# Jacksonville, FL Mayor Deegan critical of Trump, MAGA demands apology and resignation **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 18, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938 "2024-10-18T03:47:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveUnknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/94ad74/32.png) [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/1 "2024-10-18T03:47:18Z")
Jax Mayor Deegan, on a London radio show, criticized Trump’s immigration policies claiming his plans amount to a 'concentration camp type situation. MAGA is outraged, demanding an apology and her resignation ‘in disgrace’. Later, a plane flew a racist banner critical of the Sheriff (who is black) who also said she should apologize. A bit of a mess there, fake outrage and the MAGA push toward authoritarianism. > **[Trump spokeswoman calls for Mayor Deegan to resign ‘in disgrace’ after...](https://www.news4jax.com/news/politics/2024/10/17/trump-spokeswoman-calls-for-mayor-deegan-to-resign-in-disgrace-after-controversial-comments-on-his-immigration-policy/)** > > A spokeswoman for former President Donald Trump is calling for Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan to resign “in disgrace” after the mayor made controversial comments about Trump’s proposed immigration policy, saying his plan amounts to a “concentration... ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/2 "2024-10-18T04:19:33Z")
MAGA: “Heh, we’re not like LIBERAL SNOWFLAKES, what happened to the good old days when people weren’t offended by everything?!” Also MAGA when literally anything goes slightly against their racist bigoted ass-backwards views: ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/3 "2024-10-18T04:19:38Z")
NOW who’s the snowflake? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/4 "2024-10-18T05:20:03Z")
Note she was a notable newscaster for a local station for decades, and married another local journalist (meteorologist Tim Deegan). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/5 "2024-10-18T09:04:55Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > married another local journalist (meteorologist Tim Deegan). So she’s in the pocket (so to speak) of Big Weather, then? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/6 "2024-10-18T09:06:30Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > So she’s in the pocket (so to speak) of Big Weather So Marjorie Taylor Greene was right all along! ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/7 "2024-10-21T18:40:11Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > So she’s in the pocket (so to speak) of Big Weather, then? And Big Journalism aka Enemy of the People. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/8 "2024-10-21T18:48:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > NOW who’s the snowflake? /insert “They always have been” astronaut meme ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/9 "2024-10-21T21:43:24Z")
The question is what answers does Mayor Deegan and those like her take _away_ from the attack. Because so far, we’ve had two responses from Republicans: backing down cravenly, retracting their comments and kissing the ring of Trump, which rarely helps much - because once tainted, there’s always a more loyal toady to primary you. Or stand by their convictions, and once again be primaried, doomed to fall unless it’s an area with no (D) candidate and they pick up crossover support. It’s a sign of the times (End times perhaps!) that once you’ve been tarred, you’re screwed no matter what you do. So I’ll give Mayor Deegan the minimal credit due for at least trying. Sadly, they’ll soon be stuck bootlicking trying to get back into graces, or another semi-principled _Former_ politician, likely replaced by something worse. 😮‍💨 ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/10 "2024-10-22T13:08:53Z")
As Mayor Deegan is a Democrat, I don’t think Republican responses have predictive value in relation to her decisions. And Jacksonville apparently uses a blanket primary, which means that running a crazy MAGA loyalist in it is likely to split the Republican vote, rather than harm her prospects. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacksonville-fl-mayor-deegan-critical-of-trump-maga-demands-apology-and-resignation/1008938/11 "2024-10-22T13:36:03Z")
Given all that, is it possible that this MAGA “outrage” helps drive more D turnout in the relatively strong for D Jacksonville area this cycle? I’d suspect so. Go MAGA!