| − | '''Ronald Dion DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978) is the incumbent and 46th Governor of [[Florida]], serving since 2019. [[Trump]]'s endorsement of him propelled him to victory in the [[Republican]] primary for governor of [[Florida]] in 2018, and then he barely defeated the later-indicted (21 felony counts) [[Democrat]] [[Andrew Gillum]] in the [[2018 midterms]].<ref>''[http://archive.is/QfvFt If Democrats want to win, they need a black politician on the ticket]'', Theodore R. Johnson, ''The Washington Post'', March 13, 2020.</ref> In 2022, the [[conservative]] [[Ashley Moody]] won reelection as Attorney General by nearly 61% of the vote, which helped carry DeSantis to victory with a smaller number of those same votes. DeSantis previously served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 2013 to September 2018. | + | '''Ronald Dion DeSantis''' (born September 14, 1978) is the incumbent and 46th Governor of [[Florida]], serving since 2019. [[Trump]]'s endorsement of him propelled him to victory in the [[Republican]] primary for governor of [[Florida]] in 2018, and then he barely defeated the later-indicted (21 felony counts) [[Democrat]] [[Andrew Gillum]] in the [[2018 midterms]].<ref>''[http://archive.is/QfvFt If Democrats want to win, they need a black politician on the ticket]'', Theodore R. Johnson, ''The Washington Post'', March 13, 2020.</ref> In 2022, the [[conservative]] [[Ashley Moody]] won reelection as Attorney General by nearly 61% of the vote, which helped carry DeSantis to victory with a smaller number of those same votes. DeSantis previously served as a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from January 2013 to September 2018. In an incoherent interview with [[British]] [[liberal]] [[Piers Morgan]], DeSantis demonstrated how clueless he is about the [[globalist]] and [[Deep State]] enemies of [[America]], and blustered that the president should "look to people like our [[Founding Fathers]].”<ref>https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-trump-piers-morgan_n_641a5468e4b0bc5cb653285c</ref> |
| | DeSantis is thought to have blocked passage in [[Florida]] of the [[pro-life]] [[Heartbeat Bill]], despite how it has passed in 14 other states, and instead DeSantis boasts of a sham [[pro-life]] 15-week ban riddled with loopholes.<ref>See [[DeSantis sham pro-life bill]].</ref> Apparently beholden to the [[Koch network]]'s [[dark money]], DeSantis endorsed their half-baked scheme to rewrite the [[U.S. Constitution]] misnamed the "[[Convention of States]]."<ref>https://conventionofstates.com/endorsements</ref> His office may have played a role in securing a $10 million "jackpot" job for fellow [[Koch network]] functionary [[Ben Sasse]], who then quit his job as [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senator]] before even the middle of his term to become president of the [[University of Florida]]. Apparently to appease his [[dark money]] delusional donors, in February 2023 advertisements were played in [[Idaho]] of DeSantis endorsing a [[Con Con]],<ref>https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/joy-reid-desantis-constitution-rcna71158</ref> which Justice [[Antonin Scalia|Scalia]] called a "horrible idea." | | DeSantis is thought to have blocked passage in [[Florida]] of the [[pro-life]] [[Heartbeat Bill]], despite how it has passed in 14 other states, and instead DeSantis boasts of a sham [[pro-life]] 15-week ban riddled with loopholes.<ref>See [[DeSantis sham pro-life bill]].</ref> Apparently beholden to the [[Koch network]]'s [[dark money]], DeSantis endorsed their half-baked scheme to rewrite the [[U.S. Constitution]] misnamed the "[[Convention of States]]."<ref>https://conventionofstates.com/endorsements</ref> His office may have played a role in securing a $10 million "jackpot" job for fellow [[Koch network]] functionary [[Ben Sasse]], who then quit his job as [[U.S. Senate|U.S. Senator]] before even the middle of his term to become president of the [[University of Florida]]. Apparently to appease his [[dark money]] delusional donors, in February 2023 advertisements were played in [[Idaho]] of DeSantis endorsing a [[Con Con]],<ref>https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/joy-reid-desantis-constitution-rcna71158</ref> which Justice [[Antonin Scalia|Scalia]] called a "horrible idea." |