Posted on 02/27/2023 4:03:57 AM PST by Erik Latranyi
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis released a new digital ad Sunday night rallying conservatives to fight for freedom ahead of a potential 2024 presidential run.
“When the world lost its mind… when common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue… Florida was a refuge of sanity, a citadel of freedom for our fellow Americans and even for people around the world,” DeSantis said in the nearly two-minute video.
The ad features numerous major figures at Fox News — including Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, and Lisa Boothe — touting DeSantis’ repeated successes while serving as the governor of Florida.
“Florida’s success has been made more difficult by the floundering federal establishment in Washington, DC., an inflationary spending binge that has left our nation weaker and our citizens poorer,” DeSantis says later in the video. “It has enacted pandemic restrictions and mandates. It has recklessly facilitated open borders. It has imposed an energy policy that has crippled our nation’s domestic production. This has caused many to be pessimistic about the country’s future. Some even say that failure is inevitable. Florida is proof positive that we the people are not destined for failure.”
DeSantis continues by highlighting the wins that his administration has secured in the state, including becoming the fastest growing state in the country, ranking #1 in education freedom, ranking #1 in economic freedom, and ranking #1 in higher public education.
“Decline is a choice. Success is attainable,” DeSantis concludes. “And freedom is worth fighting for.”
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Re: 12 - We have our share of disagreements, but you are spot on regarding the blame game.
The only thing that does not seem to come up is President Trump’s decision to ban bump stocks. His agency, and his decision, so there’s no room for excuses.
Every President and Governor makes mistakes or policy errors. What makes it worse is simply believing that they are incapable of error.
Smells like a Lincoln Project.
Trump was on both sides of the issue. He came out against lockdowns early on, then shut up about it, then criticized states for lifting Covid restrictions.
He was really all over the place on it.
Exactly what is a PHONIE?
Someone who uses a PHONE? 😂
Trump also signed the largest spending bill in US History, which helped fuel the inflation we are seeing today.
Yes, Biden kept it going, but Trump should have known that injecting all that money into the economy was not going to have good results.
Oh noes, Kemp is a Never-Trump RINO, correct?
Can’t possibly be!
Could be because Trump has a checkered past of being Dem, Repub, independent, etc.
By week 12, most of us could see that certain groups (under 40 in particular) had damn near zero risk and countries which were not closing down businesses (Japan, Sweden) were doing far better than us.
St. Ron: "Well, uh, maybe, you know the thing."
FURD
Anyone with a clue would know he had no choice at that point. He performed better in the covid BS than any governor in the nation. In fact, he even did better than the guy in the White House at the time.
Those newscasters were responding to actions being taken at the time by a governor. He wasn’t running for anything then. Why was it wrong for them to comment?
You can tell us that Ron is a phony but those are hollow words to informed people. The man stepped up in a time of crisis when others wouldn’t.
So Ron DeSantis is a deep-state snake because more republicans and independents find him tolerable? You’re not really able to support that he’s deep-state.
Desantis ahas all the wrong friends. Including the Free Republic cruzer loser class of ‘16 pushing St. Ron.
But Trump showed that he couldn’t win again in 2020. If there was election fraud (there was) and he couldn’t prevent it as president, what makes you think he could prevent it now without being in office?
Let me know when DeSantis hangs out with the Clintons or hires Bolton, Christie and Wray type people.
Let me know when DeSantis endorses Dr Oz or Herschel Walker.
Then you might have a point.
Let’s compare Trump’s choice as Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams to DeSantis’ pick Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo.
Trump’s pick is still endorsing masking and the vaccines while DeSantis’ pick is investigating the harm done.
*** “When the world lost its mind… when common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue… Florida was a refuge of sanity, a citadel of freedom for our fellow Americans and even for people around the world,” DeSantis said in the nearly two-minute video.***
I have lots of family in Florida, and only one brother and one nephew didn’t lose their minds. My two sisters and their families are all still scared about CoVid.
The fear mongers tactics worked great on them. It is so very sad.
We the people are MAGA!
^^. This^^
Idiot.
“Fox News ...including Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, and Lisa Boothe — touting DeSantis... “
Oy! And we think Tucker will give honest reporting on Jan 6 tapes.
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