A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis was born and raised in Florida, and spent much of his adult life in the state. Yet in all his 45 years on the planet, he says he never met someone who was mugged on the street, drawing a dramatic contrast to California.
“My wife and I were in Southern California. We’re doing different events while we’re out there and we ran into about six or seven people that had been mugged within the last year. And I’m thinking to myself, I’ve been going to events for how long, I’ve never met anybody in Florida who had been mugged,” DeSantis said.
“I’m not saying there’s no crime, but it’s almost like a common occurrence that this is happening. You know why it keeps happening,” he added. “Because the perpetrators aren’t put in jail where they belong.”
DeSantis went on to say that “in places like San Francisco and Los Angeles, these people that are getting mugged, a lot of times the perpetrator isn’t prosecuted,” and then goes on to commit “a really, really heinous crime.”
The Governor has discussed California muggings frequently of late.
“I met six or seven people just last week out there who had reported being mugged in the last year in southern California. Forget about San Francisco and some of the places in Northern California,” he said Wednesday.
The Governor made the comments at an event in Spartanburg, South Carolina, which was hosted by his Never Back Down super PAC. They weren’t the first time DeSantis advanced the dread specter of California muggers though.
During remarks in Long Beach, California, Ron DeSantis depicted a public safety crisis in the Golden State, saying Californians are leery of wearing jewels while shopping because they could get stolen.
“Just being in Southern California over these last few days, my wife and I have run into four or five people that reported that they’ve been mugged in the last year in different parts of Southern California,” DeSantis said.
He also worked it in during the Republican presidential debate, when he said he and the First Lady and he had “met three people, people who have been mugged on the street and that would have never happened 10 or 20 years ago.”
13 comments
Tom
October 5, 2023 at 4:31 pm
Dude hasn’t been to Fort Myers apparently (or most other big cities in Florida). We have running road rage gun battles up and down I75. He’s really digging deep with the pro Florida BS.
Elmo
October 5, 2023 at 5:34 pm
Which is it? He met three people that were mugged? He met four or five people who were mugged? Or did he meet six or seven people who were mugged? That’s a lot of pinocchios.
Bill Pollard
October 5, 2023 at 7:30 pm
DeSantis must no associate with real Floridians if he has never met anyone in Florida who has never been mugged in this state.
Flash01
October 6, 2023 at 9:23 am
Have the Dept of Corrections draw him up a list of the thousands of inmates in Florida Prisons for mugging crimes.
He can see the victim names also.
Rick Whitaker
October 6, 2023 at 4:51 pm
put that out there for desantis to explain. he would just say i don’t know any criminals, except financial crimes of course.
My Take
October 5, 2023 at 9:38 pm
There used to be official warnings about i-95 in Dade: Do not make eye contact with other drivers.
MH/Duuuval
October 5, 2023 at 11:16 pm
You may have confused I-95 with Blanding Blvd. in Duval. Thanks to Ron and his minions, anyone can pack a gun.
Deadly Duval Unsafe For Aaaaall
October 6, 2023 at 7:51 am
Deadly Duuuvaaaal…4th world
Michael K
October 5, 2023 at 10:52 pm
When you fly on private jets and stay at fancy hotels and are failing as a presidential candidate because nobody likes you, there are always “those people” in your imagination who become “stories of common folk” to help you sound more human than the arrogant elitist you’ve become.
White Christian Privilege
October 6, 2023 at 7:50 am
Oh the vacuousness of the White Christian’s privilege…‘there’s no crime in my office or bank or law school’
Out of touch and Christian as can be
J Peron
October 6, 2023 at 1:17 pm
I have lived in California for about 20 years and never met someone who told me they were mugged here. I did run into that when I lived in Africa, just not here. On the other hand the CDC says the homicide rate in Florida is 7.4 per 100k and 6.4 in California.
Given my druthers I’d rather be mugged than murdered.
Rick Whitaker
October 6, 2023 at 4:46 pm
desantis, meet me, i was mugged in florida. desantis is very phoney. i still am wondering how he managed to get elected governor.
TJC
October 7, 2023 at 11:26 am
Ron DeSantis has never met a pile of bullshit he didn’t like.
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