Twitter users ate up Republican 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’ latest reference to pudding.
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked DeSantis, in an interview that aired on Tuesday, if he thought he was alienating voters with his push further to the right as he trails in the polls by around 30 percentage points to former US President Donald Trump.
“I don’t think it’s true. The proof is in the pudding,” DeSantis replied, pointing to his record in Florida.
DeSantis’ dessert-themed turn of phrase prompted critics to immediately recall his reported eating of chocolate pudding with three fingers during a private flight in 2019, which The Daily Beast reported in March.
DeSantis subsequently denied the report, but the alleged incident prompted mockery from late night comedians and even inspired a gross ad from the Trump campaign.
His reference drew mockery online: