# Ron DeSantis 2024 (Campaign suspended on January 21, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [April 12, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592 "2020-04-12T00:26:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/341 "2023-07-25T19:56:07Z")
Don’t forget this! [One-third of his staff on the dole queue.](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/desantis-campaign-staff-lay-off-2024-b2381731.html) More time to make homophobic memes, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/342 "2023-07-26T00:30:45Z")
3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [SeamusMuadhen Trock posts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seamusmuadhen-trock-posts/987599/5) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/343 "2023-07-25T20:31:38Z")
DeSantis has now gotten a law passed, that makes certain drivers licences from Blue states invalid, and thus those drivers will face severe fines and penalties. Basically, several Blue states give Drivers Lic to people who cant prove their citizenship, mostly- but not always- undocumented aliens. This violates the Full Faith and Credit provisions of the Constitution. > **[PolitiFact - No, Florida has not invalidated all licenses from Vermont,...](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jul/20/tiktok-posts/no-florida-has-not-invalidated-all-licenses-from-v/)** > > A TikTok user claims Florida is invalidating out-of-state driver’s licenses from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Rhode Is _Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this year [signed](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-bans-drivers-licenses-immigrants-living-us-illegally-2023-07-06/#:~:text=July%206%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20Florida,the%202024%20Republican%20presidential%20nomination.) a new law that [says](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1718/BillText/er/PDF) that certain driver’s licenses and permits issued by other states exclusively to “unauthorized immigrants” are not valid in Florida. The law took effect July 1._ _The law requires the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to maintain an online list of the classes of out-of-state licenses that are now invalid in Florida. The [list](https://www.flhsmv.gov/driver-licenses-id-cards/visiting-florida-faqs/) currently invalidates licenses that say “not for federal identification” or “driving privileges only” from Connecticut, Delaware and Hawaii._ ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/344 "2023-07-25T20:48:32Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > He was uninjured in a car accident today… Sorry, ABC affiliate, but slow traffic doesn’t CAUSE an accident. > ABC: The incident took place on highway I-75 when a traffic slowdown caused four vehicles in DeSantis’ motorcade to collide. Not noticing the slowdown, and a lack of planning ahead, does. (And if that ain’t a metaphor for a certain campaign…) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/345 "2023-07-25T21:02:01Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > [He was uninjured in a car accident today.](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-involved-in-car-crash-en-route-to-chattanooga_n_64bfce75e4b0dcb4caba553e) So, he had an old injury, then there was a car accident, and now he no longer has that old injury? ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/347 "2023-07-25T21:13:44Z")
Yeah it’s a sad comment but it kind of sits in the back of your mind. You work hard to shake it and have to keep at it. Then of course the FloDems despaired and ran Charlie Crist in 2022, making Rondee win hugely and look like the Great “White” Hope. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/348 "2023-07-25T21:35:35Z")
Gillum, his 2018 opponent, also might, uh, not have been the best person to replace DeSantis as governor: [Andrew Gillum - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gillum#Personal_life) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/349 "2023-07-25T22:36:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > So, he had an old injury, then there was a car accident, and now he no longer has that old injury? Maybe his motorcade collided with a chemical truck, giving him superpowers, like Jessica Jones. He already has the superhero boots. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/350 "2023-07-26T10:21:44Z")
My favorite bit: “Amid the departures, Carl Sceusa was named chief financial officer to go with his current role as chief technology officer.” That seems…odd? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/351 "2023-07-26T15:12:25Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Then of course the FloDems despaired and ran Charlie Crist in 2022, making Rondee win hugely and look like the Great “White” Hope. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Gillum, his 2018 opponent, also might, uh, not have been the best person to replace DeSantis as governor: [Andrew Gillum - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gillum#Personal_life) It was either Crist, Fried, or Demings. > [@FL Governor's race -- for Crist's sake. .](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fl-governors-race-for-crists-sake/941398/6): > > Mr. Crist, Ms. Fried, and Ms. Demings are the frontrunners on the Democratic side. 2018 Democratic nominee Mr. Gillum from Talahassee fell from grace and won’t be running again. I doubt Mr. Nelson will be coming back from NASA, which is as I understand it his dream job. There are a slew of dark horse candidates, too. ~Max ~Max ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/352 "2023-07-26T17:59:38Z")
I’m late to this thread, so I wanted to check whether have we covered the DeSantis videos with the homoerotic Megachad and now the Nazi symbols. Seriously. If not, get ready to laugh and cry all at once. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/353 "2023-07-26T18:51:52Z")
Don’t think it’s been mentioned here, but yeah. A DeSantis staffer made a pretty shit campaign video meme thing with clear Nazi imagery. Said staffer was promptly fired, but still. > > > Amanda Terkel @aterkel Earlier this year he refused to condemn Neo-Nazis by UCF. > **[As officials denounce Nazi rallies in Orlando, DeSantis accuses political...](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2022/01/31/as-officials-denounce-nazi-rallies-in-orlando-desantis-accuses-political-opponents-of-smear/)** > > Neo-Nazi demonstrations in Orlando over the weekend drew bipartisan condemnations from state and local officials, but Gov. Ron DeSantis remained silent until Monday afternoon when he responded to a… ~Max ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/354 "2023-07-26T19:05:13Z")
How dare they use Kate Bush music 😒 ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/355 "2023-07-26T20:14:46Z")
And, for completeness, here’s the Gigachad\* video in equally fascist glory\*\* > \*Earlier I said Megachad, but apparently I had my word wrong \*\*I don’t use this lightly. Both videos seem to contain a lot of militaristic and fascist imagery. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/356 "2023-07-26T20:24:07Z")
All right. Having watched both of those pieces, I have decided that Mr DeSantis will not be getting my vote. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/357 "2023-07-26T20:29:39Z")
Having watched both of those videos, I’m whimpering under a rock, terrified for what The End Times shall bring. … but it definitely won’t be peace on earth and good will upon all (wo)man, that’s for damn sure. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/358 "2023-07-26T21:10:11Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > How dare they use Kate Bush music Meg Myers (covering Kate Bush). But I agree, I’m a fan of Kate and Meg myself. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/359 "2023-07-26T21:24:13Z")
Not stopping and examining those two videos above; I can’t figure out who they are for or against? Mostly fear, hate, destruction. No policies, goals (except fear, hate), or any substance why I’d vote for either of the participants (not that I would anyway). Subliminal (target voters are kind of slow) messaging? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/360 "2023-07-26T21:47:47Z")
They seemed blatantly anti-Trump and pro-Ron, assuming you’re a transphobe who wants to put a fascist in power to oppress people you hate. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592/361 "2023-07-26T22:26:44Z")
I mean, they’re really fucking out there, aren’t they? Gobsmacked is literally the best word to describe my reaction, and I’m pretty damn sure I’ve never used that word non-ironically in my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-2024-campaign-suspended-on-january-21-2024/851592.md?page=19)