Scottish World Cup Fan Hangs Out With Ron

We have been listening to a ton about Freddy from Germany getting a world-class tour of the U.S. and all the great blessings of liberty. It has been instructive to get these European de Tocqueville-esque insights on just how lucky we’re to live in this nation and be an engaged participant in what makes this nation great. 

Other European World Cuppers have been bouncing around the nation, reveling in the highlight and consideration, and receiving invites from everybody from nation stars to cable news hosts to governors!

Like Scotland native Shaun, who I spotlighted a few weeks in the past in my Feel-Good Friday column (linked below). After Shaun left his mark on Boston for Scotland’s World Cup matches against Haiti and Morocco, he and the Tartan Army headed to Miami for Scotland’s match against Brazil. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has been following Shaun’s World Cup exploits, and he prolonged an invitation to him to break a Cubano sandwich and watch the sport together. Shaun jumped at the invitation and met up with the Gov. Like any good governor selling his state, DeSantis posted about it. 

With @shaunvlog_ in Miami Beach before the match between Scotland and Brazil.

Diners, Drive-ins and DeSantis episode incoming…

Glad to see the @TartanArmyGroup having fun with the Free State of Florida! pic.twitter.com/OAszwZcBLE

— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) June 24, 2026

While many of the responses have been constructive and congratulatory, as is typical of the Left, some had already downed a gallon of hostilityrade, and they felt the need to regurgitate.

@shaunvlog_ this is really disappointing. I’ve been following you for years, and this man is the epitome of the whole lot you’re against.

— Lissette 🦋 craftyfeminist.bsky.social (@CraftyFeminist) June 24, 2026

Shaun not only quote-posted DeSantis’ post, but without any intention of doing so, he gave a lesson on what civil discourse appears like.

I got here to America to be curious, open-minded and also to be a good public ambassador for my nation. When Governor Ron DeSantis requested me to go eat some local food and watch Scotland v Brazil in Miami, it was a once-in-a lifetime alternative to do precisely that. I used to be extraordinarily… https://t.co/LlOWly6JFK

— Shaun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 (@shaunvlog_) June 25, 2026

I got here to America to be curious, open-minded and also to be a good public ambassador for my nation. When Governor Ron DeSantis requested me to go eat some local food and watch Scotland v Brazil in Miami, it was a once-in-a lifetime alternative to do precisely that. I used to be extraordinarily nervous, and discovered Ron and his staff to be extraordinarily personable and form. Thank you Governor @RonDeSantis for talking with me on a vary of topics, instructing me about Florida, and exhibiting me unimaginable American hospitality.

And this is totally not a political assertion from me. I come right here with an open coronary heart and am extraordinarily grateful to everybody who I’ve had the privilege of talking to while on this journey.

This explains a lot: Shaun’s unbridled pleasure, childlike curiosity, and gratitude are born of his want to be an ambassador of goodwill who represents Scotland nicely. He also strikes me as somebody who is the life of the social gathering no matter what the scenario, and those varieties of people always make the world a better place.

Shaun’s key level that it isn’t about politics, but being open to new experiences and different viewpoints, is enlightening. How many people on the Left or the Right could be better off if this have been the lens from which they considered every interplay?

Once again, a majority of the feedback on this illuminating post have been congratulatory, constructive, and some even expressed envy that Shaun obtained to hang around with the governor of the free state of Florida.

I’m a lifelong Dem voter, I wholeheartedly assist this post! No need to caveat or apologize! You are very welcome right here in the USA, and we’re thrilled that you’re having such an superb expertise, including assembly elected leaders. 🇺🇸🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

— Blarghblargh99 (@blarghblargh99) June 25, 2026

But there are always those who can see nothing but politics and partisanship, and who have to make it about Trump, even when he was nowhere close to the chat.

Shaun, I say this with love and respect for you and Scotland. Posting a pic of you and DeSantis is a deeply political assertion. This is a man who has gone out of his means to bully trans people for present, and who proudly caged immigrants in subhuman circumstances to appease Trump

— Bald Bernie Sanders (@BaldBernieSndrs) June 25, 2026

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This genius determined he needed to mansplain to Shaun that he was just getting used as a dupe for the governor’s public relations. 

I do know Shaun means no hurt in doing this. I’m not holding it against him. It’s just a bit irritating that people like him who imply no hurt and are being, as he said, open minded, get sadly dragged into nakedly apparent PR stunts by the worst of our legislators. https://t.co/kZlCfADwGi

— RA (@RApollos) June 25, 2026

I really like the way in which Shaun set this RApollos character straight.

I perceive – but assembly senior elected officers of any form is an honor and an alternative to share concepts. I’d fortunately meet anybody from the Democrats, but none have interacted at all. I clearly don’t maintain that against them, but I hope you may perceive these usually are not…

— Shaun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 (@shaunvlog_) June 25, 2026

I perceive – but assembly senior elected officers of any form is an honor and an alternative to share concepts. I’d fortunately meet anybody from the Democrats, but none have interacted at all. I clearly don’t maintain that against them, but I hope you may perceive these usually are not invites I can flip down

Now that’s an attention-grabbing plot twist: Not one Democrat official has reached out to Shaun as he has toured their communities, cities, and states. Are they not in increasing Shaun’s data and heightening his appreciation? Apparently not. Shaun spent lots of time in Boston, yet Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) nor Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) reached out. 

Their loss. 

Some of these detractors on the X post would not get invited to a neighborhood barbeque, let alone meet a governor, and the explanations why show in their slim attitudes and ignorant responses. This DEI-brain trust tried to inform Shaun that he was “mistaken.” That if Shaun wasn’t a foreigner, and <*gasp*> white, DeSantis would not have given him the time of day. 

Shaun well employed the Socratic technique to knock down that strawman.

By your assertion, is it also then because I’m white and Scottish that dems haven’t reached out? I don’t truly imagine that, but I’m not sure why we need to make such foolish factors

— Shaun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸 (@shaunvlog_) June 25, 2026

Boom. Shaun isn’t right here to change hearts and minds; he is right here to have a good time in a nation that has welcomed him with open arms. We are more than thrilled that he has been ready to do just that, while exhibiting us the privilege of being American and taking benefit of alternatives that we too often dismiss.  

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