A.G. Gancarski
Florida’s Governor is one of several new faces on the presidentially appointed Council of Governors.
President Donald Trump announced that Gov. Ron DeSantis is part of a wave of picks to the “bipartisan group of state leaders tasked with strengthening state-federal partnerships on key national security, disaster response, and military coordination issues.”
Trump also appointed Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and North Carolina Democrat Gov. Josh Stein as Co-Chairs.
New regular members include Republican Govs. Brian Kemp of Georgia, Jeff Landry of Louisiana and Henry McMaster of South Carolina.
Additionally, Trump empaneled Democratic Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York, Wes Moore of Maryland, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan.
“The Council consists of ten governors appointed to two-year terms by the President — five from each party — with two governors serving as co-chairs. The Executive Order specifically names a number of federal participants in the Council, including the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security, the President’s Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor, the Commander of U.S. Northern Command and the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, among others,” notes the official organization webpage.
DeSantis will be in Washington, D.C., on Friday, where he has said that he intends to press the Trump administration on a variety of issues. These include the Atlantic red snapper season, relocating NASA to Florida, federal block grant funding of Everglades restoration projects, changing guidelines for college accreditation and importing pharmaceuticals from Canada.
9 comments
Ron Ogden
February 20, 2025 at 8:35 am
Trump goes out of his way to honor DeSantis. Given the bipartisan nature of this group, it gives DeSantis an opportunity to show that he is a problem solver first and a partisan second. That will play well in three years.
George
February 20, 2025 at 8:58 am
Thanks for the laugh.
MH/Duuuval
February 20, 2025 at 9:42 am
Really — like being kissed by your sibling, older rival.
Peachy
February 20, 2025 at 9:57 am
I know MH. Your boy Gillum would have had a great rave party stocked full with illegal drugs and male prostitutes. If only…………🤣
TruthBTold
February 21, 2025 at 10:04 am
100%
MH/Duuuval
February 21, 2025 at 10:29 am
Nothing like calling up one of your stock images of Black folks doing wrong. Right, MAGAnit?
Predictable and pathological.
Ditto the misnamed Truthbtold — another of your ersatz posts.
SuzyQ
February 22, 2025 at 8:17 pm
Have you been so kissed? Your analogies are weird, as well as enlightening. Then again, I was not raised in a dysfunctional family.
TruthBTold
February 21, 2025 at 10:06 am
More Dems align with DeSantis than most GOP leaders. DeSantis has shown an ability to use common sense to unite people on issues, with only the radical Leftists like George, being militantly against common sense.
MH/Duuuval
February 21, 2025 at 10:56 am
“Common sense” in your vocabulary means censoring ideas and words from official documents and textbooks. Tom Paine wouldn’t recognize this as common sense, nor would anyone else not smitten by Putin’s Poodle.
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