Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis is the current conservative Governor of Florida, serving since January 2018. He previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from January 2013 to September 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Early life
Ron DeSantis was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
Florida Governor
DeSantis moved quickly to implement conservative policies as Florida's governor.[1] By the end of DeSantis's first month in office, he had already appointed three justices to the Florida Supreme Court, dramatically shifting it from a liberal to a conservative court.[2] On January 31, 2019, DeSantis signed an executive order to end Common Core.[3] DeSantis removed many of former Governor Rick Scott's political appointees, which the latter made without DeSantis's permission shortly before DeSantis took office.[4] In his first two months in office, DeSantis made many other conservative reforms, including deregulation, promoting lower taxes, posthumously pardoning wrongly convicted black people, and pushed back against the government-subsidized sugar industry.[5]
In 2019, DeSantis encouraged Florida sheriffs to increase their cooperation with ICE, though he did nothing to push through a bill to establish E-Verify in Florida despite campaigning on it.[6]
References
- â Campo-Flores, Arian (January 10, 2019). New Florida Governor Moves Quickly With Supreme Court Pick, Environmental Plan. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- â Varney, James (January 22, 2019). DeSantis completes makeover of Florida Supreme Court. The Washington Times. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- â Multiple references:
- Berry, Susan (January 31, 2019). Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Issues Executive Order to Eliminate Common Core. Breitbart News. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- Patrick, Craig (January 31, 2019). Florida Gov. DeSantis signs executive order scrapping Common Core. Fox News. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- Hillyer, Quin (February 1, 2019). Florida Gov. DeSantis puts Common Core out of our misery. Washington Examiner. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- â Berry, Susan (February 27, 2019). Gov. Ron DeSantis Removes Rick Scottâs Appointees Across Florida. Breitbart News. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- â Multiple references:
- Murdock, Deroy (March 8, 2019). The Tireless Ron DeSantis. National Review. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- Murdock, Deroy (March 10, 2019). Unpredictable Florida governor Ron DeSantis cleans house and bucks status quo to make state great. Fox News (from the National Review). Retrieved March 11, 2019.
- Harper, Jennifer (March 19, 2019). Ron DeSantis shows how it's done. The Washington Times. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
- â Cadman, Dan (April 4, 2019). Florida Sheriffs Encouraged to Cooperate with ICE. Center for Immigration Studies. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
External links
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress