Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Republican) can’t quite seem to lick this one habit.
DeSantis, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, has a tendency to lick his lips. He does it so much that the Lincoln Project made a video last year mocking him over it.
This week, he did it again during a joint interview on NBC News with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, who had just endorsed him over Donald Trump:
DeSantis has tried to make a name for himself by pushing extreme far-right policies and saying the word “woke” as many times as possible.
But he’s often got attention for other things, such as the time he wiped his nose and touched a supporter, his odd denial of a report that he once ate pudding with his fingers, his defensive response to a question about alleged lifts in his shoes, his exaggerated facial expressions when speaking, and an awkward attempt to smile during a debate.
Now, his tongue has got the tongues of his critics wagging: