A.G. Gancarski
Ron DeSantis went to the Badger State Saturday, delivering the “good news” about how a transformational conservative Governor could flip a perpetual swing state and how that model may make him Presidential material.
“I come bearing good news and you may say what good news is there. Republicans have had a series of disappointing election results, not just here in Wisconsin, but really across the country,” DeSantis said. “So, what’s the good news? The good news is the State of Florida and what we’ve achieved shows Republicans can win again.”
The Governor, addressing a Republican dinner crowd in Wausau, drew comparisons between the Dairy State and the Sunshine State before he was elected Governor.
“Florida was a great state. There were a lot of good things going on. But it was the single most pivotal swing state. Basically like Wisconsin is now.”
“We have never taken any polls on any issue I have dealt with as Governor,” the Governor who just discussed 2024 PAC polling data with Newsmax said.
Speaking of issues that DeSantis has never polled due to his devotion to “true north,” the Governor touched on a number of policy victories, including “freedom over Fauci-ism,” in which he seemed to make a direct hit on Donald Trump’s COVID-19 policies.
“Don’t let them rewrite history. Fauci was wrong and we can never let this happen in our country again,” DeSantis said to a standing ovation.
He swiped at Trump’s baggage without naming the former President, saying Joe Biden was beatable if issues and results were on the ballot, but with a caveat: “If we let the election be about anything else, we will lose.”
“You can buy whatever book you want in Florida. But when you have books in school that are pornographic, inappropriate for age, parents have every right to know that and to object,” DeSantis said, rejecting the idea that he was “banning books.”
“Our national sovereignty matters,” DeSantis said, arguing against “open borders” and staking out his anti-illegal immigration position. As usual, “beautiful Martha’s Vineyard” was a punchline, one that delighted the Wausau crowd.
He also sounded a note of defiance against the Walt Disney Company, which has sued DeSantis recently.
“We run the state of Florida. They do not run the state of Florida,” DeSantis said to cheers. “They are going to be held accountable and there’s a new sheriff in town.”
The six-week abortion ban and permitless carry?
“We have expanded our pro life protections by enacting the Heartbeat Bill. We bolstered 2nd Amendment rights by enacting constitutional carry,” DeSantis said, hours after a mass murder in Allen, Texas at an outlet mall, another massacre for which the body count is not known at this writing.
The Governor touched on those and other hot button issues briefly as he has in recent speeches during what is now a four minute oration on wins, including that “people who deal fentanyl to children are treated like the murderers they are.”
Parental Rights in Education: also another crowd-pleaser.
“No requirements of pronouns in Florida,” the Governor said, referring to pronouns of students’ choosing and not a ban on the part of speech itself, of course.
“We’re going to live like we’ve lived for our entire lives!”
The Governor also complained that federal money was going to the “George Soros Tides Foundation.“
“I think that’s things like BLM, most likely,” DeSantis suggested.
It wasn’t all serious. The Governor also brought his brand of convivial humor, needling the locals gently.
“The hospitality has been fantastic. People here are so nice and I always enjoy spending time with folks from Wisconsin as Governor of Florida. Usually that just means I go to Naples in winter and half of Wisconsin is down there, but it’s great to be visiting the real thing,” DeSantis joshed.
10 comments
PeterH
May 6, 2023 at 11:17 pm
Florida is not a model for America!
Elliott Offen
May 6, 2023 at 11:17 pm
Earl Pitts and Liberal Lunatic are poop flies and a tick on everyone’s balls around here. Continue to report to FP for subhuman levels of intelligence.
Liberal Lunatic
May 7, 2023 at 8:54 am
Ron DeSantis is a true leader. The two above prefer an incoherent and incompetent hologram that does nothing but stumble through a teleprompter or his crib sheets. The guy is a complete embarrassment. No wonder Putin waited until Trump was out of office to invade Ukraine. Now we have China banging the war drums on Taiwan. Meanwhile at the Southern Border where records are broken daily on the number of illegals crossing. The zombies don’t care. As long as they have the internet and access to state controlled media and entertainment they are fine. Take that away and maybe they will start thinking for themselves.
Dont Say FLA
May 7, 2023 at 10:37 am
No Surprise Tro-LL, the guy into Rhon DasPanties, advocates here for state censorship of internet, media and entertainment.
Elliott Offen
May 7, 2023 at 12:13 pm
👆Report far right bomber lunatic to FP for being a dung fly and vandalizing the website with nonsense.
Kyle Orlando
May 7, 2023 at 9:41 am
Desantis is no model governor. He’s a Fascist dictator. And the lawmaking and policy nonsense that Florida voters are happy to endure is proving to be a much tougher sell across America because it turns out that voters across the U.S. don’t want Ron Desantis telling then which books they can read while dictating what they can do with their uteruses.
But just like Desantis, the Republican party as a whole is completely delusional and mired in self-contradictions and people across America know it. Freedom isn’t banning books and abortions, and it isn’t declaring war on minorities and gay people and Mickey Mouse.
Perhaps Desantis is ignoring the polls because they are consistently showing him losing, and badly, thanks in part to his Fascist (and clearly racist) approach to governing. The GOP is offering less rights, and more guns and bigotry and that’s a downer for most Americans. How come Republicans don’t understand that?
Diana
May 7, 2023 at 7:48 pm
Governor DeSantis is a great leader making Florida a model for America! As he said, no entity should control Florida laws, wouldn’t you want the monorail inspected?! And be reminded, the recent Allen Texas shooting was done by a gang member in a Simon Mall ‘Gun Free Zone’ I could go on but just know; DeSantis is keeping Florida great and he can keep America great too!
Dont Say FLA
May 8, 2023 at 1:46 pm
So now an active shooter are referred to as a “gang member?” Rather than “person who was so-called Good Guy With a Gun until one day he wasn’t”? LOL The gang of the previous shooter, in Atlanta GA, his “gang” was the US Coast Guard.
Leonard
May 9, 2023 at 8:27 am
If you don’t like living in a state with low taxes, low unemployment, and a booming economy feel free to MOVE! If you want a Governor that stands up for children…MOVE!! If you don’t want a Governor that embraces capitalism….MOVE! If you don’t want a Governor that promotes freedom—please MOVE! California has lost 500,000 residents in two years thanks to their high-tax, economy killing policies…I’m sure they would welcome you with open arms.
JD
May 9, 2023 at 8:49 am
We had all that before this governor. You are applying credit for the positives we already had, and that is a strawman.
It’s like saying you were born tall! The governor did that!
And nobody is saying that – they don’t like the implementation or interpretations of the “freedoms” you described.
And I tired of “if you don’t like ‘x’, then MOVE.”. No, you MOVE! Our democracy is about changing the state of what people think is wrong. Griping about the wrongs and drawing attention is the first step.
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