A.G. Gancarski
Ron DeSantis told a crowd in Iowa that if he becomes President, he will reverse a Joe Biden decision to create a national monument at the Grand Canyon, a priority of Native American tribes.
During a Never Back Down meet-and-greet in Coralville, DeSantis said he didn’t know much about the President’s decision, but he was against it anyway on national security grounds.
“I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it,” DeSantis said. “Absolutely.”
Earlier this week, Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument as the fifth new national monument created during his term, a move that the White House says “protects nearly 1 million acres of public lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park and conserves this majestic land for all future generations.”
That designation would block the area from being mined. For DeSantis, monuments take second place to the ongoing war against Beijing.
“Biden just did this thing where he declared a national monument, you know, where you had a lot of rare earth minerals. China is kicking our rear end with this, you know, they want to do electric cars and all this stuff,” DeSantis said. “Well, you get a lot of the stuff from China.”
The Governor claimed Biden designating the monument was a specific move to undermine America’s national security and give the Chinese government an advantage.
“We need to be doing more of that here and Biden did that so that we’re not able to do more of that here.”
While Biden says the designation “honors our solemn promise to Tribal Nations to respect sovereignty, preserves America’s iconic landscapes for future generations, and advances my commitment to protect and conserve at least 30% of our nation’s land and waters by 2030,” DeSantis sees it differently.
“I think we need to be able to develop our own resources here and for heaven’s sake do not put your country in a position where you’re dependent on China, our chief adversary for things that are important to our national survival,” the Governor said Thursday.
DeSantis has vowed to undo other Biden decisions. He already promised to restore the “iconic” name of Fort Bragg, the North Carolina military institution named after one of the worst generals in the Confederate army.
“And thank the people that have served there. And they’re proud of their service there. It’s an iconic name and iconic base. We’re not going to let political correctness run amok in North Carolina,” DeSantis said in June, objecting to the facility’s new name — Fort Liberty.
19 comments
PeterH
August 10, 2023 at 2:20 pm
This is the indicator of a incompetent, shoot from the hip, do nothing political hack candidate:
‘I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it.’
How can Ron DeSantis possibly defend this quote in any debate?
Republicans are America’s worst enemy!
Vote all Republicans out of office!
Michael K
August 10, 2023 at 2:29 pm
How and why?
Because Ron is an idiot. Why should we want someone in any office who says things like “I don’t know what it is but I am against it.” And it is not the first time he is spouting ignorance to rile a few votes from the “uneducated.”
Reed Mahoney
August 12, 2023 at 11:26 am
You are spot on. You wrote just what I was thinking. God, is this how far we’ve sunk when having to choose our leaders?
SteveHC
August 10, 2023 at 2:28 pm
Just another bunch of moronic nonsense. He REALLY should just giveit all a rest and return whatever is left of his donors’ money.
Dont Say FLA
August 10, 2023 at 4:09 pm
He can’t give the money back to the Rhonda Campaign donors.
They already wrote off the loss last fiscal year. They do not want that money back.
There’s far too much uncooking required, and you know, Rhonda banned books, making uncooking even harder without drawing attention to the cookbook.
Joe
August 10, 2023 at 2:32 pm
As would we all reverse his mother’s failed abortion attempt. What a cancer on our nation this angry pipsqueak is.
My Take
August 10, 2023 at 3:51 pm
“Angry Pipsqueak” makes a great historicaĺ epithet for him!
Ron DiSaster
August 10, 2023 at 3:39 pm
“‘I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it.”
In other words “I’m an idiot. I can’t be bothered to learn about it, but since Joe Biden did it, i’m against it.
JFC, this man is an absolute imbecile. The only people dumber than Ron DeSantis are his supporters.
Dont Say FLA
August 10, 2023 at 4:05 pm
Rhonda says, “Whatever idea the current administration has, my idea is the opposite. Nuance not required.”
LOL @ Goofy Mo’ Rhonda. What a rube!
tom palmer
August 10, 2023 at 4:09 pm
More pathetic and clueless by the day
Bwj
August 10, 2023 at 4:29 pm
No wonder the Sierra Club hates him.
Mark miller
August 10, 2023 at 5:08 pm
Rons favorite song by Aerosmith. Dream on!
TJC
August 10, 2023 at 5:12 pm
“China is kicking our rear end with this, you know, they want to do electric cars and all this stuff,” DeSantis said. “Well, you get a lot of the stuff from China.”
Words from the man who would be President. Spoken so eloquently, like poetry slipping off his tongue. A word master, a veritable modern day Abraham Lincoln. Gosh, we can all be so proud he’s our Governor, a real Florida Man.
My Take
August 10, 2023 at 7:42 pm
Next, he can revoke Everglades National Park status.
With rising sea level, Miami is going to need a LOT more rock pits for fill.
nail
August 10, 2023 at 8:34 pm
So, obvious solution, ban MAGAts from voting at all. Thet are going down in flames in 2024…
Suze
August 11, 2023 at 8:02 am
He sounds like the Ms South Carolinas answer to why Americans can’t read a map. Dahhhhhh
DeSantarded
August 11, 2023 at 11:48 am
Just like his war on “woke”: I can’t define it, but I’m against it.
shelly
August 12, 2023 at 8:39 am
The Biden administration has granted a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Despite protests based on environmental concerns. Pipeline opponents say protesters walked onto work sites in Roanoke County and Montgomery County halting construction. https://www.wdbj7.com/2023/08/09/pipeline-protests-resume-western-virginia/
Ed Slavin
August 12, 2023 at 9:26 am
“I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it.” Callow Governor RONALD DION DeSANTI$ didn’t know any details of President Biden’s preserving a million acres of Grand Canyon adjacent land, but he’s against it. The sacred tribal lands, already owned by the federal government, will no longer be threatened by uranium mining developer greed.
Shallow, inarticulate Boy Governor DeSANTIS is not a serious Governor.
He is not a serious presidential candidate.
Angry, flailing, flatulent, feculent, foul, fetid, fulminating DeSANTI$ sort of reminds me of this vintage Grouch Marx song, “I’m against it,” from the 1932 musical comedy movie, Horse Feathers, about a new college president played by Groucho Marx.
[WAGSTAFF]
I don’t know what they have to say
It makes no difference anyway
Whatever it is, I’m against it
No matter what it is or who commenced it
I’m against it
Your proposition may be good
But let’s have one thing understood:
Whatever it is, I’m against it
And even when you’ve changed it or condensed it
I’m against it
I’m opposed to it
On general principles, I’m opposed to it
[STUDENTS]
He’s opposed to it
In fact, indeed, he’s opposed to it
[WAGSTAFF]
For months before my son was born
I used to yell from night till morn
“Whatever it is, I’m against it.”
And I’ve been yelling since I first commenced it
I’m against it
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