so he flies to 10rc and has state vehicles driven up there for him to use vs rental cars paid for by his campaign??
I think they argued it was needed for security purposes (even for travel and meetings that already occurred)?
seems it was a convoy of FDLE vehicles. Does Desi have a bulletproof car he needs or do they need to drive to take weapons and tactical gear to protect him? Why should taxpayers pay for his police protection out of state on campaign purposes?
What about non governors who are campaigning for president? How do they get around? I assume they need a certain amount of security too.
I believe secret service protection is afforded for "major" candidates for president, but seems there's some subjectivity in that decision. RFK, Jr. complaining about it now actually. Do presidential candidates get Secret Service? RFK Jr. denied protection
If this is part of that "relocation" program he touted, I'm all for it. Drop him off in another state.
He sounds more like a whiny biatch every day. He was clearly the only Choice vs Gillum and the dems didn’t even try last time. The slavery thing is just bizarre, and with other states trying to jump on, either the new JimCrow or Chernobyl is coming. Surely there is a lane between slavery was good and pick your gender.
You say DeSantis was the only choice against Gillum, and I don't disagree that Gillum wasn't a strong candidate. But DeSantis only beat him by 0.4%. DeSantis had built up some good will and poll numbers after taking office and we saw what happened last time, but I think most of that was just Florida getting redder. DeSantis won by 19 points, but Rubio won by 16 points. I honestly thought DeSantis would be doing better among Florida Republicans even with Trump in the race, but it's apparently not close. I feel I greatly overestimated the percentage of Republicans who had tired of Trump and were ready to move on.
Another blow to the Florida economy: Every two years, Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation’s oldest and largest Black intercollegiate fraternity, brings thousands of attendees — and millions of dollars — to the cities where it holds its biennial convention. In 2025, Orlando was slated to benefit from that influx — an economic impact Alpha Phi Alpha projected to be between $4.6 million and $10 million. Instead, the organization — which once counted civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall among its members — has decided to relocate its convention, citing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s “harmful, racist, and insensitive policies against the Black community.”
DeSantis is embarrassing himself and ruining any shot he has for 2028. Too make it worse he is not fixing anything that deals with the finances of Floridians. Insurance in FL is in big trouble. I have had PURE for my home, cars and business. They are leaving the state. For my business, which is just a 5,000 sq foot warehouse used to store product and ship, the insurance has tripled. From my insurance person : We shopped your policy the following: SLB-Declined Century-No Markets CRC No Markets Lloyd’s -No Markets Frontline-Declined General Star-declined
Mentioned it in several other posts, while Charlie Crist wasn't a great candidate Meatball Ron's margin of victory in last November's gubernatorial election was attributable almost entirely to a single factor, reopening a state dependent on tourism following the Covid lockdowns. In a period of two years Florida's unemployment rate dropped from a peak of over 8% during the worst of the Covid lockdowns to under 3% when DeSantis ran for reelection. That one factor isn't translatable to a national campaign. I also think that one of the positions that DeSantis held when he was a conventional Republican, fixing social security by raising the retirement age is coming back to haunt him especially in his home state where according to recent polls he seems to be following in the electoral footsteps his fellow Floridians Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio when they ran against Trump in the 2016 Republican primary. Another factor mentioned by other posters as well as political commentators that despite his electoral success DeSanctimonious is a rather an inept campaigner.
DeSantis doesn’t care. The last legislative session showed what his priorities are. Even Lloyds syndicates want no part of Florida. Wow. I am truly sorry for your difficulties.
Too funny. When informed he’s down 30 points (In Iowa!) to Trump the best DeSatan can offer is “Says You!” DeSantis Taken Aback When NBC Reporter Drops Cold Dose Of Reality — ‘You’re Down By 30 Points’ To Trump
can't find the clip, but when asked by a reporter this week how he was going to make a comeback he said, watch & learn. I wonder if he'll make it to the 1st primary & I wonder if he'll've fallen outta 2nd place by then. I guess if you don't believe that you are capable of making mistakes, that you can't learn from your mistakes.
