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.
10 comments
GeeWoo
January 23, 2025 at 5:38 pm
Boom! Truth bomb!
MH/Duuuval
January 26, 2025 at 11:12 am
Must have been a wet fuse on your verbal bomb as just a year ago Trump and the entire MAGA universe was NOT in a hurry to fix the border crisis.
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.
MH/Duuuval
January 24, 2025 at 9:47 pm
So, folks who embrace outrageous lies — asylum seekers in Ohio eating their neighbors’ cats — and continue to hold onto the lie even after it has been debunked are rational?
Not talking about you, TBT, but JD Vance who stands a good chance of becoming Prez when Trump’s old age further diminishes him.
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 6:41 pm
Earl Shitts American, the self-declared sage of… something. Let’s take a moment to marvel at your proposal to normalize “DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTIST” as if it were a groundbreaking constitutional endeavor. I applaud your dedication to the lexicon of playground insults, though your “sage patriots” might consider aiming for something a touch more, shall we say, cerebral.
Now, speaking of “Dook 4 Brains,” your extremist red-right rhetoric, eerily echoing the black-and-red imagery of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party of old, is a bit on the nose, isn’t it? You’ve traded their propaganda posters for memes, but the divisive fervor remains the same. Bravo on updating the playbook.
Perhaps while you’re out there “relaxing sphincters” in defense of the Second Amendment, you might also try to grasp the First, which doesn’t just protect your freedom to say absurdities—it also protects my freedom to point out their absurdity.
So, good luck on your campaign to enshrine “DOOK 4 BRAINS” into the annals of history. It’s a fitting legacy for someone so committed to a crusade of empty-headed hyperbole.
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.
MH/Duuuval
January 23, 2025 at 11:09 pm
“If you’re a natural-born American, it is what it is.”
Exactly.
LexT
January 24, 2025 at 9:24 am
Both parties have been complicit in attracting illegal immigrants. They are still very much illegal immigrants, but we need to remember that for more than 40 years the US elites have been ignoring all US immigration laws. We need a culture change from top to bottom in our government and hopefully, its coming.
MH/Duuuval
January 24, 2025 at 10:13 am
Or, we can look at the demographics and agree that we need immigrants at every level of the economy.
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