Tag Archives: Ron DeSantis

NYT: DeSantis Campaign Has Entered “Hospice Care”

The New York Times reports: Mr. DeSantis has slipped in some polls into third place, behind Nikki Haley, and has had to downsize his once-grand national ambitions to the simple hopes that a strong showing in a single state — Iowa — could vault him back into contention. For a candidate who talks at length about his own disinterest in …

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FL Won’t Take $248M In Food Relief For Poor Children

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Time is running out for Florida to opt into a new federal program that would provide $248 million to help feed 2 million children next summer who might otherwise go hungry. But it isn’t likely to happen as the state agency best equipped to run the program said it wouldn’t be pursuing the funding for it. …

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Disney Sues Florida For Violating Open Records Law

Florida Politics reports: Disney is suing its own government for records in the latest escalation in the long legal fight between The Walt Disney Company and Florida Republicans. Disney accused the state-controlled Disney board of taking months to respond to public records requests and self-selecting which records the board does release. Disney filed the lawsuit Friday, the last working day …

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Judge: DeSantis Spread Lies About Trans Healthcare

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge hearing a challenge to a transgender health care ban for minors and restrictions for adults noted Thursday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly spread false information about doctors mutilating children’s genitals even though there’s been no such documented cases. The law was sold as defending children from mutilation when it is actually …

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DeSantis PAC Cancels All Ads In Iowa & New Hampshire

The Washington Post reports: Never Back Down, the embattled super PAC supporting Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, has canceled all of its planned television advertising in Iowa and New Hampshire just weeks before voting begins in the first nominating states. In a statement, Scott Wagner, the super PAC’s chairman, characterized the decision as part of a shift that would allow …

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Florida County School District Removes 673 Books

The Orlando Sentinel reports: A total of 673 books, from classics to best-sellers, have been removed from Orange County classrooms this year for fear they violate new state rules that ban making “sexual conduct” available to public school students. The list also includes popular novels by Stephen King, Sue Monk Kidd and Jodi Picoult, classics like “A Tree Grows in …

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Florida Guard Gets Weapons Training To Battle Migrants

The Orlando Sentinel reports: A select group of volunteers expected to help Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis intercept migrants at sea gathered at a Panhandle combat training facility this fall for lessons on how to use rifles and pistols, treat “massive hemorrhages” and practice “aerial gunnery.” A $1.2 million purchase order signed in August makes clear the DeSantis administration felt it …

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DeSantis Rejects Ramaswamy’s Colorado “Demand”

First, a reminder of what Ramaswamy said last night: “I pledge to *withdraw* from the Colorado GOP primary unless Trump is also allowed to be on the state’s ballot, and I demand that Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley to do the same immediately – or else they are tacitly endorsing this illegal maneuver which will have disastrous consequences …

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DeSantis Again Pledges To “Flatten” The Bahamas

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to advance the hypothetical of an attack from the Bahamas by way of illustrating support for Israel’s ongoing operations against Hamas. “Down in Florida, if we were getting rockets fired from the Bahamas to, like, Fort Lauderdale, we would level, we would never ever accept that. I mean, it would be flattened. The …

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DeSantis: DOJ Should Be “Accountable” To President

“Every Republican President in recent times, including Trump, has accepted this idea that agencies like the DOJ and FBI are ‘independent agencies,’ you can’t mess with them, you can’t do anything. “Well, excuse me, that means they’re not accountable to anybody. Every source of power needs to be accountable to somebody that’s elected by you. And if they’re not accountable …

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Trump Calls For Challenging Pro-DeSantis GOP Rep

The Hill reports: Former President Trump suggested late Monday that a Republican should try to primary Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), who has backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in the 2024 primary, even though the filing deadline already passed. “Has any smart and energetic Republican in the Great State of Texas decided to run in the Primary against RINO Congressman …

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DeSantis Shrugs At Trump’s “Poisoning Blood” Claim

Florida Politics reports: Ron DeSantis was a history major at Yale, but don’t expect him to offer a deep read on Donald Trump’s latest controversial comments. “I don’t know what this means with the blood stuff. I know people are trying to draw historical allusions. I don’t know if that’s what he meant,” DeSantis said on Fox News Monday. The …

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DeSantis Accused Of Illegally Coordinating With PAC

Politico reports: A watchdog group that has already filed several complaints against Gov. Ron DeSantis is now alleging that the Florida Republican and a super PAC aiding his presidential bid violated federal campaign finance laws. DeSantis’ reliance on Never Back Down, which was set up with an infusion of more than $80 million transferred from a committee that once was …

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DeSantis: Trump Should Have Pardoned Capitol Rioters

“He called that rally knowing that that was going to be in D.C. where things could get potentially out of hand, and he’s now saying he would do clemency for the nonviolent. But he could have done that when he was president. He could have taken responsibility. “He could have said that — not the violent people, obviously that’s a …

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Yet Another Top DeSantis PAC Official Hits The Exit

Politico reports: Jeff Roe, a top strategist for the main super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, announced his resignation from the group late Saturday — the latest in a string of departures from the organization. The pro-DeSantis group, Never Back Down, has been enveloped in turmoil in recent weeks. Two weeks ago, it fired three of its top officials, …

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DeSantis Condemns Toppling Of Saddam Hussein

“I was a part of one of these wars in Iraq where you get in and there’s no concrete victory achieved. It’s just kind of ‘OK, you’re there, we are supposed to create a democracy in Iraq.’ “What do they have now? It’s an Iranian controlled government effectively in Iraq. How is that in America’s interest? I mean, Saddam was …

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DeSantis: Shorter Lifespans Will Save Social Security

“What I don’t think people are acknowledging the way they should is that life expectancy in this country is declining. And so, you know, we used to think it was just gonna keep going up. I mean, it’s been a pretty steep decline. So I don’t see how you raise it [the eligibility age] if life expectancy is declining.” – …

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DeSantis: “If Trump Loses, He Will Say It Was Stolen”

“If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what, absolutely. He will try to delegitimize the results. He did that against Ted Cruz in 2016, and he will do that. I mean, even when like The Apprentice didn’t get an Emmy, he said it did. So I think I don’t think there’s been a single time he’s ever …

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DeSantis: I’ll Donate To The Satanic Temple’s Attacker

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is weighing in on destruction of a holiday installation at the Iowa State Capitol, vowing assistance to a “Christian veteran” who beheaded the Satanic Temple’s Baphomet display. The Governor was responding to reporting by “The Republic Sentinel” that credited Michael Cassidy with beheading the statue and then trashing the severed skull. “I saw this …

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DeSantis Backs Death Penalty In Florida Child Sex Case

The Messenger reports: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday voiced his support for prosecutors in the state’ decision to seek the death penalty for a man indicted for the sexual battery of a child. He noted it’s the first case to challenge Supreme Court decisions concerning rape since DeSantis signed legislation to “make pedophiles eligible for the death penalty.” The top …

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