Tag Archives: Ron DeSantis

Florida Spent $9M On DeSantis’s Travel In Past Year

Florida Politics reports: Guarding and transporting Ron DeSantis and his family got a lot pricier for Florida taxpayers as the Governor began ramping up for a run at the White House. In the past year, the cost of DeSantis’ full-time security and travel increased by nearly 60% to $8.86 million, according to an annual report from the Florida Department of …

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DeSantis’s Debate Strategy Revealed: “Defend Trump”

The New York Times reports: Ron DeSantis needs “to take a sledgehammer” to Vivek Ramaswamy, the political newcomer who is rising in the polls. He should “defend Donald Trump” when Chris Christie inevitably attacks the former president. And he needs to “attack Joe Biden and the media” no less than three to five times. A firm associated with the super …

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FL Student Group Has To Remove “Black” From Name

Tampa’s NPR affiliate reports: A student organization that serves African-American men who attend Tallahassee Community College might have to change its name or risk losing funding under a new Florida law. Tyler Soto, a student at TCC, is a member of Black Male Achievers. He says they’re working out possible new names, such as “Male Achievers” or “Scholar Male Achievers.” …

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600K Sign For Florida Abortion Rights Ballot Measure

Florida Politics reports: Facing a deadline 169 days from now, abortion rights proponents say they’ve collected nearly three-fourths of the signatures needed to get a referendum on the 2024 ballot that could guarantee abortion rights in Florida. Galvanized by legislation that makes abortion illegal before most women know they are pregnant, officials with Floridians Protecting Freedom say the effort that …

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DeSantis Dodges Question About How He Would React If One Of His Kids Turns Out To Be Gay Or Transgender

From an interview with Time Magazine: I ask DeSantis about the rights of parents of trans children, who are being prevented by the state from accessing the medical care they may believe is in their kids’ best interest. “As a parent right now, I can’t take my six-year-old daughter and get her a tattoo, even if I want to do …

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Hundreds March On Miami School Board In Protest Of Florida’s New Racist Black History Education Standards

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: A group of “teachers, students, community members and Teamsters” marched to the Miami-Dade school board headquarters Wednesday in protest of Florida’s controversial Black history standards. The protest is being organized by the Miami Center for Racial Justice. At issue in particular is a state curriculum standard to teach middle school students “how slaves developed skills which, …

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Students Sue Florida For Repressing Free Speech

The Associated Press reports: College students and professors in Florida are suing education officials over a new law spurred by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ war on “woke,” saying it violates their constitutional rights by censoring academic freedom. The lawsuit was filed in federal court Monday by students and professors at New College, a progressive school with a prominent LGBTQ+ community …

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DeSantis Claims “Every Urban Core Is A Disaster Zone”

Florida Politics reports: During a CNBC interview Monday, Ron DeSantis doubled down on a blanket denunciation of big cities that he rolled out on the campaign trail in Iowa. “I mean, we can’t be successful as a country if every urban core in our country is a disaster zone,” DeSantis said. “Look at San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Baltimore, Washington …

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DeSantis Claims He’s “Moved On” From Disney Feud

“Look, my wife and I, we got married at Walt Disney World. And so it’s not like we’re opposed. We’ve appreciated working with them over the years, but I would just say, go back to what you did. But where we are today, you know, we basically moved on. They’re suing the state of Florida, they’re going to lose that …

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Newsom-DeSantis Debate Stalls Over Live Fox Audience

Politico reports: Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis have reached an impasse in their Fox News debate planned for November, a person with knowledge of the stalemate said Sunday. DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, is pushing for the faceoff to occur in front of a live audience, which Newsom prohibited in his proposal to Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “This is …

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Trump Taunts DeSantis With Banner Plane: Be Likeable

The Washington Post reports: The crowd that had craned to watch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) flip pork chops with Iowa’s governor suddenly looked toward the sky: Donald Trump’s plane was arriving. They clapped and cheered. “We love Trump!” some of them had chanted earlier. When Trump got to the pork tent midday — with DeSantis’s camp far away and …

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Pence: I’ll Call Out Trump On Abortion During Debate

The Washington Examiner reports: Former Vice President Mike Pence warned his opponents on Friday that he would debate the Republican Party’s presidential front-runners on the topic of abortion, which he believes should be banned nationally after 15 weeks. Pence, who has called himself “unapologetically pro-life,” said he would call out Trump and DeSantis on their stances toward abortion during the …

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DeSantis Paid $95K To Anti-LGBTQ Iowa Hate Group

Reuters reports: As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scrambles to shore up his struggling run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has spent far more than any rival on courting an influential Christian conservative leader and his following in the key early voting state of Iowa. The DeSantis campaign, a super PAC linked to him and a nonprofit group supporting him …

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Florida College Moves To End Gender Studies Program

USA Today reports: New College of Florida’s trustees voted to begin the process of abolishing the college’s nearly 30-year-old gender studies program. The action came at the board’s meeting Thursday on a 7-3 in favor of trustee Christopher Rufo’s motion to direct the president to move toward eliminating the program. The gender studies program at New College, while offering its …

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DeSantis Appoints Liberty Counsel Lawyer To FL Bench

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis has named an outspoken opponent of LGBTQ equality to the appeals bench of Central and Southwest Florida. DeSantis appointed Apopka lawyer Roger Gannam to serve as judge on the 6th District Court of Appeal, which hears cases from Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Polk, Orange and Osceola counties. For the better part …

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DeSantis Flees Protesters Chanting “Pudding Fingers”

Politico reports: It was an inauspicious start for Ron DeSantis in Iowa on Friday. Chanting “Ron DeFascist” and “pudding fingers” on a megaphone while ringing cowbells, two protesters effectively cut short the Florida governor’s first campaign stop of the day. At the DeSantis event, Kara Ryan of Des Moines said she and her aunt, Heather Ryan, were there on behalf …

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DeSantis Backs Offshore Drilling (Except Off Florida)

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis would allow offshore drilling and fracking in the U.S. as president, as long as it’s not in Florida. The position is part of DeSantis’ plan to “unleash American energy independence,” while maintaining Florida as the only Gulf state without rigs, refineries and pipelines dotting its coast. “We have a constitutional amendment that …

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Casey DeSantis Mocks “Walmart Melania” Nickname

Florida Politics reports: First Lady Casey DeSantis turned the tables on her critics Thursday night on the Ruthless Podcast. DeSantis, who has been dubbed the “Walmart Melania” by some critics, proved she could tell a joke and diffuse the impact of the nasty nickname. “They refer to me as the Walmart Melania. And so I just had a beer. I …

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DeSantis: I’d Consider Using Drone Strikes On Mexico

NBC News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Thursday that he would be open to using drone strikes against Mexican drug cartels if elected president. “We will absolutely reserve the right if they’re invading our country and killing our people,” DeSantis said when asked by a voter if he would be willing to use drones against the cartels. When …

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DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy Sign RNC Loyalty Pledge

NBC News reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) loyalty pledge ahead of the first GOP primary debate in Milwaukee later this month. The pledge states that the candidate will support the eventual nominee of the party’s primary and that the candidate will not participate in any debate the RNC has not sanctioned. The pledge is …

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