‘What a joke’: Ron DeSantis mocks NAACP Florida travel advisory

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'I'm not wasting my time on your stunts.'

Gov. Ron DeSantis is deriding a travel advisory floated by the Florida NAACP in reaction to controversial legislation in the state.

“What a joke,” the Governor said in Orange Park, responding to a reporter’s question about the NAACP Florida State conference voting unanimously to appeal to the national organization to issue an advisory to Black people to steer clear of the Sunshine State.

“What a joke,” he repeated. “Yeah, we’ll see, we’ll see how effective that is.”

The Governor likened the proposal to people who traveled to Florida when pandemic restrictions predominated elsewhere, where “they would end up being spotted on the beach somewhere vacationing.”

“So this is just ridiculous. I mean, it’s ridiculous and we’re proud to be leading the nation in tourism. I think we’ve led it for many years in a row now and we really, I think we’ve had as good a year as we’ve ever had,” DeSantis said.

He then again veered into COVID-19 ruminations about how people weren’t “treated like a normal human being” elsewhere. DeSantis said the NAACP proposal was one of many “stupid fights” in the country.

“This is a stunt to try to do that. It’s a pure stunt and fine, if you want to waste your time on a stunt, that’s fine. But I’m not wasting my time on your stunts,” DeSantis added.

The Florida NAACP doesn’t see it as a “stunt,” but as a response to the Governor “putting a bullseye on Black people’s backs.”

“What a travel advisory is that it allows us the NAACP to warn other Blacks across the country to not come to Florida, not send their children to Florida, not vacation in Florida if you’re Black,” said James Muwakkil, the Lee County NAACP branch President, as quoted by WINK News.

Hillsborough County NAACP President Yvette Lewis made similar remarks.

“We are an organization that protects people’s civil rights, and this is a first step to doing that,” Lewis said, as reported by the Tampa Bay Times. “People are seeing what’s happening in Florida. They’re paying attention, and I hope that help is coming.”

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


175 comments

  • Ron DeSantis is a Racist

    March 23, 2023 at 12:11 pm

    It’s not a joke.
    DeSantis is CLEARLY a racist, white suprematist who has created a hostile environment here in Florida.

    There’s a reason all these hate groups have suddenly become emboldened. They think this sick excuse for person we call the governor is giving them cover.

    • Jim

      March 23, 2023 at 1:54 pm

      If you are black and don’t like Florida leave it’s that easy!
      We have many friends of colors and they like it here so what is your real problem?
      Do you expect reparation?
      The sun is fun:-)

      • Robert Bradford

        March 23, 2023 at 2:59 pm

        Hey, can you use your NAACP contacts and have them put out a travel warning for Tennessee?
        THANK YOU!

          • TRUTHREMINDER

            March 24, 2023 at 9:41 am

            Some of my people have a serious problem.
            They cannot see that they are being used.
            They love money.
            Money buys their allegiance.
            In 2023 it is sad to see the same game being played on the ignorant Black masses.
            The negroes who are in leadership positions are tyrants in the making – ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
            Who OWNS the NAACP?
            Who contributes the most money to the NAACP?
            Who founded the NAACP?
            What year did the NAACP get it’s first Black president?
            When you can answer those questions you will know who the monkeys dance for.
            GET YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION THAT ONLY YOU FUND.
            That will NEVER happen.
            Most of the population that should fund it, is busy funding fun, fashion, entertainment and sports.

          • Rob Desantos

            March 24, 2023 at 12:49 pm

            TRUTHREMINDER:
            Some of my people have a serious problem.
            They cannot see that they are being used.
            They love money.
            Money buys their allegiance.
            In 2023 it is sad to see the same game being played on the ignorant Republican masses.
            The Republicans who are in leadership positions are tyrants in the making – ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
            Who OWNS the GOP? (NRA, Big Oil, FedSoc)
            Who contributes the most money to the GOP? (Leonard Leo, Peter Thiel)
            Who founded the GOP? (old white dudes)
            When you can answer those questions you will know who the racists dance for.
            GET YOUR OWN ORGANIZATION THAT ONLY YOU FUND. (Like the GOP’s NRA, FedSoc, Heritage, FRC and their many dark money PACs)
            And then you’re on your way to fascist dominance!

      • Ron DeSantis is a Racist

        March 23, 2023 at 3:40 pm

        “If you are black and don’t like Florida leave it’s that easy!”
        Sounds like you’re asking black people to leave, Jim?

        Also, no it’s NOT easy. Moving is expensive. And thanks to Ron Florida has seen some of the worst inflation and cost of living increases in the country. But fixing that stuff is hard. BS Culture War nonsense is easy. And a waste of time. Thinking that government can influence the cultural winds in this country is moronic.

        Ron DeSantis is a failure on every level, and only a complete fool would support this guy. That means you Jim.

        • Sammy

          March 23, 2023 at 4:14 pm

          It is hate filled, communist, racists, like you that make Ron DeSantis shine like the brightest star in America. You should really pack up and head to California to be with the rest of your hate group.

          • Bill

            March 23, 2023 at 4:34 pm

            He probably moved here from there, that’s what Leftist POS do.

          • 10ffgrid

            March 24, 2023 at 2:47 pm

            Well said –

          • They can’t

            March 25, 2023 at 1:41 am

            Shine like the brightest star?
            Meatballs don’t shine lol

        • Billy

          March 23, 2023 at 5:08 pm

          Yes, please leave. Clear enough for you?

        • El bochie

          March 23, 2023 at 5:47 pm

          Lol Ron? You can blame that on your boy biden

        • Bob

          March 24, 2023 at 12:05 am

          You’re a moron. Governor DeSantis’ policies have helped every Floridian, even idiot reverse racists like you.

        • Striket

          March 24, 2023 at 5:06 am

          Actually it sounds more like a choice. A. You don’t like the state so B. You leave. Guess it’s really tough when all you hear your whole life is his everything’s racist. Sad really. Also, Florida is scurried congrats inflation the rest of the country isn’t experiencing? This is wuite new to me. Can you explain why Florida is having higher inflation than the rest of the country. I was under the impression inflation was different t. Please explain

        • TRUTHREMINDER

          March 24, 2023 at 3:40 pm

          It is sad to see My People so mis-educated and mis-informed.
          My comment was about the NAACP not the republican or democratic parties.
          If YOU did YOUR homework as assigned YOU would not make a fool of YOURSELF.
          YOUR statements are totally off subject.
          Maybe you didn’t go to school on the day the teacher was showing the class how to reply to a statement that you disagree with.
          However, please do your homework on the subject presented by ME.
          Otherwise, have a democrat/republican party argument with someone else.
          I suggest that YOU close your eyes and with a good Heart and Spirit ask for Truth.
          Continue in a search for Truth with an open mind.
          You will find that The Truth will open YOUR eyes and cause you to think differently about the people around you and The World.

        • Deb

          March 29, 2023 at 9:23 pm

          I dont care what color you are if you don’t like Florida then leave no one will stop you, I hear China’s nice… try there…..our governor is not the reason for inflation its our moronic president and his administration be cause he hired them strictly because of race gender or sexual orientation that they identify as but not because they have the brains to do tge actual jobs they were hired for and to get the idiots to beleive whatever he tells them because 9 out I f 10 times he no proof to back up anything he says and cant remember which of the lies he should tell to keep his story straight…..totally useless and has ruined the country just to get your vote….GO DeSANTIS 2024

      • Mona

        March 24, 2023 at 11:42 am

        Whats easy is that you racist jerks all need to be on a island and leave people alone. Your comment shows the ignorance of you and everyone that thinks like you. The problem is YOU and EVERYONE like you!

      • Sure

        March 25, 2023 at 12:18 am

        A white man telling everyone to leave.
        Is that what you do to all those black friends you say you have? Lol

      • That’s right

        March 25, 2023 at 2:10 am

        “Leave its that easy”
        Yeah there are states with Education that isn’t horrible since the only thing you do well is drugs lol

      • Tay

        March 27, 2023 at 4:24 pm

        Your comment isn’t helping. We’ve all heard the racist “go back where you come from” line. Thanks for confirming we’re not safe in your state.

      • justice

        March 28, 2023 at 8:54 am

        If you banana republicans hate this country so much, why don’t YOU just leave? Isnt that what you tell everyone else that you dont like?

    • roger ellsworth

      March 23, 2023 at 2:32 pm

      You are the only sick excuse for a person that I am aware of. IF blacks don’t like Florida they are free to leave. There, I have solved your problem! Now BEGONE!!!

      • Ron DeSantis is a Racist

        March 23, 2023 at 3:41 pm

        You just said the quiet part out loud.

        I already knew that all Republicans are racist trash, but thanks for actually putting it down here for the rest of us to see.

        • Dilbert

          March 23, 2023 at 5:06 pm

          Us to see, you got a mouse in your pocket?

        • El bochie

          March 23, 2023 at 5:49 pm

          Blacks are the absolute most racist people I’ve ever met here in America and I came from a foreign country

          • Rob Desantos

            March 24, 2023 at 1:04 pm

            Maybe they just don’t like you because you are a terrible person?

          • That’s a good one

            March 25, 2023 at 12:23 am

            “And I came from a foreign country”

            How ironic a Person who votes for the people who deport him lol

          • They told me

            March 25, 2023 at 2:11 am

            Your country was better once you left lol

          • Deb

            March 29, 2023 at 9:41 pm

            Amen my daughter didn’t even know there was a difference until she met her father at 6 years old…..hes black

        • 10ffgrid

          March 24, 2023 at 1:11 pm

          The nonsense you’re spewing is the EPITOME of democrat “projection.”

    • Phuek Hyu

      March 23, 2023 at 2:35 pm

      You’re clearly an imbecile. Take the NAACP’s advice and take your delusional, entitled victimhood out of Florida. Try New York or Illinios. Chicago is great this time of year. They’ll love you there until they murder you.

      • Ron DeSantis is a Racist

        March 23, 2023 at 3:43 pm

        Nah, i’m going to stay here because it pisses the fascists off.

        • CE

          March 23, 2023 at 5:45 pm

          You are staying here because you don’t have to work to live. You can’t go north because you would freeze to death. See you at the intersections.

        • El bochie

          March 23, 2023 at 5:50 pm

          Blacks are fascists, your people commit 51% of the violent crimes at 13% of the population

          • James

            March 23, 2023 at 10:17 pm

            It’s an even less percentage than that. 13-14% of black Americans make up that entire population. 3-4% of black Males commit up to 51% of the violent crime.

          • Mona

            March 24, 2023 at 11:51 am

            Take your none english speaking and writing a$$ back to your third world country LLH!!!! You can’t read and write so you can understand history and basic common sense. Whites are the major criminals in this country. You are meth heads, you are violent lynching cowards, you are political criminal, boy please don’t make me drag you about your idiotic comment. Get a life, learn to read then read a book,lol

          • Rob Desantos

            March 24, 2023 at 1:29 pm

            These are false statistics perpetuated by white supremacists. 13/51 is basically a dog whistle for racists.

        • Striket

          March 24, 2023 at 5:09 am

          Wait….. it pisses you off that you’re staying here? I don’t get it

        • TRUTHREMINDER

          March 24, 2023 at 3:44 pm

          Do you know what a fascist is?
          America has become a fascist state.
          You are mis-educated and mis-informed.
          Please, ask for and seek Truth.

        • Deb

          March 29, 2023 at 9:44 pm

          You staying doesn’t piss anybody off it’s the fact that all you do is complain about it

    • Contontos

      March 23, 2023 at 2:44 pm

      As usual when a tool of the left says “clearly,” the opposite is true.

    • Holsomlisa

      March 23, 2023 at 2:54 pm

      Every country in the world comes to Florida. Governor DeSantis wouldn’t have got as far as he’s has , if he were a racist. He’s a conservative, Christian, Soldier, Harvard grad, a great father and husband. He loves all Floridians. You are the racist!! Reverse Racism is a stain on this country. Work with our governor for the good morals of the USA 🇺🇸 👏

      • FLMAN

        March 23, 2023 at 3:06 pm

        DeSantis was never a soldier. He was a Commissioned Naval Officer in the United States Navy!!!
        Go Navy Beat Army!!
        🙂

        To the character “Ron DeSantis is a Racist” If you don’t like it here in FL then GTFO!!! You can move to California or NY. As for black folks and anyone else you’re all welcome here unless you are a DemonicRAT!!!

        • Ron DeSantis is a Racist

          March 23, 2023 at 3:43 pm

          DeSantis was an assistant urine sample technician in the Navy.

          Assistant. He couldn’t even make it to Head Urine Sample Technician.

          • William Martin

            March 23, 2023 at 5:20 pm

            So–National ASSociation of Black Commies aren’t in to urine-tasting. Tough schiff!

          • CE

            March 23, 2023 at 5:46 pm

            And your GED?

          • El bochie

            March 23, 2023 at 5:51 pm

            Stop lying ignorant tool

          • Dilbert

            March 23, 2023 at 8:41 pm

            What were you, the official taste tester?

    • LL

      March 23, 2023 at 3:08 pm

      No he is not a racist and any claims of such are likely because the politics of race are typical of people who are desperate to regain power. Same old same democrat playbook.

    • doug

      March 23, 2023 at 3:13 pm

      Black or white; yellow or brown there will always be someone or a group that doesn’t like you or me. To call someone a white supremacist with no backing or proof seems a bit radical to me.
      Funny how when you do it there’s no problem.
      Wish everyone would quit feeling so entitled and just be a part of America and quit whining

      • cassandra

        March 23, 2023 at 11:12 pm

        Tiny D’s banning of discussing systemic racism immediately comes to mind. Doug, D’s protection of fragile white males’ sensitive feelings and the need to create safe-spaces for white males is racist.

        Whining about jobs and education based on color of skin, etc., is ignorant and cry-babyish, Doug. Why? Because for ***hundreds of years*** jobs and education were based on race and sex. White and Male ONLY. Almost like affirmative action, right, Doug? Looks like you babies will be needing a few more safe spaces with little mats and blankies.

    • Greg

      March 23, 2023 at 3:15 pm

      What is your evidence of DeSantis being racist?

      • Tony Creek

        March 23, 2023 at 3:34 pm

        His evidence is, that what he was told to say.

    • BSull

      March 23, 2023 at 3:21 pm

      If you commit a crime or sponsor a drag queen show for kids you will be arrested in Florida and probably go to jail, regardless of your color. . If you are law abiding, you will have no problem, regardless of your color. This is why 1,000 people a day are moving to Florida.

    • Lewis

      March 23, 2023 at 3:29 pm

      So when are you moving out. Your animus, is purely Fictional. Florida has millions of Black Americans living and prospering in the State of Florida. They would never consider going anywhere, while at the same time more Black Americans go to Florida and have a great time vacationing in the Sunshine state than Anywhere else.. You and NAACP are nothing more than Grifters.

    • Steve

      March 23, 2023 at 3:30 pm

      Don’t just make a blanket statement, give a specific example of how DeSantis did what you claim. In addition if Florida is so bad for you just leave.

      • No you

        March 25, 2023 at 12:28 am

        “Just leave”
        You just leave with all fentanyl white man lol

    • Tony Creek

      March 23, 2023 at 3:32 pm

      Wow, what an idiot. Everything you just wrote is a lie, must be a democrat.

    • Where's your name, racist?

      March 23, 2023 at 3:42 pm

      Here’s a racist calling other people racist. Thanks, racist, for exposing yourself!

    • Bill

      March 23, 2023 at 4:27 pm

      Guess you missed the news that a 17 Year Old Shoots Older Couple In Their Truck Trying To Get Past Mob In The Middle Of The Street In Lee County Florida. Or the fact Black’s are shooting other Black’s in Miami like it’s a whole sale Item. You sir are the Joke!

    • fourpmfox

      March 23, 2023 at 4:32 pm

      It’s YOU who is the Joke !!!

    • Jan_in_NH

      March 23, 2023 at 4:43 pm

      Well then go to chicago, detroit or baltimore where blks are killed by other blks on a daily basis.

    • Lightbody61

      March 23, 2023 at 4:50 pm

      So, now it will be safe for elderly Asian ladies to go to Florida and for families to eat at Miami Waffle House again?

      I can’t see a downside.

    • Some Guy

      March 23, 2023 at 5:27 pm

      Rationale?

    • Wajosekman

      March 23, 2023 at 5:30 pm

      Kool Aid drinking Cultist.

    • El bochie

      March 23, 2023 at 5:45 pm

      Oh shut up

      • Or what

        March 25, 2023 at 12:31 am

        Or what?
        All you people do is drugs and domestic assault white guy.
        Your racist white self isn’t impressive lol

    • Thomas Austin

      March 23, 2023 at 5:56 pm

      Enlighten me as to what the Governor has done that is racist? Did he hurt someone’s feelings? Did he deny rights to one racial group over another? Is it that he stands against the socialist agenda of the democrat dictatorship? Is it that he wants to protect children? There is no reson given as to why the NAACP has voted this way, other then their democratic party stance they have adopted over the last few decades.

    • Daniel

      March 23, 2023 at 5:57 pm

      Unfortunately, DeSantis is not a racist. He is not that progressive. While racism is perfectly rational, there is not universal agreement yet that it is best for all concerned. That day is coming.

    • Bryan

      March 23, 2023 at 6:32 pm

      You are absurd, enough with the persecution complex. “Hate” groups are not flourishing, and DeSantis is not some evil meany racist.

    • nuthinmuffin

      March 23, 2023 at 7:50 pm

      I live in Florida and you’re full of it…the only people paranoid about it are white leftists like you

    • 10ffgrid

      March 23, 2023 at 8:39 pm

      Grow up –

      • June Bug

        March 23, 2023 at 11:11 pm

        N double A CP is a joke. They cry foul nearly as much as the jews. Hypocrites, the lot of them. I say fine, travelers beware. Don’t come here, we don’t want ya and I’m sick of every yankee that manages to find my space here and all they do is complain. Get on I-75, head north and get the funk out.

        • cassandra

          March 23, 2023 at 11:26 pm

          Your racism comes from ignorance, June Bug. Maybe if you read a little DEI or literature on systemic racism—sexism too, you would gain a better understanding of America.

          As it is you must feel exhausted carrying around all the hate that someone—-maybe your family—-pushed onto you. Education is the key, June Bug.

    • Marsha

      March 23, 2023 at 8:55 pm

      You obviously don’t live here in Florida. I have over 40 years and travel frequently to numerous areas of Florida… I never see racism. So tired of you people making stuff up…

      • 10ffgrid

        March 23, 2023 at 8:59 pm

        Marsha, Agreed –

    • 10ffgrid

      March 23, 2023 at 8:58 pm

      Do you know how foolish that sounds ? Try visiting reality for a change, as it would be a new experience for you.

    • Claude Slage

      March 23, 2023 at 10:27 pm

      This has to be sarcasm.

    • racists call people racists

      March 24, 2023 at 12:03 am

      He is such a racist that he has a black surgeon general! Such a racist that he appointed at least 4 *qualified* black persons to other positions!

    • Michael P Hammer

      March 24, 2023 at 2:33 am

      REEEEEEEEE I don’t agree with him so he’s racist

    • Vulture

      March 24, 2023 at 2:40 am

      no zulu’s in florida, detroit is calling

    • Blackgriffin

      March 24, 2023 at 8:04 am

      Utter nonsense.

    • Titus Greenwood

      March 24, 2023 at 9:36 am

      YOU are a MORON and an IGNORAMUS if you think that Florida is a dangerous oplace for black people! NONSENSE. Florida is one of the SAFEST states in the nation. But…if you feel threatened and are scared…then stay the hell away., We won’t miss you. Go to Illinois, like CHICAGO and vacation. Black folks are obviously MORE SAFE in Chicago…right?

