Pizzagate II: DeSantis Discovers The World Of NYC Pies - TPM – Talking Points Memo

One of the country’s weightiest and most controversial topics has arrived at the fore, seizing the attention of the national political media while slicing its way into the GOP presidential primary: New York City pizza ovens.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1462123
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Ron DeSantis’ 2024 Presidential campaign is the mirror image of Scott Walker’s 2016 Presidential campaign, i.e. he is flaming out! His grasp exceeds his reach. He is delusional. He is a fascist fool.

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Pizza… it’s just food people!

Must everything be political?

Besides, according to some climate scientists it’s too late. We’ve gone past the point of no return in climate. We’re fried so to speak. So enjoy your pizza while you can…

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a lot of that wasn’t about your health, it was about they wanted to control your behavior. So they just don’t want people to be happy and be able to make their own decisions.”

In that light, Ron, please explain to me the Republicans taking away abortion rights and trying to make birth control harder to get.

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I, for one, am surprised by DeSantis’s pizza-consumption technique. I thought he would have just scooped up all the toppings in his fingers and stuck them in his pie-hole, viewing the crust as nothing more than an inedible conveyance (like the bowl that holds the chocolate pudding) for the cheese, pepperoni and other toppings.

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Asking people who burn coal to install a scrubber that cost less than an employee seems pretty reasonable to me. In fact, it should be required.

I prefer wood fired ovens myself, but I’m pretty sure that my preference actually is worse for the environment. Either way, install the damn scrubbers. Don’t s*** on the sidewalk, which is what burning coal amounts to if you don’t take precautions.

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The pro-pollution party loves to make it so. Their base isn’t into complex thoughts.

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You’re surprised that Ron hired consultants to teach him how to eat pizza?

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Whether pineapple or ham is the topping
Or cheese onto his tie he is dropping
Desantis now eats a
Coal cooked pizza
In the hopes of the Trump train to be stopping.

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Who knew that “pizza historian” was a thing?

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Piscina brought a piece of coal to show DeSantis during his visit, and told TPM that his Grimaldi’s burns hundreds of pounds of coal each day, imported from Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, to keep the stove running.

Piscina must be some kind of a coke head.

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“See what I mean? You’re trying to CONTROL me into answering your questions.”

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Is it just me, or does cooking pizza on coal seem like a bad idea for reasons other than the carbon emissions?

https://smartenergypa.org/106-pas-tiny-anthracite-coal-industry-finds-niche-pizza-ovens/2725/

Everything except the eggplant at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza in Cranberry is cooked by coal. The restaurant ceiling is lightly charred with coal dust. Sometimes even the tables have a thin layer of Pennsylvania anthracite on them.

Call me crazy if I want my food without a light dusting of coal.

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They should change the name of the pizza shop to “Black Lung Pizza.”

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Ok Ron, seems the Supreme Court wants to limit free expression for LGBQT folk. That’s your conservative majority expressing themselves Ron. See, there’s this Christian web designer who took exception to some gay people using his business to announce their wedding. The court sided with the web guru. So much for free expression for everybody/ so long as your not gay.

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I’ve been thinking about this. I think we have an opportunity to do a Rove and attack the GoPs (perceived) strength. How’s about

Republicans want to control your life. Republicans want to control your freedom to live as you please. Republicans want to control everything from your most intimate medical decisions to what you do for fun. They even want to control what books you let your kids bring home from the library.

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And he lies.

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… is that true??

It’s the funniest thing I’ve read all day, so I assume it’s joke. But… if anybody needs a crash course in eating human food with a human mouth, it would be Ron DeSantis. Maybe you aren’t trying to be funny, but just sharing a fact you learned.

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I’m glad Josh K (an astonishingly dedicated journalist and a great writer) got to have fun bashing out this item on his lunch break :upside_down_face:

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Does it matter if it feels true?

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