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Ron DeSantis: ‘We are right, and they are wrong.’

Ron DeSantis is a bully, and he has proved to be an awful Governor.

DeSantis thrives on political theatre, and he specializes in public events which use inflammatory tactics to rally a base of confused, uninformed and/or angry voters.

Since taking office in January 2019, DeSantis has:

• Signed a sweeping voter suppression bill into law, citing baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
• Proposed a special police force to oversee state elections — the first of its kind in our nation — intended to protect Florida from nonexistent threats.
• Opened pop-up COVID-19 vaccine sites in wealthy Florida neighborhoods where his donors live.
• Let nearly a million COVID-19 tests expire.
• Appointed a science and medical contrarian (Lodapo) as Florida’s Surgeon General.
• Occluded Florida COVID-19 data by firing DOH scientist (Jones), then sending armed tactical police to raid her personal residence.
• Actively promoted the use of monoclonal antibody treatments as an alternative to vaccine.
• Consistently refutes FDA guidance creating confusion and putting Florida residents at increased risk from COVID.
• Orchestrated a fundraising tour across America while the Delta variant sickened and killed Floridians.
• Signed laws restricting abortion access (2020).
• Supports an oppressive abortion bill (SB 146 and HB 5) like the one in Mississippi.
• Urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
• Refused to accept that climate change is an existential threat to our state.
• Failed to prepare Florida’s coastal communities for rising sea levels and stronger hurricanes.
• Ignored the “red tide” algae bloom that scares off tourists, risking the engine which supports 1.6 million jobs and contributes over $96.5 Billion to the Florida economy.
• Actively and aggressively created tension in our public education system resulting in a mass exodus of teachers and staff from Florida schools beginning in spring 2020.
• In 2021, he targeted eight large school districts for defying his order prohibiting schools from enforcing mask mandates, helping to create toxic conditions for school district superintendents. This led to highly politicized and public confrontations and an unusual exodus of qualified and experienced leadership.

This is Ron DeSantis. He currently is Public Enemy Number One in the State of Florida.