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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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Apr 22, 2022

You`re a corporation based in Burbank, California, and you`re going to marshal your economic might to attack the parents of my state? We view that as a provocation, and we`re going to fight back against that.

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Apr 22, 2022

They`re going to pay more taxes as a result of it.

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Apr 22, 2022

Together, we have made Florida the freest state in these United States.

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Apr 22, 2022

I am trying to turn Florida into what he calls, the freest state.

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Apr 22, 2022

It is really problematic that when a company had been so, so ominous with parents of young children, they have come out against the parents` rights bill. I have not comfortable having that type of agenda get special treatment in my state…

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Apr 21, 2022

Math is about getting the right answer. And we want kids to learn to think so they get the right answer. It`s not about how you feel about the problem or to introduce some of these other things. It`s there`s a right answer and there`s a…

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Apr 21, 2022

We don`t want things like math to have, you know, some of these other concepts introduced.

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Apr 21, 2022

We`re here today because we believe in education, not indoctrination. Those standards do not allow pernicious ideologies like critical race theory to be taught in our K. through 12 schools.

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Apr 20, 2022

Now, of course, they did not provide any actual examples of what that could mean in a math textbook.

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Apr 20, 2022

If you are Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, you start out by making it illegal for schools to make white children feel discomfort while being taught about our nation’s history of racial discrimination and violence.

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Apr 20, 2022

But this is your response. This is a little piece of it.

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Apr 18, 2022

I mean, people should never forget, Ron DeSantis was a Tea Partier.

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Apr 18, 2022

You have Ron DeSantis and company rejecting 41 percent of math textbooks in Florida, claiming they have Critical Race Theory.

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Apr 15, 2022

This is in a state Donald Trump won with barely more than half the vote back in 2020.

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Apr 15, 2022

I think he believes that it’s going to pass in the federal sense when it comes to striking down that minority access seat.

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Apr 14, 2022

Just today, the Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, signed a new 15-week ban on abortion just like the one that`s being challenged in the Supreme Court in Mississippi.

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Mar 31, 2022

There’s policy disputes and that’s fine, but when you’re trying to impose a woke ideology on our state, we view that as a significant threat. This wokeness will destroy this country if we let it run unabated. So in Florida, we take a very…

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Mar 28, 2022

Today, we will sign HB.1557, the Parents Rights and Education bill. Parents have a fundamental role in the education, health care and well- being of their children. We will not move from that. I don`t care what corporate media outlets say…

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Mar 28, 2022

We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination.

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Mar 27, 2022

Critics blasting what many have called this don’t say gay bill in Florida from MAGA Governor Ron DeSantis.

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Mar 27, 2022

DeSantis says this is all about fighting indoctrination of young kids.

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Mar 3, 2022

You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off.

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Mar 2, 2022

It`s inspiring to see these people just grab rifles, who are civilians and going out there and fighting to ward off Russian Army. A lot of other places around the world, they just fold the minute there`s any type of adversity. I mean, can…

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Mar 2, 2022

You do not have to wear those masks. I mean please take them off. Honestly, it`s not doing anything and we got to stop with this COVID theater. If you want to wear them, fine. But this is ridiculous.

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Mar 2, 2022

You do not have to wear those masks. I mean, please take them off. Honestly, it`s not doing anything, and we have to stop with this COVID theater. So, if you want to wear it, fine, but this is ridiculous.

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