This is a place for news items and serious discussion related to the candidacy of Ron Desantis for the Presidency of the United States. Insults and name-calling are not welcome. If you have criticisms, please back them up with facts and citations.
OP wants criticisms backed up with “facts and citations” (though I’m sure actual facts will be conveniently ignored), so please allow me!
Ron DeSantis is a fascist, full stop.
Early Signs of Fascism
Credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: https://news.yahoo.com/sc-campaign-stop-ron-desantis-235300263.html
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Disdain for Human Rights: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/15/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard
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Identification of Enemies as a Unifying Cause: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/04/desantis-republicans-woke-big-business-war/10947073002/
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Supremacy of the Military: https://thebradentontimes.com/house-seeks-to-expand-desantis’s-state-guard-p26177-158.htm
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Rampant Sexism: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/politics/desantis-signs-anti-trans-bill/index.html
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Controlled Mass Media: https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-book-bans-libraries-republicans-9f3c944117e58bb5a3e4c9fef0d3b0e0
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Obsession with National Security: https://apnews.com/article/florida-texas-national-guard-desantis-986db9ff82c92e49890173ab4ba9da12
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Religion and Government Intertwined: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/09/12/what-message-is-desantis-sending-with-religious-full-armor-of-god-rhetoric/
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Corporate Power Protected (He’s turned this one on it’s head! Rather, it’s stripping power from corporations who don’t toe the line): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/28/florida-gov-ron-desantis-legal-feud-with-disney-world-explained/70361872007/
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Labor Power Suppressed: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-anti-union-bill-into-law-calling-it-paycheck-protection-34156024
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Disdain for Intellectuals and The Arts: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-05/florida-liberal-arts-college-gov-ron-desantis-wants-to-take-over
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Obsession with Crime and Punishment: https://www.wesh.com/article/desantis-news-conference-monday/43753550
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Rampant Cronyism & Corruption: https://www.aft.org/press-release/new-report-reveals-gov-desantis-role-florida-home-insurance-crisis-workers-and-allies
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Fraudulent Elections (This is another one turned a bit sideways, if not on its head; prosecuting “fraudulent” voters who believed they were eligible to vote to deter others who might not be sure of their eligibility): https://www.aclufl.org/en/news/why-ron-desantis-voter-fraud-bust-already-falling-apart-court
I think you’re correct, OP isn’t going to like those DeSantis’ facts. But maybe he’ll join the conversation…
Spot on. Thanks for breaking out the receipts.
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Ron DeSantis sucks. For being a member of the party of small government this fucker is an absolute control-freak that constantly uses his governmental authority to control people’s lives and businesses.
Why would anyone, especially conservatives, agree to vote for this guy and consolidate all power to him and his yes-men?
Spoiler alert: The GOP is not a party of small government.
Clearly
Accurate, but up until the last 6 years or so that was the Big Lie that the GOP sold itself by for many decades. It was “party of small government” and abortion as their only real platform items that a general voter could care about, until Trump came along and started saying all of the
quietracist stuff out loud and took over the entire party.
Ron DeSantis is a fascist. To hell with your reasonable discussion.
This. Ron DeSantis is not a good American and doesn’t represent us. He represents religious bigots and hatemongers.
Ron Desantis is un-American. He doesn’t want American women to have the right of choice, he doesn’t want the LGBT community to be able to live our lives and been seen, he hates immigrants and workers, he pushes Christian Nationalism, and he hates Disney. Ron Desantis will never win the majority of American votes. I hope no one votes for him, he shouldn’t be the President of the United States of America.
“E Pluribus Unum” and Happy 4th of July.
Exploding Heads was defederated by Lemmy and others for being nazi / fascist.
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