• @Hafty
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    7511 hours ago

    I’m a Florida resident. Ron DeSantis sucks. Let me preface it. However, about 1-2x a year he does something that actually doesn’t suck.

  • @garbagebagel
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    5013 hours ago

    …Trump-hating [Ron DeSantis] has disgraced himself by stating that [Andrew Tate] and [Tristan Tate] are not welcome in Florida!"

    Did I miss something? Since when do DeSantis and Trump not align on their shit values?

    But also, I mean, it doesn’t have to be said, but fuck all of them with a chainsaw.

  • Unruffled [they/them]
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    6814 hours ago

    Trump will probably give them cabinets posts, they seem suitably qualified to join his inner circle.

    • @ZILtoid1991
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      31 hour ago

      Likely he will get some labor rights related stuff, then will help in gutting worker’s protections in the name of “Hustle culture”, after that he will take the blame for the fallout and land into some another position.

    • barnaclebutt
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      311 hours ago

      We are establishing a department of rape and scams, and these guys know all about it. Look at them now. With a tear in their eyes, the Tate brothers said Mr. Trump we’d be honored to head the department of rape and scams, and we’ll be sending you some bitches as soon as possible.

  • @NegativeLookBehind
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    23217 hours ago

    Is Florida finally at maximum capacity for rapists and weirdos?

    • @disguy_ovahea
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      3515 hours ago

      The bar was raised while Tate was in Romania. He’s gonna have to step it up to fit in now. A couple of swastika neck tattoos ought to do it.

    • @DrFistington
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      You may be on to something. maybe there’s a branigan’s law about rapists and pedophiles in Florida. Once you hit a certain limit the state just stops accepting new ones.

      Trump must be back at Mar-A-Lago rn

      • Tiefling IRL
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        17 hours ago

        Trump’s quotes are indistinguishable from Brannigan’s. There’s even gameified versions of this online

    • FenrirIII
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      1013 hours ago

      I hear Washington DC is taking applications

    • billwashere
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      314 hours ago

      Seems like there’s a lot of room for that in FL.

  • @Gingerlegs
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    13517 hours ago

    Weird, he’s their exact target market…???

    • @foggy
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      3115 hours ago

      I wouldve figured he’d be hiring him as his campaign manager.

  • rem26_art
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    5715 hours ago

    man when you’re too terrible for Florida conservatives to want you there, you know you’re a terrible person

    • @DrFistington
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      1212 hours ago

      I mean… He seems exactly like the kind of person they would want to associate with. He must have spilled a lot of beans while in, or to get out of prison.

  • @Bosht
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    2113 hours ago

    Nice to know that piece of shit has a line in the sand somewhere. ‘convicted rapists and human traffickers’ is a horrible line to have to get to but at least it’s there? Still though, fuck DeSantis.

  • @Remember_the_tooth
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    8716 hours ago

    What a weird conflict. I don’t know who I want to win. Is it possible for them both to lose somehow? Like some kind of -1 sum game?

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      3216 hours ago

      Send tate to florida. Then get out a saw, and cut Florida away and into the Ocean. Then use ropes to connect Hawaii and Alaska to the mainland.

      Now you can claim that only connected states can be states. Also, international no fly, no sail zone 300 miles around florida at any time. No one leaves.

      • @crank0271
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        1915 hours ago

        The only way in or out is via gay party boat ferry.

        • @RBWells
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          815 hours ago

          That’s Hillsborough County not Tampa the city, that goes Republican. We are pretty progressive inside the city but the sprawling county has enough people to drown us out.

          • @Remember_the_tooth
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            415 hours ago

            Sorry for the misunderstanding. I’m not calling out people based on their county. I just pulled an electoral map because it’s a quick way to point out that Florida is potentially a purple state. It’s got a lot of people supporting civil rights and other progressive goals. I don’t want to see it sawed off and abandoned to its gerrymandered leadership. That’s what I was trying to communicate.

    • @Today
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      413 hours ago

      That’s the T Rex option. Like when your two least favorite teams are playing and you want them both to lose. T Rex takes them all out.

      • @Remember_the_tooth
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        613 hours ago

        I’m not saying I’m against it, but how do we get a live T. Rex and put it in a position to solve this problem for us?

  • @[email protected]
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    3316 hours ago

    I have no idea who Andrew Tate is. So I looked him up on Wikipedia, and he seems like the kind of awful person who would be a darling of the MAGAsphere.

    Could someone explain to me why DeSantis doesn’t want him then?

    • @[email protected]
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      2416 hours ago

      Desantis has make a huge show of “stopping human traffickers” and there’s no way he can welcome them without being called out on hypocrisy. He can pass this off as a “White House thing” and try to keep his position.

      • magnetosphere
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        3416 hours ago

        Being called out on hypocrisy has never stopped a conservative before. Hell, it’s practically required.

        • @WhatAmLemmy
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          24 hours ago

          This is the most confusing part of the situation.

          DeSatan is no voice of reason, so it’s a play for personal protection or gain… somehow. What do they know about Tate that’s so much worse than the average MAGA?

      • @halcyoncmdr
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        1416 hours ago

        Hypocrisy, no. He views Tate as a threat against him and his position of power somehow.

      • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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        715 hours ago

        So then why was he fine working and knowing Matt Gaetz committed statutory rape and paid for those women to cross state lines. He should have been actively campaigning for him not to be a Florida Congress member.

        • @[email protected]
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          1014 hours ago

          Because caring about a thing and making a show of caring about the thing are two completely different things.

        • @finitebanjo
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          Technically, even though it was child rape, the child was post-pubescent and willing. DeSantis and Gaetz apparently only care about trafficking when it involves shipping brown people into the country as slaves (supposedly).

          Just one more time for the record, Trump’s first choice as a cabinet pick Matt Gaetz Raped a Child.

          • @LifeInMultipleChoice
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            513 hours ago

            They never brought charges, just stopped the investigation. My guess was the play is simple there, if he didn’t do exactly what Trump wanted, the DOJ could bring charges and put him in prison for years and end his career. Thankfully some people saw through it, yet not enough to pressure for the charges to be taken up and followed through on.

      • @ripcord
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        413 hours ago

        there’s no way he can welcome them without being called out on hypocrisy.

        But that doesn’t matter anymore. What’s the real reason?

    • wagesj45
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      613 hours ago

      This is all you’ll ever need to know about Andrew Tate.

    • @Lost_My_Mind
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      1116 hours ago

      …ignorance truely is bliss. I wish I never heard of andrew tate. Oh man, the amount of appauling, cringe inducing things you get to hear from him for the first time???

      You know how when you meet someone who’s never seen your favorite movie that you’ve watched 800+ times, and you’re jealous they get to see it for the first time?

      Yeah, I feel the opposite of that today for you. Like I’m genuinely worried about your mental health if everyone starts sending you videos and quotes of his all at once. I imagine that may cause a mental breakdown.

    • @grue
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      212 hours ago

      My guess is that it’s some kind of political turf war between him and Trump. DeSantis wants to be President, after all.

  • @MrJameGumb
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    3516 hours ago

    Desantis is clearly worried that Andrew Tate will push him out of the running for “biggest piece of shit in the United States”… These guys take that award very seriously

  • @Thteven
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    813 hours ago

    If I had to pick a state to send this asshole to…

  • @Thatuserguy
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    2517 hours ago

    Well, a broken clock is right twice a day