Florida and the country deserve better than this.
After the murder of George Floyd and the acceleration of the racial justice movement here and nationwide, the governor and his allies embraced state-sanctioned violence, jamming through. DeSantis’ decision to criminalize Floridians who exercise their First Amendment right to protest was undoubtedly a major inflection point that contributed to the toxicity and division we see today. From that moment, DeSantis leaned into his “war” against millions of people he has a responsibility to serve.
For months now, I’ve had friends from across the country ask me, “Has DeSantis always been this way?” Truthfully, yes. From his time as a backbencher in Congress to present-day presidential candidate in one of the most right-wing Republican primaries of recent memory, DeSantis has drawn headlines for all the wrong reasons. Try as he might to distract from and disguise his disastrous record, Floridians know what’s what.
When in Congress, Ron DeSantis championed cuts to Medicare and Social Security, despite the fact that our state has the country’s highest percentage of older adults. During his 2018 run for governor, DeSantis got the nomination — and eventually the governorship — due in large part to Donald Trump’s late endorsement in a hotly contested primary. DeSantis and his team saw how his base responded to Trump’s incendiary rhetoric and embraced it wholeheartedly.
have died and countless small businesses were permanently shuttered on DeSantis’ watch. If national pundits have pointed to his rejection of public health guidance during the pandemic as “leadership,” the reality on the ground presents a different narrative.
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