    • Jim1937

      March 24, 2023 at 10:32 am

      Here’s an idea, if you don’t like it here in Florida move to some Blue s**t hole!

      • JD

        March 24, 2023 at 10:35 am

        I’m so tired of that response.

        Nope. Democracy is in part about right to change things.

        Change is coming. Here is an idea, maybe you should leave if you don’t like Democratic ideals.

      • Yeah

        March 25, 2023 at 12:33 am

        If you don’t like red tide methheads bad education and people who won’t be president don’t move to Florida lol

    • Happy Camper

      March 24, 2023 at 4:37 pm

      You are a very SAD Racist! You should not hate anyone, and that includes White people! Ron is doing his very best, and you should support him!

    • Bob

      March 24, 2023 at 8:19 pm

      Hahahaha move moron

    • Bill Davidson

      March 26, 2023 at 12:32 pm

      Reading the comments and the attacks hurled, I see the NAACP is succeeding at its mission of dividing us Americans. They would not exist if they can’t claim a race problem. Ron DeSantis says a lot of conservative things that many don’t agree with and he has indicated a desire to be potus. The fact is in FL many people of color own their own business and for the most part we all live together. In FL, fathers of young urban boys are out in the streets trying to stem mostly a drug problem turned violent. The point is we all need to get back to living together and quit jumping on dividing groups. We work much better as Americans working as one.

  • Matthew Lusk

    March 23, 2023 at 12:18 pm

    The NAACP has devolved into a money con operation over the years.

    • PeterH

      March 23, 2023 at 1:03 pm

      Like a failed Republican MAGA candidate con artist would know the inner workings of the most respected political arm for people of color.

      • Jason

        March 23, 2023 at 2:34 pm

        That’s funny.

      • Contontos

        March 23, 2023 at 2:47 pm

        Great. Calling names to prop something up as “most respected.” The NAACP has enough problems without you trying to help them.

      • Bill

        March 23, 2023 at 4:38 pm

        Don’t put NAACP and RESPECT in the same sentence, You show your Idocy.

      • 10ffgrid

        March 23, 2023 at 8:42 pm

        That’s totally laughable.

      • Michael P Hammer

        March 24, 2023 at 2:35 am

        Con artists are the demoncrap politicians who told you morons to stay home while they vacationed in Florida

      • Jim1937

        March 24, 2023 at 10:33 am

        You should do stand up comedy, that was hilarious!

    • Titus Greenwood

      March 24, 2023 at 9:38 am

      The NAACP has morphed into a MARXIST=Democrat organization which seeks the destruction of our nation!

    • JD

      March 24, 2023 at 10:36 am

      Evidence? Beyond opinion.

  • bunky

    March 23, 2023 at 2:27 pm

    Move to San Fransicko.
    Get your reparations.
    LOL

  • Phuek Hyu

    March 23, 2023 at 2:27 pm

    This sounds like the usual excellent guidance the NAACP provides to its constituents. By all means stop coming to Florida. For that matter, also stop coming to Texas, Tennessee, Louisianna, Mississippi and a large number of other states you screw up when you arrive. Maybe just stay in Chicago and Detroit. Their residents seem to enjoy having their infrastructure, communities and quality of life destroyed while their property values and personal safety are decimated.

  • Sunshine Man

    March 23, 2023 at 2:28 pm

    More victimology. The endless BS never stops from these race hucksters.

  • RobertoH

    March 23, 2023 at 2:28 pm

    One of the most dangerous places in the USA to be a young black man is Chicago, St. Louis and Oakland. Has NAACP issued any travel warnings to those locations?

    • Miguel

      March 23, 2023 at 2:56 pm

      Those are the deadliest of Democrat hell holes

    • Noel

      March 23, 2023 at 3:07 pm

      Forgot San Francisco. LA, Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Manhattan, DC, Georgetown, Atlanta. List of Democratic controlled cities with failed policies and initiatives that put civilian lives in jeopardy is astonishing 😲

    • nuthinmuffin

      March 23, 2023 at 7:52 pm

      they don’t issue travel warnings to white folk

  • Texian45

    March 23, 2023 at 2:28 pm

    What is the basis of this call to stay away from Florida? What has happened to cause this. The article never says.

    • Phuek Hyu

      March 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm

      Just like the SPLC, the NAACP doesn’t rely on any factual bases for their imbecilic assertions. They just crank out lies to stir up their partisan constituents. They’re scared to death that DeSantis and his conservative base have overwhelmingly positive polling, so they’re trying to invent some negative narrative — not unlike their failed “don’t say gay” propaganda campaign. It’s the same bullschitt over and over with these liberal idiot ideologues. They stick with the patented Goebbels strategy of repeating the same lie until enough fools believe it to get the attention of the liberal media propaganda machine.

  • yeahright

    March 23, 2023 at 2:31 pm

    Oh please. There’s a long list of Democrat run crapholes across the US that are much more likely to see black people murdered than in Florida. And 95% of murdered black people are murdered by OTHER black people anyway. Black people commit more murder in the US than all other racial groups combined.

