Ryan Nicol
The Florida Democratic Party (FDP) is out with a new campaign hitting Republican gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis on his long-running opposition to the Affordable Care Act.
The FDP released a new video titled “DeSantisCare,” as well as a new website looking to highlight DeSantis’ health care record. We reached out to the DeSantis campaign for comment on the FDP’s efforts and are awaiting a reply.
The video and website pose as mock ads for the new “DeSantisCare.” While purporting to sell viewers on the idea of DeSantisCare, the new video and site are littered with jabs at the Republican’s health care proposals.
“Are you a senior who is tired of Medicare and just want to be uninsured?” the video’s narrator asks.
“Are you against protections for pre-existing conditions? If yes, then this is big.”
The video then cuts to a clip of DeSantis on Fox Business saying, “I want to repeal all of Obamacare.”
“From Ron DeSantis, there’s now a health care plan that will make sure you pay more for less: DeSantisCare,” the narrator continues.
The parody video then turns to claims of what DeSantis’ health care policies may mean for Florida, interspersed with other past clips of DeSantis criticizing Obamacare’s efforts to reform the nation’s health care system.
“Enjoy the golden years with higher prices, below-average care and increased risk of death,” the narrator says.
“While using DeSantisCare, go to the emergency room immediately if you experience foot in mouth, diarrhea, MAGA, increased anxiety, Fox News addiction, paranoid conspiracy theories, headaches or a fever. These are not all the possible side effects, as DeSantisCare may make existing problems worse.”
DeSantis has long opposed Obamacare and voted to repeal and replace the law with the American Health Care Act. Those efforts died in the Senate last year.
“Ron DeSantis has consistently voted against Florida’s seniors and working families in Washington,” said FDP Chairwoman Terrie Rizzo.
“Instead of putting Florida families first, DeSantis is a right-wing extremist who has voted to take away Floridians’ health care, raise health care costs, take away protections for pre-existing conditions, and destroy Medicare. DeSantis failed to stand up for Floridians in Washington — so why would we want to give him a promotion?”
DeSantis is competing with Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum to be Florida’s next Governor. DeSantis announced Monday morning he was resigning from Congress immediately in order to focus on his campaign against Gillum.
