He’s doing a good job in one sense. By causing total systemic collapse with policy choices in FL, he’s demonstrating how terrible Republican ideas are in practice. The party can no longer hide behind “Democrats won’t let us enact these changes,” and now has to change tack to “ignore your lying eyes.”
I hope more voters take the time to look out the window before making their next choice.
Absolutely. If DeSantis is “Trump but more savvy” then all this proves is that the Republican Party is a failure due to its values not (just) its cult leader.
I just have to say - looking from the outside in - “faith & freedom” is a terrible political slogan
These jokers like to use the term “freedom” to describe what they are doing, but I would like for someone to tell me how he (and his ilk) have done anything to promote freedom? Freedom for women and their doctors to do what is best for them? NO Freedom for everyone to be able to more easily vote? NO Freedom for people to disagree and have debate about what is best for them? NO Freedom for teachers to teach students to think about and see different views? NO Freedom to date or marry whomever you choose? NO
Is it really only the freedom to carry around guns? Hell, I lived in Florida for 20 years (I left a decade ago) and it was pretty easy to get a concealed carry permit even then, so what exactly is more “free” there than before DeSantis came on the scene? I know he and his rich buddies are free to pretty much do whatever the hell they want, but for the common Floridian?
Isn’t faith and freedom a contradiction?
Oh dang, I forgot no downvote button here.
But he’s obsessed with a culture war. He cares more about Trans people existing than a billion other things. I try not to say “What about”, but he is actively not addressing a million other things because he decided to punish Disney for saying the way he is treating LGBT is bad.
