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(US) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends 'Soros-backed' state attorney who refused to enforce abortion ban
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The_Right_Honourable_Brit
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Excellent work Ronnniiieeee.
Tired of these virtue-signaling, serially under-performing twats who somehow always "fail upwards".
In the great REPUBLICAN state of Florida, they don't kindly to "progressive" prosecutors - and for good reason.
Tired of these virtue-signaling, serially under-performing twats who somehow always "fail upwards".
In the great REPUBLICAN state of Florida, they don't kindly to "progressive" prosecutors - and for good reason.
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#President2024 or 2028 depending on circumstances.
The only circus in town is Florida Democrats who are under-funded, under-powered and under-performing.
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Not really... if those that level criticism, albeit usually more fleshed out, are off a certain group. Then statistically speaking one would be correct more often than not to lump another individual into said group.
Which is why I said show your reasoning if you want to avoid it. If he's wrong then he's wrong.
Lumping people into groups based on assumptions appear to be a part time hobby for many on these forums.
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Hah then DeSantis turns out to be a Mitch McConnell in disguise and screws his supporters over.
Are you that committed to your mental gymnastics? You can leave me out of your statistical assumptions model.
One thing at a time - perhaps see what happens on November 8.
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You have yet to disprove him. So by all means pretzel away..
Disprove what? Would you like a written statement?
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Somehow I just doubt that.
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DeSantis is by all metrics one of the strongest candidates they have for up coming elections.
Yet your take on this is that it's a "circus". At present it's predominantly leftists, colloquially called "woke" by some here, that have a problem with him. So I'm just curious what's yours?
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Career politicians have a propensity for flip-flopping.
Time will tell, but hopefully I'm wrong as the US could do with a strong leader. At present the Democrats can't field anyone that fits the bill.
The circus refers to DeSantis' pivot from what he campaigned on to his anti-"woke" crusade which isn't anywhere near as much a priority to citizens of Florida as you might believe. You're welcome to correct me if I'm wrong but he has not delivered on pretty much all of his campaign promises despite only winning by the smallest of margins. He's pandering to his base (and those outside Florida) as a springboard for the GOP primaries. If he loses to Crist (if Crist runs) in November he'll be forced to run sooner than 2028 as he'll no longer be in the spotlight and I doubt he'd come out ahead of Trump for the nomination in 2024.
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Some of his key points during his campaigning were the waterways, illegal immigration, rule of law. I'd argue he's addressing all of these. For example rule of law coincides with his removal of that Soros funded state attorney that refused to prosecute certain cases. Issues around the waterway aren't as newsworthy to those outside of Florida as say his recent exchanges with Disney, but he is still addressing those issues. There may in fact be many bills passed relating to some of these topics, but again, due to lack of newsworthiness we're unlikely to be aware of it. Failure to adhere to promises will be weaponised against him.
I think you'll be surprised how much the average person is fed up with the "woke" nonsense. The Democrats are hurting their chances by pandering to it, precisely because it's such a fringe minority, over amplified by twitter and other social media. That said, the most pressing concern for most Americans is the economy. Always has been, always will be. He did well by Florida in this regard.
Recent polling still places him far ahead of Crist, so unless he does something extremely unpopular this is unlikely to change.
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Yeah I already checked and know the result (and notice this from a D-aligned polling group).
Sure and the polls said Hilary would win.
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They haven't made much adjustments to their polling methodology, so the margin should be higher than what is stated as it skews in favour of Dems. Which is why even the 2020 polls were offSure and the polls said Hilary would win.
I'd argue that he's in fact only completed 1 of his promises to date - the scholarships. As for the state attorney for Tampa who was elected and re-elected (not appointed) and has the power of prosecutorial unfettered discretion I think the suspension might backfire in terms of those voters who elected Andrews in the first place. As for Disney I'm sure he didn't think of the ramifications of who has to pick up Disneys commitments - but that'll play out with all court battles to come. DeSantis is pivoting for a reason - that reason has less to do with Florida and more to do with his ambition.