    • Cajun

      March 23, 2023 at 2:55 pm

      I was looking for a travel advisory for Chicago. I guess that I missed it.

  • Tjb

    March 23, 2023 at 2:38 pm

    Ron, the White supremacy groups applaud your mocking of the NAACP.
    You are a sad man and Ron.
    And you mention stunts. What about your stunt when you sent immigrants to Martha Vineyards from Texas at the expense of Florida taxpayers to promote you run for President. What a joke you are finger eating pudding man DeSantis.

    • Cajun

      March 23, 2023 at 2:54 pm

      It’s only OK for them to mock DeSantis right? You trolls live on a one way street.

      • You are angry

        March 25, 2023 at 12:35 am

        Your just mad he won’t ever become President and Florida won’t ever stop being made of of being the bottom of America lol

    • nuthinmuffin

      March 23, 2023 at 8:20 pm

      I was fine with him sending them to Martha’s Vineyard…cost us less to get rid of them than supporting them…and FJB is the one that let them in, so it’s costing you right along with everyone else. but you’re a one level thinker, I can tell

      • Tjb

        March 24, 2023 at 10:49 am

        Dumbass nuthinmuffin,
        Florida was not supporting the immigrants sent to MV. They were in Texas., not Florida. Also, why won’t DeSantis send Cuban immigrants from Florida to MV and talking about cost, how can it cost over a million dollars to send a few immigrant to MV?

      • Tjb

        March 24, 2023 at 1:49 pm

        Interesting that it cost the Florida taxpayer approximately $25,000 per immigrant to transport these individuals from Texas to Martha Vineyard.

    • JMWinPR

      March 24, 2023 at 12:52 pm

      Are you suggesting he should also send colored people to Marthas Vineyard?

  • Mutts

    March 23, 2023 at 2:42 pm

    Now, if only the rest of the country could become like Florida!

  • Coach

    March 23, 2023 at 2:49 pm

    With this silly stunt the NAACP has officially admitted it has no ideas and stands for what their Democrat masters tell them to push.
    This reminds me a few years back when the leaders of the NAACP vacationed in Haiti of all places and said no one word about the awful lives the people that were serving them were forced to live.

  • Contontos

    March 23, 2023 at 2:50 pm

    Since the local NAACP didn’t bother to connect this to any sort of “danger” to black people, we’re left to surmise that the danger is to “queer theory” being taught as Black history.

  • Cajun

    March 23, 2023 at 2:53 pm

    Does this mean that black college reunion won’t be destroying one of our cities? Shucks!

  • Miguel

    March 23, 2023 at 2:54 pm

    Ron DeSantis won his election in FL in a landslide. Americans from the deteriorating states of NY, IL, and CA are moving to Florida in droves. Good luck with your bogus boycott. It will only make DeSantis stronger. Thank you,

  • Mariya

    March 23, 2023 at 3:02 pm

    Frankly, the people I most want to keep out of Florida are the entitled, liberal, regressive, usually white, suburban women who come here to party or retire, bringing their lemming-like voting and social justice garbage with them. These are the women who bring their kids and grandkids to drag shows, treat the men in their lives (including their own husbands, fathers, sons and grandsons) as second class people, raise their daughters to be little ‘me too’ monsters and jet all over the globe, yet scream about climate change.

    I am a woman, but I pray for the day that the current generations of shrieking, hypocritical harpies shuffle off the mortal coil. Fathers and Grandfathers…DO NOT let your wives do this to the kids again. Single guys…LOOK HARDER for independent, compassionate, common sense women to marry. They are out there, you might need to hang out where good girls go…and think above the neck a bit more 😉.

    • 10ffgrid

      March 23, 2023 at 8:47 pm

      Well said –

    • cassandra

      March 23, 2023 at 10:23 pm

      Sounds like you don’t like women much. Yourself included, Mariya. You appear to resent women who do not conform to Republican men’s idea of what women are supposed to be. Go ahead and ask a few what they think of you, Mariya…Certainly not an equal; you’re more like an accessory.

      You don’t see yourself as the equal of men either. Who says: “DO NOT let your wives”? Mariya, I bet most of the men you are involved with think they have a god-given right to decide what you do with your own body. They’re the ones online making comments like “keep your legs together”. You take that crap, right?

      You think any of them would let a woman or the government control their body? HA! You think they would let the government turn them into a public utility supplying life support services against their will, Mariya?

    • Yeah

      March 25, 2023 at 12:37 am

      “I am a woman”

      A ugly one at that lol

  • Lynn

    March 23, 2023 at 3:02 pm

    It’s probably a diversion tactic after that video was released of Fauci and the D.C. mayor going door to door and the man and woman denying the injections. They have to divide us again to keep their power. I love how the man said we Americans are not settled with getting the vaccine and then said they were using fear. The minute he said we and Americans, out came to wagging dog. We shouldn’t fear each other and my only advice would be to be on alert wherever you go as many people have to when they travel white black all colors. Places in Florida near military bases are good because they have a strong integrated population. Do your research.

