DeSantis the Fascist Strategy

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by finnbow

And now DeSantis is firing a dozen of his staffers as donations dry up and Florida continues to crumble with fleeing insurance companies, teacher and doctor shortages, rent hikes, book bans, abortion bans, attacks on the LGBTQ community, an anti-business environment, clampdowns on free speech, and the highest inflation in the nation.

I guess Fascism is not as popular as he had hoped.

What is the GOP to do without Florida to point at as a premier red state that everybody wants to move to? Or Texas for that matter? Read an article recently about people becoming disillusioned with life in those states. Apparently, living in a state where the government brags about refusing to do what you pay them to do isn't so great after all. "Grandma froze to death in her apartment because we refuse to winterize our grid? Well, that hag was old and sick anyways. Suck it up and take it like a man, Snowflake.".....

[Rajoo]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

What is the GOP to do without Florida to point at as a premier red state that everybody wants to move to? Or Texas for that matter? Read an article recently about people becoming disillusioned with life in those states. Apparently, living in a state where the government brags about refusing to do what you pay them to do isn't so great after all. "Grandma froze to death in her apartment because we refuse to winterize our grid? Well, that hag was old and sick anyways. Suck it up and take it like a man, Snowflake.".....

Not too far from truth. A Texas Republican made a similar claim during the pandemic, to keep the economy going (read no masks, no vax), grand parents need to die since the elderly were at a higher risk to die from Covid.

I recall reading this then and looked for it, though had forgotten it was none other then the Lt. Governor.

Texas' lieutenant governor suggests grandparents are willing to die for US economy

“No one reached out to me and said, ‘as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all America loves for your children and grandchildren?’” Patrick said. “And if that’s the exchange, I’m all in.”

Guess he did not check with the other grandparents.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...my/2905990001/

[finnbow]

DeSantis vows to "start slitting throats" of federal employees "on day one."

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...ts-on-day-one/

Nah, not a fascist. Nope.

[finnbow]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and former Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) are among a group of former elected officials and government staff siding with Disney in its battle with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Whitman and Shays are part of a group that also includes former Minnesota Gov. Arne Carlson and commentator Bill Kristol that filed a legal brief late Wednesday in federal court. The legal brief tears into the moves of the Republican presidential candidate as “anti-democratic” and said that the high-profile lawsuit is a “case that squarely implicates some of the country’s most cherished freedoms.”

Those who signed onto the brief represent “different political parties, different regions of the country” who agree that “no administration should seek to retaliate, legislatively or otherwise, against its constituents simply for expressing a disfavored viewpoint. To do so is anathema to the First Amendment and severely damaging to the political, social and economic fabric of the country.”

https://subscriber.politicopro.com/a...isney-00109769