A.G. Gancarski
Gov. Ron DeSantis is addressing a meaningful semantic change between the Donald Trump and Joe Biden administrations.
WJXT’s Erik Avanier asked the Governor about “undocumented immigrants,” and the Governor corrected the euphemism that was swept out soon after the man from Mar-a-Lago took his oath.
“The federal government has made clear that the statutory term is not undocumented immigrants; they’re illegal aliens. That’s the statutory term and that’s what it is,” DeSantis said, rejecting the impulse to “water down” the phrasing before explaining the difference.
“Undocumented, it’s like if I get in my car and I forget my wallet. Oh, okay, I don’t have my document on me, my driver’s license. But I still have a right to drive. I just made a mistake. This is intentional to come in illegally, and it’s not just the question of missing a document. It’s a question of, you know, you violated the laws that were very clear, and knowingly, and with the help of the cartels in many cases,” DeSantis said.
An executive order from the White House uses the phrase “illegal aliens” five times, offering evidence of the shift in phrasing.
DeSantis wasn’t done talking about media, legal and illegal immigrants and their relative likelihood to commit crimes.
“The media will be like, they’ll say, ‘Immigrants commit crimes at lower rates,’ and they conflate legal with illegal immigrants. I would hope legal immigrants commit at less rates, because if they’re committing at higher rates, why would they have knowingly been led into this country? Illegal immigrants, the crime rate should be close to zero because we can choose who we’re bringing in,” DeSantis
“Obviously our native population, you know, it’s not like we can choose. ‘Oh, well, we’re going to send you to Chile or something,'” he added. “If you’re a natural-born American, it is what it is. But any crime committed by an illegal by definition was avoidable if you had been enforcing the law.”
The Governor made these comments Thursday at the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
4 comments
GeeWoo
January 23, 2025 at 5:38 pm
Boom! Truth bomb!
TruthBTold
January 23, 2025 at 5:43 pm
I lived in Japan for 5 years. When a geijen (foreigner) was rear ended, it was always 60% the fault of the foreigner. The rational was that as a foreigner, if you weren’t in the country the accident wouldn’t have happened. This is for legal foreigners, illegals go straight to jail until deported.
That’s how the rest of the rational world thinks about foreigners.
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
January 23, 2025 at 6:29 pm
America, I, EARL PITTS AMERICAN, am lobbying “The Powers That Be” to join me, EARL PITTS AMERICAN, in normalizing the termonolgy “DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTIST”.
We’ve received positive responses from “Sage Patriots” Nation-Wide” in our quest to make the term “DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTIST” a part of our approved speach.
So everyone can Relax Their Sphincters knowing that I, EARL PITTS AMERICAN, am fighting hard for their 2nd Admendment rights to call anyone a “DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTIST” any time you feel the urge.
Thank you Sage Patriots,
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
JD
January 23, 2025 at 6:43 pm
While my other comment is in moderation: Earl Shitts American, the self-proclaimed sage of… something. Let’s pause to appreciate your quest to normalize “DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTIST” as if it were some great constitutional milestone. Your dedication to the vocabulary of schoolyard taunts is, if nothing else, consistent. Perhaps your “sage patriots” might consider setting their sights a bit higher?
Speaking of “Dook 4 Brains,” your extremist rhetoric, tinged with imagery reminiscent of a certain 20th-century authoritarian regime infamous for its red and black banners, feels almost too on point. The propaganda methods may have shifted from posters to memes, but the divisive fervor remains strikingly familiar. Well done on keeping the spirit alive.
While you’re busy championing the Second Amendment with such flair, it might also be worth brushing up on the First. It not only protects your right to shout absurdities but also mine to highlight their absurdity in kind.
So, best of luck with your campaign to immortalize “DOOK 4 BRAINS.” It seems a fitting addition to the chronicles of performative hyperbole.