Meet Ron DeSantis Ron DeSantis for President A native Floridian with blue-collar roots, Ron was raised in Dunedin by his mother, a nurse, and father, who installed cable boxes. He attended Dunedin High School and worked his way through Yale University, where he was the captain of the varsity baseball team. He also graduated with honors from Harvard Law School, where he earned a commission in the U.S. Navy as a JAG officer.

During his active-duty service, Ron deployed to Iraq in support of the SEAL mission in Fallujah, Ramadi and the rest of Al Anbar province. His military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal for Meritorious Service and the Iraq Campaign Medal. Ron also served as a prosecutor in Florida, where he put child predators behind bars. He was elected to Congress in 2012 on a platform of government accountability, advocating for term limits and a balanced budget amendment.

In Congress, DeSantis spearheaded the fight to expose the weaponization of the IRS against conser

The Left Tries to Impose Its Orthodoxy on Society, Ron DeSantis Warns

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warns that the Left is trying to impose its orthodoxy on society when it comes to parental rights.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/18/ron-desantis-explains-how-left-tries-impose-orthodoxy-society-its-basically-religion/

Florida Sanctions Medicaid Providers For Covering Minor Transitions

Florida has become the first state to sanction Medicaid providers for facilitating the attempted-gender transitions of minors.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/08/18/florida-becomes-first-state-to-sanction-medicaid-providers-for-covering-minor-transitions/ #Make America Florida #DeSantis 2024

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Contrast this to Trump who to this day refuses to acknowledge what a disaster the covid vaccines were.

DeSantis and RFK Jr are the only 2 presidential candidates that would give us a hope of finding out the truth.

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Monique Worrell, Florida state attorney for the 9th Judicial Circuit, failed to prosecute 43% of arrests - releasing 16,243 defendants without prosecution, according to state AG Ashley Moody.

"Ms. Worrell is dismissing during the same period nearly four times the number of defendants as are being dismissed or not charged in Palm Beach County," she said, adding "It is not normal for a prosecutor to come out repeatedly after we have seen tragedy strike and insinuate, 'It's not my fault.' I submit to you this was, in a way, to distract from where fault should have lay."

Even violent felonies were only prosecuted 41% of the time, according to Moody.

"In February, I called on SA Monique Worrell to deliver the justice and accountability needed for the families affected by shootings in her district and said her suspension would be fully j

I smell a rat. The article said:

“All those theories that were put out did not prove to be true,” Mr. DeSantis said in response to a reporter’s question after a campaign event at a brewery in Northeast Iowa.

But did not say what the reporter's question was. Why not?

Later in the article, it has another quote saying Maduro didn't steal the election, but no context as to what he was asked. .

“It was not an election that was conducted the way I think that we want to, but that’s different than saying Maduro stole votes or something like that,” he said. “Those theories, you know, proved to be unsubstantiated.”

As I have said before, I am a DeSantis fan, but view the fact Florida still uses voting machines a deal breaker.

But I am very suspect of this New York Times article. Has anybody seen a video?

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https://twitter.com/AdamLaxalt/status/1687173934188482560

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https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1687160317397082112

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A bit of debate prep never hurt anybody

.@FitchRatings’ downgrade of the nation's credit rating from AAA to AA+ is a result of frivolous spending and ballooning national debt for programs like the CARES and "Inflation Reduction" Acts. Florida's AAA rating remains the standard-bearer, serving as the nation's blueprint for fiscal responsibility.

In FL, we have run large budget surpluses and have paid off nearly 25% of the state debt.

National economic decline is a choice.

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“Our district will no longer participate in any attempt to divide us by race or advance the notion that we are not created equal,” the new district administrator said. “As the former head of the Central Florida Urban League, a civil rights organization, I can say definitively that our community thrives only when we work together despite our differences.”

The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District said the previous district tended to award contracts “based on racially and gender driven goals.”

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“Today, the bottom half of households have less wealth than they did in 1989. Meanwhile, the top 10 percent have added $29 trillion in wealth. COVID lockdowns accelerated that trend. It diminished the purchasing power of the middle class and upended our workforce such that millions of people left the workforce and still to this day have not returned.

“Over six million prime-age men are neither working nor looking for work at all,” DeSantis said. “In 1953, the labor participation rate of that cohort was 98 percent. Today, it’s 89 percent.”

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The standards are clear in teaching that, despite their enslavement, blacks developed skills that “in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit” — not that slavery was beneficial to them. It’s worth mentioning that the College Board’s African American studies course includes similar teachings.

But these facts didn’t stop Republicans like Scott from advancing Harris’ false narrative about the subject. When asked about it late last week, Scott embraced the lie and used it to attack fellow 2024 primary contender Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

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RT @[email protected]: “🔥 MUST READ: @RonDeSantis’ Declaration of Economic Independence. https://rondesantis.com/mission/Declaration-of-economic-independence/

https://twitter.com/DeSantisWarRoom/status/1686115274255142913

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“I think a lot of the stuff – when he hits me with the juvenile insults – I think that helps me,” DeSantis said. “I don’t think voters like that.”

“I think they look at it and they realize, like – you know what, that’s not effective,” he continued. “I don’t think it’s effective, so I actually don’t mind it at all.”

“I think it’s just a reminder why there are so many millions of voters who will never vote for him going forward.”

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“The Harris-Biden Administration is still angry that @RonDeSantis removed pornographic books from school libraries,”

RT @[email protected]: “To the Left, citizenship is meaningless. Illinois is now letting illegal aliens become police officers.

In Florida, we took action to combat the harms of Biden’s border crisis. We also value our citizen officers who serve and protect our communities.

As President, I will restore American sovereignty.

No illegal alien should have authority over any American citizen. It is a sad commentary on the state of America that this is even a debate.

https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis/status/1685716391100309504

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And perhaps this is for the best - Certain social concepts simply cannot coexist and it's better that leftists who exploit children as props for activism not live so close to conservatives and moderates that view this practice as abhorrent. Certainly all sides come out happier (except maybe the unfortunate children being groomed), and surely the majority of Floridians are glad to see such people go.

Excellent interview.

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DeSantis on 6-week abortion ban: ‘I had a lot of supporters who were averse to me on this’

“And at the end of the day, you get into office to be able to do what’s right, and you’ve got to stand on principle,” he added. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4098662-desantis-on-six-week-ban-i-had-a-lot-of-supporters-who-were-averse-to-me-on-this/