  • LuscombeFlyer

    March 23, 2023 at 3:05 pm

    Don’t come to Florida because it’s not “safe”?

    Maybe you should recommend they visit historic Philadelphia, or catch a ball game in Baltimore, or San Francisco.

    • Tjb

      March 24, 2023 at 1:43 pm

      More Red lead cities have higher crime rates than Blue lead Cities. This is also true on the state level.

      • Bob

        March 24, 2023 at 8:25 pm

        BS

        • Like you

          March 25, 2023 at 2:14 am

          About what I would expect from someone who came from a failing school system like floridas lol

  • Stephen Potter

    March 23, 2023 at 3:08 pm

    i dont follow. what specifically is the legislation they dont like?

  • Daniel

    March 23, 2023 at 3:23 pm

    Another reason to move to Florida

  • Enough Already

    March 23, 2023 at 3:32 pm

    Cool. I can now vacation in Florida and not worry about crime.

  • Mitch Haase

    March 23, 2023 at 3:58 pm

    Based on the number of black on white, black on asian and black on black crimes that are committed in Florida, I would have to say that the less black people there would be safer for all. I won’t even mention the “spring break” riots that all seemed to consist of black “students” jumping on the cars of white people.

  • Jen

    March 23, 2023 at 4:03 pm

    Disney, which seems to be the main selection of vacationing in Fla should take a small loss of revenue and relocate to another port state. As for the beaches, they have more beautiful ones everywhere. Then Fla will have to sustain off the back of residents and there you have it: problem solved!

    • 10ffgrid

      March 23, 2023 at 9:30 pm

      What a delirious comment ……

  • Dave Huff

    March 23, 2023 at 4:34 pm

    If fewer blacks go to Florida, that’s a good thing, Whites will be much safer….

    • Yeah

      March 25, 2023 at 12:38 am

      “Whites will be much safer”
      start Doing drugs again and kill each other lol

  • fourpmfox

    March 23, 2023 at 4:41 pm

    Another gloriously insightful post from the Good Old Demoncrap him ? or her ? self !!!

  • Kilgore Trout

    March 23, 2023 at 4:51 pm

    He is an anti-woke culture warrior who believes America is a White Christian nation. Depending on his audience, he’ll dial it back or amp it up. The MAGAs lap it up.

    • 10ffgrid

      March 23, 2023 at 8:50 pm

      Not terribly cognizant ‘EH?

  • Lightbody61

    March 23, 2023 at 4:55 pm

    Awesome. It’s safe to go the the Waffle House again!

  • cow

    March 23, 2023 at 5:11 pm

    Hilarious him calling it one of the stupid fights, when he is attacking imaginary woke CRT math problems and is banning books when its hard enough to get a kid to read any books these days.

    • 10ffgrid

      March 23, 2023 at 8:51 pm

      You’re oblivious to the facts.

  • Ocean Joe

    March 23, 2023 at 6:01 pm

    It’s 1958 all over again!

  • Bob Parsons

    March 23, 2023 at 7:03 pm

    I’m a white Canadian and I agree with the NAACP – I won’t be holidaying in Florida as long as DeSantis and his crazy anti-woke stance continues

    • 10ffgrid

      March 23, 2023 at 8:53 pm

      Thanks for making things better in Florida !

    • JMWinPR

      March 24, 2023 at 12:56 pm

      The Floridians I have met welcome your action. Canucks don’t tip

  • Arm The Homeless

    March 23, 2023 at 7:22 pm

    Hey, Meãtbãll, while you’re having slap fights with your constituents, maybe you could take some time out of your busy travel schedule –which I guess we aren’t entitled to, even though he’s our employee– to figure out how my homeowners insurance has gone up 25% in two years.

    That’s going to be a lot more helpful than trying to pick a fight with school librarians.

  • Every American

    March 23, 2023 at 7:57 pm

    If the primitives stay out of Florida, Florida’s value will sky rocket!

    Everywhere blacks are, there is trouble, crime and filth. Everywhere blacks are not, there is peace, safety, and cleanliness.

    Obviously DeSantis said nothing of the sort that he is being blamed for saying because he’s a politician…..so I’ll say it. Blacks, stay out of Florida. In fact pack your stuff and head back to your ancestral homelands where you can kill, steal, rape, and pillage to your primitive heart’s content. You have no place in civilized society. You’ve proven that over and over again.

    • Rob Desantos

      March 24, 2023 at 12:28 pm

      Wow! Well, you went all the way there… This is the kind of disgusting primitive racism that today’s Republicans are incentivizing for their own political gain. Congrats on being the very worst kind of human.

    • Sure

      March 25, 2023 at 12:40 am

      “Blacks stay out of Florida”

      Only if you stay out of your sister hayseed lol

  • James

    March 23, 2023 at 9:24 pm

    Is that all you have to do to get rid of the minority of people who commit over 50% of violent crime?

    • Rob Desantos

      March 24, 2023 at 1:01 pm

      Whites still commit the vast majority of crimes in Florida, and in the US, despite what you hear on Fox News.

