Tag Archives: Ron DeSantis

The Tallahassee Democrat reports: Transgender Floridians can no longer change the listed gender on their driver licenses. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced the change in a memo late last week sent to county tax collectors, where state residents can get licenses. “Permitting an individual to alter his or her license to reflect an internal sense …

Florida Politics reports: “Expel from Congress, denaturalize and deport,” urged Ron DeSantis about U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is taking criticism from the Right for comments she made privileging Somalia over the United States. As Newsweek notes, Omar recently told a crowd of Somali American constituents that she was “Somalian first, Muslim second” and “here to protect the interests of …

The Messenger reports: Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called “anti-woke” crusade has now removed sociology as a core class from all 12 of the state’s public universities. What the board refers to as a “factual history course” is replacing Principles of Sociology in the universities in what is widely seen as the start of a general rout of sociology classes. When …

NBC New reports: The University of North Florida, in Jacksonville, will close its Office of Diversity and Inclusion — and, with it, its interfaith, intercultural, women’s and LGBTQ centers — to comply with the new law, President Moaz Limayem said in a letter. Cassandra Edwards, a spokesperson for the university system, said in an email Thursday that Florida “will remain …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis left the presidential race after the first caucuses in Iowa this year. But in four years, he may run again, he said on the “Steve Deace Show.” “We’ll see what the future holds,” DeSantis said. DeSantis said he viewed this year as “really a hinge point in American history and if we don’t get …

The Huffington Post reports: Ron DeSantis ran for president for less than nine months before ending his campaign following the Iowa caucuses, and before a second nominating contest in New Hampshire that he was primed to lose to both Donald Trump and Nikki Haley. But in that time, the DeSantis campaign and its allied super PAC, Never Back Down, spent …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor nipped in the bud proposed legislation that would put the taxpayers on the hook for Donald Trump’s legal bills. “But not the Florida Republican who wields the veto pen,” Ron DeSantis tweeted from his campaign account, responding to a story about legislation that would provide up to $5 million from a fund that gives public …

Marijuana Moment reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) says a marijuana legalization initiative will be on the state’s November ballot, predicting a favorable legal outcome for activists in the Supreme Court in the face of a challenge from the attorney general who is seeking to block the vote. Days before dropping out of the race for the 2024 Republican presidential …

“Obviously, Governor DeSantis was my favorite candidate in the race. I think he would have made the best president of all the candidates who are in the race. And obviously the Republican voting base wants Donald Trump. “And you know what? That’s the Republican voting base’s prerogative. I think there will be a future for Ron DeSantis in the movement. …

NBC News reports: Nikki Haley declared “may the best woman win” in response to DeSantis’ exit from the race, promising to “fight all the way until the last second.” “This comes down to what do you want: Do you want more of the same or do you want something new?” Haley asked a cheering crowd in New Hampshire. In a …

Bloomberg News reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida suspended his campaign for president on Sunday, just two days before the New Hampshire primary election, and endorsed former President Donald J. Trump. It marked a spectacular implosion for a candidate once seen as having the best chance to dethrone Mr. Trump as the Republican Party’s nominee in 2024. But Mr. DeSantis’s …

The Washington Examiner reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has canceled interviews with two different networks less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to appear on air. Both CNN’s State of the Union and NBC’s Meet the Press announced late Saturday that DeSantis would not appear on their Sunday programs as planned. The cancellations come three days before New Hampshire …

Ron DeSantis writes for the New Hampshire Journal: One of my favorite parts of New Hampshire is your state motto. ‘Live free or die’ is the motto I have led by in Florida, and it’s the mindset I’ll bring to the White House as president. On issue after issue, I have fought back against every government scheme on our freedoms. …

The Hill reports: GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has joined House Republicans’ calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “Yes, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached,” DeSantis posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Saturday. House Republicans kicked off a series of impeachment hearings against Mayorkas last week. A Homeland Security Committee hearing last Wednesday focused on …

Florida Politics reports: “What is her path in South Carolina? Because I don’t think if you lose your home state that you can continue,” he said of Nikki Haley on Good Morning New Hampshire. However, a quick look at state-level polling shows DeSantis and Haley have the same problem in their respective home states, in that they both trail Donald …

Via press release from the state of Florida: Today, the State Board of Education implemented strict regulations to limit the use of public funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, activities, and policies in the Florida College System (FCS). The rule adopted by the Board defined, for the first time, DEI and affirmatively prohibits FCS institutions from using state …

The New York Times reports: The super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in the presidential race began carrying out layoffs on Wednesday, even as the campaign insisted he had a path forward. It was unclear how broad the layoffs were at the super PAC, Never Back Down. The group had spent heavily on a vast field operation in …

The Hill reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued Tuesday night that the United States “is not a racist country,” following rival Nikki Haley’s similar remarks earlier that day. DeSantis was asked during a New Hampshire CNN town hall about comments Haley made earlier Tuesday during an appearance on “Fox & Friends,” where she said the U.S. has “never been a …

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis‘ spokesperson made national news by telling her followers to “drag” an Associated Press reporter a couple of years back. In South Carolina, the Florida Governor made his own moves to drag the AP, accusing them of “interference in the election” in Iowa by declaring Donald Trump the winner shortly after caucus meetings began. These comments …

“They spent almost $50 million attacking us. The media was against us, they were writing our obituaries months ago. They even called the election before people even got a chance to vote. They were just so excited about the fact that they were predicting that we wouldn’t be able to get our ticket punched here out of Iowa, but I …