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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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Feb 28, 2022

Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity.

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Feb 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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Feb 27, 2022

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

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Feb 16, 2022

With the reform we will sign in today, we will be the first state to hold big tech accountable so that everyday people who use their platform have an ability to fight back.

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Feb 16, 2022

Silicon Valley is acting as a council of censors. They cancel people when mobs come after somebody.

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Feb 15, 2022

We also have to protect people and protect our kids from some very pernicious ideologies that are trying to be forced upon them.

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Feb 15, 2022

I`m going to suspend under my executive power the local emergency orders as it relates to COVID. I think that`s the evidence-based thing to do.

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Feb 13, 2022

We will not be signing any congressional map that has an unconstitutional gerrymander in it. And that is going to be the position that we stick to.

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Feb 7, 2022

One of the reasons we`re opposing CRT in schools, we want all kids treated as individuals. We want them judged on their content of their character, on their talents. We don`t want them separated into racial groups and pitted against each…

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Feb 6, 2022

Today for the first time in the history of Florida we've now overtaken Democrats are more registered Republicans in Florida than Democrats.

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Feb 2, 2022

I condemn them in the strongest terms.

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Feb 2, 2022

These people, these Democrats who are trying to use this as some type of political issue to try to smear me as if I had something to do with it, we are not playing their game.

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Jan 27, 2022

Under the leadership of Ron DeSantis and Joe Ladapo, Florida's insisting that as a state government, they are going to do nothing to mitigate the spread of COVID whatsoever.

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Jan 27, 2022

Governor DeSantis released this furious tirade against the Biden administration, blasting President Biden and the administration for stopping shipments of two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID.

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Jan 27, 2022

I’m going to fight back against this decision.

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Jan 25, 2022

Early this morning, thousands of Floridians woke up to news that their appointments to get treatment for COVID-19 infection were canceled by the administration which revoked, outright revoked authorization for two very popular monoclonal…

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Jan 25, 2022

Failure from the outset to really focus on therapeutics I think it`s caused a huge number of lives. It`s been a huge problem from the pandemic response and particularly under the Biden administration where not only are they not promoting…

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Jan 24, 2022

We are going to be including in this legislation giving parents a private right of action to be able to enforce the prohibition on CRT and they get to recover attorneys' fees when they prevail.

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Jan 24, 2022

Look at the definition that Ron DeSantis is pushing in Florida. It’s not just for schools; it also covers the workplace, that people are prohibited from doing things, saying things, teaching things that make anyone, quote, feel…

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Jan 20, 2022

So that`s something that I think people should just make their own decisions on. I`m not going to let that be a weapon for people to be able to use. I think it`s a private matter.

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Jan 19, 2022

Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, members of the legislature and fellow citizens, together, we have made Florida the freest state in these United States.

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Jan 19, 2022

Do you think about what MLK stood for he said he didn`t want people judged on the color of their skin but on the content of their character.

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Jan 19, 2022

It`s not just about Critical Race Theory. I mean, there`s a lot of other inappropriate content that can be smuggled in by public schools.

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Jan 19, 2022

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

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