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Ron DeSantis

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Ron DeSantis is an American politician currently serving as the Governor of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, he has been in office since January 2019. DeSantis previously served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018. His tenure as governor has been marked by a focus on conservative policies, including education reform, environmental issues, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis has gained national attention for his stances on various issues, including his support for the Trump Presidential Library in Miami and his administration's initiatives on wildlife management.

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Sep 15, 2022

We are not a sanctuary state, and it is better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction and yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you, to be able to go to greener pastures.

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Sep 15, 2022

Most of them are intending to come to Florida. They are coming to Florida. We are taking them from Florida to sanctuary jurisdictions.

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Sep 14, 2022

Governor Ron DeSantis is using us as political pawns, as props for his -- he is trying to galvanize a very extremist base in order to get his presidential nomination of the Republican Party.

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Sep 14, 2022

We are not a sanctuary state and it's better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. And yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to be able to go to greener pastures.

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Sep 14, 2022

If you have folks that are inclined to think Florida is a good place, our message to them is, we are not a sanctuary state. And it`s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. And, yes, we will help facilitate that transport for…

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Aug 30, 2022

Now, DeSantis` team has tried to shift blame away to county supervisors who run elections on the ground.

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Aug 30, 2022

These people were trying to do the right thing. They told no lies. They didn`t hide anything. They made an honest mistake with the help of Florida State officials.

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Aug 30, 2022

And so, if people are given the impression by state officials that it`s OK for them to vote and they go ahead and vote because they feel it`s their civic duty, they go ahead to vote because they feel that it`s a great feeling to be a part…

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Aug 30, 2022

This is about chilling voting rights for former felons. It is about putting a target on the back of every ex-felon and telling them if you even try to participate in our democracy, you may get dragged away by a SWAT team at 6:00 a.m.

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Aug 25, 2022

You have in Florida now, last week -- Governor DeSantis, he has this -- these election police.

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Aug 24, 2022

I know he says he`s going to retire, someone needs to grab that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac.

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Aug 23, 2022

He`s got a staggering 114 million dollars cash on hand that`s cash in the bank no governor has done that ever, that we`ve seen.

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Aug 23, 2022

I`m just sick of seeing him. I know he says he`s going to retire. Someone needs to grab that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac.

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Aug 22, 2022

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. This is your governor speaking. Today's training evolution, dogfighting, taking on the corporate media. The rules of engagement are as follows. Number one, don't fire unless fired upon. But when they…

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Aug 22, 2022

Put on the full armor of God. Take a stand against the left schemes. Stand firm, stand your ground, don`t back down. I`m on a mission to keep Florida free. Let`s make sure Ohio remains free. And let`s take our country back.

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Aug 21, 2022

We must fight the woke in our schools. We must fight the woke in our businesses. We must fight the woke in government agencies. We can never ever surrender to woke ideology. And I will tell you this. The state of Florida is where woke goes…

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Aug 18, 2022

Mr. DeSantis is an enemy of the First Amendment, and he’s exceeded his power and he will be stopped by the constitution.

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Aug 17, 2022

I think the schools of education and the specific way they go about it, I don`t think is the right way to do it.

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Aug 16, 2022

The state of Florida is the state, is the place where woke goes to die. We are not going to let this state descend into some type of woke dumpster fire.

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Aug 10, 2022

The raid on Mar-a-Lago is yet another escalation and the weaponization of federal agencies against the regime`s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves.

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Aug 8, 2022

The raid of Mar-a-Lago is another escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies against the regime’s political opponents, while people like Hunter Biden get treated with kid gloves. Now the regime is getting another 87,000 IRS agents…

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Aug 4, 2022

I’m suspending the top prosecutor from Tampa, Andrew Warren, who was elected to the position not once, but twice.

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Aug 4, 2022

When you flagrantly violate your oath of office, when you make yourself above the law, you have violated your duty, you have neglected your duty, and you are displaying a lack of competence to be able to perform those duties.

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Jul 25, 2022

I will have math books sent to my department of education for review, these textbooks. And they will do things like woke math. And I`m thinking to myself, two plus two equals four. It`s not two plus two -- well, let`s have a struggle…

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Jul 25, 2022

It`s not for me to do. But here`s what I would say, you know, obviously, we did our thing in Florida. The college voted. You know, what`s going to happen is going to happen.

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