Going back to the time Ron DeSantis was elected governor of Florida, ridiculous attempts have been made to paint the state under his leadership as a terrorist hellhole and threat to freedoms. Those kinds of claims have only gotten more ridiculous since DeSantis announced a presidential run.
You’ve heard it all by now…
Ron DeSantis is doing everything he can to become a dictator. He’s already half of that word there.
— Nikki Fried (@NikkiFried) January 5, 2022
Florida groups have ever since Covid been warning about the “dictator,” Gov. Ron DeSantis:
If you're democratically elected twice, you're not a dictator…everyone quoted in this article lost an election by 20 points, of course they're not in power and the Republicans are. https://t.co/P79p9Tb6B9
— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) May 25, 2023
That’s from The Guardian:
Minority groups and others in Florida trampled by Ron DeSantis during his march to a White House run are warning of democracy in peril at a national level.
The rightwing Republican governor’s announcement on Wednesday that he was seeking his party’s 2024 presidential nomination provoked anger and a renewed promise of resistance from transgender rights advocates, immigrant organizations, and civil and voting rights groups in Florida, who have borne the brunt of his extremist policies and legislation.
One prominent Democratic state congresswoman called Florida “the canary in the coalmine” for the wider US as DeSantis prepares to hawk his hard-right brand on the national stage.
The NAACP recently issued a travel advisory, claiming it’s not safe to go to Florida:
"Under the leadership of Governor Desantis, the state of Florida has become hostile to Black Americans and in direct conflict with the democratic ideals that our union was founded upon."
— NAACP President and CEO @DerrickNAACP
Take a stand with us. https://t.co/zsgLbNYL8t
— NAACP (@NAACP) May 20, 2023
As usual, reality tells a different story than the Left does. The irony is that Dems from blue states who trash DeSantis as a “dictator” are well aware that people are leaving blue states to head to the Sunshine State:
In 2022, approximately 320,000 people packed their bags and flocked to the Sunshine State, boosting its population by nearly 2%, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. https://t.co/5HGV99AkIl
— WSVN 7 News (@wsvn) June 2, 2023
Florida home prices are holding steady — and in some cases, rising — as white-collar professionals flock to the state in search of tax breaks and beach views. https://t.co/CxBSlITIji
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 25, 2023
Wow, “one of these things is not like the other.”
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 3, 2023
Isn’t Florida a dystopian hellscape?
— Brian Doherty (@BDOH) June 3, 2023
Right? This makes no sense.
Weird. All I keep hearing about is how terrible things are in Florida.
Apparently these people did not get the memo… https://t.co/axa2XRF52X
— AG (@AGHamilton29) June 3, 2023
The Florida Sucks Caucus most affected. #ProudFloridian 🐊 #DeSantisEffect https://t.co/lPy9lj5ltG
— KRYSTAL in FL 🐊 🇺🇸 (@MsBradsher) June 3, 2023
It’s gotten so bad for the Left that even the Associated Press has been forced to admit — whether they realize it or not — that you can in fact say “gay” in Florida:
BREAKING: The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to forbid classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the current so-called “Don't Say Gay” law. https://t.co/Z34qqkFfXf
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 22, 2023
Narratives have just been falling apart everywhere lately!
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