Category Ron DeSantis
Governor DeSantis’ team has made war on Archbishop Wenski – it is just like the Fauci hits
In the world of right-wing politics circa 2022, “toughness” and constantly attacking anyone who mildly critiques you are hallmarks of this era. With Florida Governor Ron DeSantis superseding former President Donald Trump as the leader of the national GOP, if anything the nastiness has gotten even harsher. The recent spat between Archbishop of Miami Thomas […]
Tracking the emergence of the “never DeSantis, never DeSantis,” GOPer.
The Trump Presidency yielded a new sort of conservative opinion leader- the “Never Trump, Never Trump,” Republican. What is a “Never Trump, Never Trump Republican”? A “Never Trump, Never Trump”Republican, is someone who doesn’t want to defend Donald Trump policies, behavior or comments, but chooses instead to attack Trump’s critics, particularly the actual “Never Trump,” […]
DeSantis continued commentary directed at Canada could create a backlash for Florida
Governor DeSantis sent out the above fundraising letter today. It effectively involves the Governor in a domestic political dispute in Canada, and one which is not supported by the majority of Canadians, except those who are vocal on social media. In November, at the Latin Builders Association, DeSantis made patronizing and insulting remarks about Canada and Australia. […]
TFS + – Audio, how Trump’s de-platforming enabled Ron DeSantis to become the “Pied Piper” of the American right
In this audio conversation, Brook Hines and Kartik Krishnaiyer discuss how Twitter de-platforming former President Trump created a voice that Ron DeSantis filled. Also, Krishnaiyer goes through a laundry list of tangible reasons he thinks DeSantis is worse than Trump. Listen at TFS+.
Is the DeSantis redistricting gamble blowing up?
Over at TFS+ on Monday, we broke down the specifics around Governor DeSantis proposed Congressional map. At the time I wrote that piece, I was convinced the map was the “hidden” or “secret” map I was long expecting- the partisan gerrymander that split Duval County in half and manipulated lines around the Tampa Bay area […]
TFS + – DeSantis congressional map proposal quick thoughts
Last night, a proposed Congressional Map was submitted by the Executive Office of the Governor to the legislature. This map is the clear GOP gerrymander the national party wanted and the Florida Republicans had to this point failed to provide. More over at TFS+.
A most disgraceful speech by the Great Divider
I have been watching State of the State speeches since Lawton Chiles delivered his 1995 speech (in which he made reference to his former US Senate colleague from Mississippi John Stennis, just to make sure we were paying attention). These are generally very straight forward affairs loaded with policy talk and feel-good rhetoric. Jeb Bush […]
TFS + – Nixonian DeSantis
Ron DeSantis gets compared often to Donald Trump and those comparisons are logical. I will leave the Trump comparisons to others. Additionally at this point I see a Nixonian level of paranoia and rhetoric. Irony being DeSantis actually was able to attend Harvard unlike Nixon! Read more at TFS+
New DeSantis merch takes aim at vacationing liberals
The race to the very bottom from the Governor continues. This continues a trend of tacky and personal ways to “own the libs,” from DeSantis’ campaign. Incidentally every single county which a liberal listed vacationed in was carried by Joe Biden in 2020 and Andrew Gillum in 2018.
TFS + : On DeSantis increasingly unhinged McCarthyite behavior
Beyond being remarkably divisive, DeSantis is now entering lunatic Joe McCarthy-like territory. Every passing week gives us a new low in terms of public statements and commentary from the Governor that makes it impossible to reconcile what he says with reality. Every week we have a new outrage, be it about COVID, big tech, the media, […]
The Florida Squeeze 