to actually see and hear Ron DeSantis? Tune into Fox News at 8 p.m.”
And when DeSantis later spoke with Fox’s Trey Gowdy for a mostly-fawning interview, Gowdy told the governor: “I can’t promise you that I won’t crash, but Fox News will not crash during this interview.”
Gowdy later then set DeSantis up to spin the issues, saying: “Maybe you just had a big audience.”
“We had a huge audience. It was the biggest they had ever had,” DeSantis replied, adding: “It did break the Twitter Space, and so we are really excited with the enthusiasm, but ultimately it’s about the future of our country.”
