I know there is a long-running joke about stories that start with “a Florida man” but this right here is comedic gold and I just had to share.
A Florida man named Daniel Uhlfelder first mildly came to the public’s attention as the crazy liberal lawyer who dressed as the grim reaper and walked the beach during the pandemic to tell people they were going to die. Well, now that guy is running for Florida’s Attorney General position.
He announced his running on Twitter where he claimed that Governor Ron DeSantis has ‘been warned’:
“Today I am announcing my candidacy for Attorney General in Florida. Ron DeSantis and his sidekicks in Tallahassee have been warned,” his post reads. lol
The 3 min long video he shared babbles on about ‘armchair activist’ while showing the lawyer sitting on his couch watching the news.
“Well, that’s not really me,” he says as footage of him walking the beaches in his grim reaper costume appears on the screen. “Actually, that’s me. The guy in the costume.”
Uhlfelder describes himself in the ad as “your average attorney and family man,” who was born and raised in Florida by parents who “immersed us in social justice, and introduced us to politicians who actually stood up for what was right.”
Don’t for get the hook. Uhlfelder randomly brings Nazis into his ad for no apparent reason: “growing up, my parents never let me forget it.” He continues, “there’s a lot of bullying going on right now,” as footage of neo-Nazis protesting in front of a Starbucks plays. “And what do you expect when these are the faces of Florida’s leaders,” he says as images of DeSantis, Moody, and U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz appear on the screen.
“So I guess activism is kind of in my blood,” he said, adding that his kids are still young enough that they’re not embarrassed by him, “yet.”
Watch
Today I am announcing my candidacy for Attorney General in Florida. Ron DeSantis and his sidekicks in Tallahassee have been warned. pic.twitter.com/i15q0zAoEN
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) March 8, 2022
So yeah… ‘A Florida man’ pulls a few stunts and suddenly believes he’s cut out for politics. If this guy is really a native Floridian, he must have caught the liberal flu from all the snowbirds Florida gets.