Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has sent the internet into a frenzy once again with his bizarre laugh that has been widely mocked online.
A video of him roaring with laughter has gone viral as the 2024 hopeful makes an apparent effort to loosen up.
It left many in stitches and lots were quick to crack jokes about the footage which showed Ron DeSantis cackling with his mouth wide open.
But it left others questioning whether he was actually a robot masquerading as a human as they claimed the clip ‘will haunt your nightmares’.
DeSantis is rumored to be announcing his presidential bid at an event in Miami next week.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has sent the internet into a frenzy once again with his bizarre laugh and he has been widely mocked online
It left many in stitches and lots were quick to crack jokes about the footage which showed Ron DeSantis cackling with his mouth wide open
The video of him laughing, which first aired on C-Span, shows the governor engaged in a conversation with a man at a classic car show in Iowa on May 13.
Screen grabs of the exact moment were widely shared on social media as users poked fun at DeSantis’ bizarre laugh.
Someone else said: ‘There is just something so odd and almost nonhuman about him.’
And another joked that the politician had to ‘activate human laughter simulator’ to seem human.
‘If this is your laughing face you can’t be president. It’s math,’ a fourth added.
A Twitter user joked that he was not human like DeSantis and could relate to the awkward moment and wrote: ‘Me when I experience human emotion laughter.’
‘He’s ChatGPT sent back from the future,’ someone said.
And the DeSantis clip was compared to the scene in Men in Black when the bug alien was in the body of a farmer.
It is not the first time DeSantis has been mocked for his eccentric laugh as he debuted it during an interview with Piers Morgan back in March.
He was asked if he ate chocolate pudding with his fingers before he burst out laughing.
The clip left social media users questioning whether he was actually a robot masquerading as a human as they claimed the clip ‘will haunt your nightmares’
‘Ron DeSantis laughs like someone who just became a human yesterday,’ a social media user wrote.
And another said: ‘I can’t imagine how many hours he spent in front of a mirror with Casey practicing his new fake laugh. It’s a work in progress.
‘They will go back and look at the tape and adjust.’
Adversaries have argued in the past that DeSantis – a current favorite in the Republican party – has an issue with ‘grip and grin’ politics which sees lawmakers get out and about to try and charm voters in person.
The latest video of the Republican governor comes from a fundraising event for Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa, held at a classic car museum in Sioux Center.
Before greeting crowd members, DeSantis gave the keynote address in which he addressed his own personal wins in Florida as well as Feenstra’s successes in Iowa.
He delivered his remarks to a room of about 700 attendees and included sentiment regarding how he hopes to snowball his success at the national level soon.
DeSantis’ attempts to connect with voters comes as he continues to trail Donald Trump in the polls. The former president has been energized by an indictment for paying porn star Stormy Daniels hush money, and has dethroned DeSantis as Republicans’ favored 2024 candidate.
In a recent New York Times piece, it was reported DeSantis and his team have had ‘internal conversations’ regarding his need to engage in more small talk, handshaking, and eye contact as he prepares himself for a presidential run.
During the recent Iowa visit, a reporter also asked DeSantis if he had an update on his presidential campaign that he could share.
‘Stay tuned,’ he responded coyly.
It is not the first time DeSantis has been mocked for his laugh as he debuted it during an interview with Piers Morgan back in March
Social media mocked DeSantis for the eccentric laugh when it first emerged in March
That response comes as new Reuters data shows him paces behind former President Donald Trump in prospective 2024 candidates polling.
The poll found that in the 2024 Republican primary, Trump maintains a commanding lead over DeSantis.
Some 49 percent of registered Republican respondents said they would pick the former president while just 21 percent said they would support DeSantis.
Other candidates on the list included former Vice President Mike Pence and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who both garnered less than 5 percent.
Despite the data, it would appear DeSantis is aimed solely at the moment on advancing his agenda in Florida as he continues to pass sweeping legislation.
On Wednesday, he signed into law a bill that banned sex reassignment surgeries and medications such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy for children.
The Florida law, known as Senate Bill 254, was passed last month by the state legislature and blocks ‘gender-affirming’ care for anyone under the age of 18.
The notable Republican has also been in a headline-making war with Disney over the last year over last year’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law which Disney spoke out against.
In a recent interview, DeSantis claimed victory over the entertainment giant as he said ‘Disney has not made a peep,’ since their legal battle.
DeSantis told Newsmax: ‘Since our skirmish last year, Disney has not been involved in any of those issues.’
The Parental Rights in Education Bill, banned classroom instruction on gender identity or sexual orientation from kindergarten through third grade.
