Former President Barack Obama took a passive shot at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) in an endorsement video Friday of DeSantis’ gubernatorial opponent Charlie Crist (D).

“Hey Florida, we have a lot of work to do. And it starts with making Charlie Crist your next governor,” Obama said, adding, “So if you’re ready for a governor who cares about people instead of bullying them, who will fight for voting rights, and a woman’s right to choose, who understands the challenges you’re facing every day, and who will fight for you — vote for Charlie Crist.”

Obama’s remarks are laughable considering Crist has referred to DeSantis using derogatory language, including calling the governor “DeSatan.”

Obama doesn’t mention Ron DeSantis by name here, but he does say Charlie Crist “cares about people, instead of bullying them.” pic.twitter.com/fsYMIgbbT5

— Christopher Cadelago (@ccadelago) October 21, 2022

WESH 2 News noted that DeSantis picked up numerous endorsements on the same day, including the National Federation of Independent Business Florida PAC, the Florida Trucking Association PAC, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida, and the Florida Home Builders Association.

“It’s wonderful to have these endorsements here today,” DeSantis said. “And I think particularly on this day when we have the state-by-state unemployment numbers put out. Florida’s unemployment rate is now 2.5%.”

DeSantis said that this was the first time in 88 years that the Florida Trucking Association PAC has ever made a political endorsement.

Obama previously campaigned for DeSantis’ last opponent, disgraced Democrat Andrew Gillum, in the 2018 election.

Just a couple of years later in 2020, Gillum, who is married and has children, was found in a hotel room with a male escort and suspected baggies of crystal meth.

Gillum was charged in federal court this summer with 21 felonies related to his failed 2018 Florida gubernatorial campaign.

“A federal grand jury has returned a twenty-one count indictment against Andrew Demetric Gillum, 42, and Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks, 53, both of Tallahassee, Florida,” the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida said in a statement.

“The Indictment alleges that between 2016 and 2019, defendants Gillum and Lettman-Hicks conspired to commit wire fraud, by unlawfully soliciting and obtaining funds from various entities and individuals through false and fraudulent promises and representations that the funds would be used for a legitimate purpose,” the statement said. “The Indictment further alleges the defendants used third parties to divert a portion of those funds to a company owned by Lettman-Hicks, who then fraudulently provided the funds, disguised as payroll payments, to Gillum for his personal use.”

“Both defendants are charged with 19 counts of wire fraud,” the statement added. “Gillum is also charged with making false statements to agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”

If found guilty, Gillum faces up to five years in prison for making false statements, 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and 20 years in prison per charge for wire fraud.

Legacy media outlets were slammed online for their fawning coverage of the alleged Waukesha parade killer’s opening statement.

The outlets were blasted online, accused of attempting to garner sympathy for a mass murderer, after several posted headlines highlighting the defendant’s “tearful opening statement.” The suspect, who is defending himself in court, reportedly broke down in tears during his opening statement, another example of erratic and delusional behavior he has exhibited throughout his court proceedings.

A Twitter account called “End Wokeness” posted screenshots of headlines from national news outlets, all of which used the same phrase to describe the defendant’s opening statement: “Wisconsin Christmas parade defendant gives tearful opening statement: ‘2 sides to every story,’” a USA Today headline reads.”Wisconsin parade suspect gives tearful opening statement,” headlines from the Associated Press, CBS News, and ABC News all read.

“Wtf? Is this how you cover a mass murdering psychopath who mowed down 70 innocent people?” the user commented.

Wtf? Is this how you cover a mass murdering psychopath who mowed down 70 innocent people? pic.twitter.com/4tvz5ZF1hp

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 21, 2022

Twitter users slammed the outlets, accusing them of trying to garner sympathy for the alleged killer.

“Apparently, ‘tearful opening statement’ is today’s Universal Mainstream Media tagline for mass murderer sympathy,” one user wrote on Twitter.

“‘Tearful opening’ He ran over children with a car,” wrote another.

“@AP @MSNBC @abcnews @CBSNews this is how we punish a person who killed unarmed elderly, children, and other citizens?! #shame,” another user replied.

“How do you sleep at night?” a user questioned. “We’re supposed to feel sorry for this mass murderer?? You all are sick in the head. @AP @abcnews @CBSNews.”

“This headline is gross and he’s a cold blooded murder,” said another user. “He knew what he was doing and the harm he was inflicting.”

The popular Twitter account Defiant L’s posted a photo comparing the Waukesha headline with another USA Today headline attacking Kyle Rittenhouse for crying on the witness stand at his trial.

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— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) October 21, 2022

The social media backlash comes even as the legacy media has previously downplayed the Waukesha attack. In the immediate aftermath of the attack in 2021, an Associated Press headline read: “Child is 6th death in Waukesha parade crash; suspect charged”; a tweet from CBS News labeled the attack “deadly Christmas parade crash.” Other outlets referred to the attack as a “tragedy” or a “crash.” But, as The Daily Wire reported at the time, those outlets referred to the 2017 car ramming in Charlottesville, Virginia, as a “car attack.”

The suspect’s outburst is just the latest in a series of erratic behaviors and antics he has engaged in during his trial proceedings.

He has mocked the victims of the attack and demanded that the charges against him be dropped because the victims were not present to accuse him; he has repeatedly yelled at and argued with the trial judge; and he has claimed that he does not identify by his given name, nor does he know anybody by that name. On Friday, the judge was forced to call a recess after he stared her down in court. “This man right now is having a stare-down with me,” the judge said. “It’s very disrespectful. He pounded his fist. Frankly, it makes me scared.”

The defendant, who is not being named in accordance with longstanding Daily Wire policy not to share the names or pictures of perpetrators of mass casualty events, is accused of killing six people, including an eight-year-old girl, and wounding dozens of others by plowing his car through a Christmas parade in Waukesha in 2021.