A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor doesn’t often laugh at press conferences, but he couldn’t resist a guffaw Tuesday in Tampa.
The question that tickled Ron DeSantis’ funny bone?
Whether Florida is in play in November given Joe Biden and Kamala Harris devoting time and attention to the state in the wake of the Heartbeat Protection Act.
The ban on abortion in most cases after the sixth week of pregnancy goes into effect Wednesday, and Democrats are staking electoral hopes on a constitutional amendment protecting the procedure up until the point of fetal viability.
The Governor noted the state has 900,000 more Republicans than Democrats, providing an “uphill climb” for Democrats, before going on to spotlight issues like interest rates, illegal immigration and inflation to say the administration is “trying to figure out everything (they) could” to counter-message.
DeSantis, who has officially made peace with likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump after months of acrimonious comments, sounded like a Trump surrogate as he dared Democrats to pour resources into the state in vain.
“I welcome Biden-Harris to spend a lot of money in Florida. Light up the airwaves. Do it; light it on fire. We are fine with you doing that here. But I can confidently predict that you’ll see Republican victories not just at the top of the ticket, but up and down the ballot,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis’ comments come as Harris will head to Jacksonville Wednesday to talk about abortion rights.
“The event will take place on the day the state is set to implement an abortion ban even more extreme than the one currently in effect,” read an advisory from the Biden campaign. “The Vice President will discuss the harms inflicted by state abortion bans and continue to make the case that ‘Donald Trump did this.’”
Ironically, Trump told reporters ahead of his trial hearing in New York that Florida may be in play.
“I would much rather be in Georgia and Florida. I’d much rather be in states that are in play,” the former President said Tuesday.
5 comments
Dont Say FLA
April 30, 2024 at 1:27 pm
Rhonda is completely certain his unnecessary, crassly cynical proposed amendment of the state constitution for protecting hunting and fishing (regardless of the litigation it’ll produce, same as overturning Roe did, that decimates all fish and wildlife in Florida including currently protected ones like panthers and Key Deer when hunting and fishing are protected like speech used to be), appearing on the ballot purely as election interference for changing the outcome of the other ballot initiatives, and for no other discernible reason than that, will bring out the hunting and fishing G0P base who will defeat the abortion initiative and hand victory in the Presidential contest to The Donaldzzzzzzzz.
Rhonda was also completely certain he would win in Iowa. One county. He would win ONE county, at the very least. Just one county won would have been a win, but Rhonda earned an
Ivy LeagueIowa Zero.Dancing Outlaw
April 30, 2024 at 1:44 pm
Snorting followed by laughing? That’s a sign of cocaine abuse.
Ashley Moody, please drug test Governor DeSantis ASAP. Do it today.
No more checks from State of Florida for DeSantis until Ron proves themself to be innocent of these very serious indications of an illicit drug habit.
SNORT. LAUGH. = COCAINE.
PeterH
April 30, 2024 at 2:06 pm
Why wouldn’t DeSantis have a good laugh at the destruction of women’s healthcare rights that he enthusiastically signed into law.
Republicans are America’s worst enemy!
Vote all Republicans out of office!
Joe
April 30, 2024 at 3:40 pm
This advice comes from the angry pipsqueak who lit $160M on fire in his spectacular conflagration of a failed presidential run.
MH/Duuuval
April 30, 2024 at 3:55 pm
Ouch!
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