Category Ron DeSantis
Gaslighting from the top – Governor DeSantis never does look at himself in the mirror, does he?
Florida has accounted for 17% of all US COVID deaths since June. Meanwhile Governor DeSantis is using rhetoric reminiscent of the Southern Democrats during the Civil Rights era on his Twitter feed to go after the Biden Administration. What is also true is DeSantis is gas-lighting. The reality is this – credible threats have been […]
Terry McAuliffe Ad – “Don’t Florida our Virginia”
I didn’t see this ad when it first aired six weeks ago, but has been brought to my attention – Terry McAuliffe who is currently running to become Governor of Virginia again takes aim at GOP nominee Glenn Youngkin’s professed admiration for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. By the way, McAuliffe has deep Florida ties as […]
DeSantis ill-timed comments on Australia all about self-promotion while undermining Biden
On Friday, at the Latin Builders Association, DeSantis made patronizing and insulting remarks about Canada and Australia. DeSantis claims, as he often does he is giving inspiration to those who feel trapped by COVID mitigation efforts in locales with responsible leaders. This is certainly true as DeSantis national following can be attributed to his shameless […]
WaPo: Facing historic challenge, Florida Democrats stumble against DeSantis
A really good, detailed look at the situation down here from The Washington Post. This hits many of my current critiques and concerns about the way 2022 is shaping up for the Democrats. The opportunity created by DeSantis cruel, heartless handling of COVID-19 is being squandered as the party continues to struggle to register new […]
TFS + : Governor DeSantis yo-yo between pleasing Fox News viewers and political practicality
In 18 months, Governor Ron DeSantis has gone from being the most popular Governor of a large state to being a polarizing political figure whose popularity corresponds with prevailing partisan trends. What happened? As we saw again on Tuesday, every time DeSantis has a political opening he quickly squanders it to be a demagogue in […]
DeSantis new Surgeon General appointment deepens the Governor’s denial of COVID realities
On Tuesday Governor DeSantis announced Dr. Joseph Ladapo as the new Florida Surgeon General who also serves as the Secretary of Florida’s Department of Health. Dr. Ladapo signed the Great Barrington Declaration which was a statement urging herd immunity and rejecting any reasonable efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. In his introduction as Surgeon […]
DeSantis attacks on business and alliance with anti-vaxxers part of a broader GOP repositioning with class-based undertones
Ron DeSantis recent rhetoric as well as his executive actions we’ve pointed out are broadly authoritarian, anti-science and are based upon blatant pandering. But what we have not discussed to this point is how DeSantis actions reflect the shifting of both parties electoral coalitions and how vaccines have become more than the partisan or ideological […]
Florida’s grim COVID milestone hardly acknowledged by Governor DeSantis
On Thursday, Governor DeSantis said nothing as Florida officially crossed a dubious threshold – 50,000 deaths due to COVID-19. The dubious mark puts Florida near the very top of COVID death statistics especially for 2021. More than 12,000 Floridians have died in the most recent wave of the virus which began about eight weeks ago. […]
The growing irrelevance of Rick Scott and Marco Rubio in Ron DeSantis’ Republican Party
The GOP is the party of Ron DeSantis. The Florida GOP and the national Republican Party now both have DeSantis as their titular head. As DeSantis emerges as an authoritarian leader in Florida and the star of the right-wing media ecosystem nationally, his predecessor as Governor, Rick Scott and Florida’s Senior US Senator Marco Rubio […]
How much more do Florida taxpayers have to tolerate of DeSantis extra-constitutional actions?
The Governor and the State of Florida continue to take an extra-constitutional approach to governing that has led to a system break during a deadly pandemic which has claimed the lives of close to 50,000 Floridians. Not only are Florida’s citizens getting ill and dying in remarkable numbers but the taxpayers are on the hook […]
The Florida Squeeze 