      • wrd9

        March 24, 2023 at 3:50 pm

        Oh look, someone who’s clearly ignorant regarding crime statistics. You must be in the group of the 92% of blacks who aren’t proficient in math. Look up the NAEP test scores by race, bish.

        • Rob Desantos

          March 24, 2023 at 4:12 pm

          You’re just repeating well-known white-supremacist propaganda. James’s 13/51 reference has long since been debunked as a racially-motivated selective misreading of crime statistics.
          In short, you are wrong because you are a racist… bish.

          • James

            March 25, 2023 at 1:05 am

            Just google your precious gov websites and look at the statistics. Whites murdered 5k+ in 2020. Blacks murdered 6k+ in 2020. 12k+ we’re murdered in 2020. Whites made up 58% of the population and blacks made up 12% of the population. Do the math retards.

  • June Bug

    March 24, 2023 at 1:42 am

    I see things quite clearly and my white guilt has had enough bashing in the last few years. Go preach somewhere else.

  • Big D NRG

    March 24, 2023 at 7:55 am

    It’s so sad to see how much ignorance and hatred coming from the same people who seem to believe that white Christians are “good people”. This group appears to have a huge blind spot when it comes to race and crime. The statistics are actually proof that systematic racism still exists, that some people live life feeling challenged by gas prices while others have to pray when they get pulled over. This is not a liberal or conservative issue. It’s deeper. Both parties play a role in systems and thought that work to divide the human experience into those who “belong” and those who are “excluded”. It’s death by a million paper cuts, an image of a white Jesus, a small comment about someone’s taste in music, or the collective belief among whites and blacks, that it sucks to live in “dangerous” cities. We are all guilty. Florida’s governor is a smart and deliberate professional politician who is using state of the art messaging to engage the people most likely to vote for him. Sadly he seems like a frat boy prick, but that’s just my opinion. You do you. Peace.

  • JD

    March 24, 2023 at 10:39 am

    Wow. Unbridled and naked racism, bordering on fascism. Careful – your opinions being so nude are pornographic.

    The bullies are pissed, and they are trying to take their toys and go home.

    This is just another GenXer that’s angry about affirmative action and them not “getting their fair share” entitlements. Grow up.

    • Rob Desantos

      March 24, 2023 at 12:55 pm

      Their defensiveness about anything race-related really gives away so much.

  • Rob

    March 24, 2023 at 12:08 pm

    Won by 19 points, dude. I’m Black and I would like to see the Black idiots who worship at the alter of the NAACP to not come here or to leave if they are already here. They drag the rest of us Blacks down (see Miami spring breakers).

    • Rob Desantos

      March 24, 2023 at 12:22 pm

      Only got 13% of the Black vote, dude!

      • Rob

        March 24, 2023 at 12:42 pm

        That just means that MOST Black people have a difference of opinion from me. That’s fine. How many of those 13% voted for Andrew Gillum in the 2018 election?

        • Rob Desantos

          March 24, 2023 at 12:54 pm

          The Black vote split was the same in 2018/2022 FL governor races. Desantos winning by 19 has only to do with Republican dominance of the state, not race.

          • Rob

            March 24, 2023 at 1:06 pm

            You completely missed the point. The point is that he was preferred by the MAJORITY of people in Florida. I don’t care about the race of the folks who voted him in. I’m just glad he is in. I’m glad we are not governed by idiots like Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, or Kathy Hochul.

            I care about LEADERSHIP, not race.

    • wrd9

      March 24, 2023 at 3:36 pm

      Thank you for your comment. Yes, dissuading the black idiots will be a huge positive for Florida. Dissuading all idiots, aka Democrats, from coming should be the next step.

      • 5 of them.

        March 25, 2023 at 2:18 am

        The o my people that come to your state are missing teeth lol

  • Rob Desantos

    March 24, 2023 at 12:20 pm

    Sunshine State? More like Sundown State!

  • Rob Desantos

    March 24, 2023 at 12:32 pm

    It’s not hard to see the correlation between Florida GOP’s racial antagonism and the many anonymous racist comments posted here.

  • MS100

    March 24, 2023 at 3:30 pm

    This is awesome, this will dissuade the woke black racists from coming to FL and committing violent crimes. The only blacks that should be welcome in FL are ones who vote Republican, the rest can stay in their high crime blue state cesspools they helped create.

    • You know

      March 25, 2023 at 2:16 am

      “High crime blue state”
      Florida has higher crime then most blue states.
      Not that Floridians can count if you show stats since most don’t have an education lol

  • What are you without your racism?

    March 24, 2023 at 6:56 pm

    It’s comical to see racist project their own racism onto others they never liked in the first place. The racist are the worst among us. No one wants to breed with you. Enjoy it while it last. Your property taxes are through the roof. Insurance companies are pulling out.

    Florida ranks 28th (7.8) in the union for per capita homicide rate. That is behind New York (4.7), New Jersey (4.3), California (6.1). So much for Democratic run states.

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/homicide_mortality/homicide.htm

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