# Ron DeSantis - The Pit Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601 "2023-05-25T23:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/221 "2023-09-07T04:01:16Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > shaking hands like normal people. > > A recurring issue with DeSantis. Just do everything by Zoom, Ron. Then you won’t have these troubles and can just blame it on Tech issues. If he really wants to lose his base, he could Zoom everything and blame it on COVID-19. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/222 "2023-09-07T06:25:18Z")
[Florida Gov. DeSantis names Moms For Liberty co-founder to state ethics commission](https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-gov-desantis-names-moms-200645154.html) > Sept. 6 (UPI) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday appointed controversial Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich to the state’s ethics commission. > > That group was designated a hate group in a Southern Poverty Law Center report. You read that right. He’s appointed the co-founder of a hate group to the state ethics commission. And what a hate group it is! According to [this wiki entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moms_for_Liberty), they’re affiliated with the Proud Boys. ---
**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:** [September 7, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/223 "2023-09-07T09:56:39Z")
It’s a good thing they don’t need DeSantis for anything in Florida (like hurricane recovery) because [he crept up to Pennsylvania for a donor dinner with 40 people.](https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2023/09/ron-desantis-picks-central-pa-for-post-idalia-return-to-campaign-trail.html) According to one attendee: “I think the 2020 voters, both on the Republican moderate side and the moderate Democrats, I think will slide back over to DeSantis after what I heard today,” she said.” Moderate Republicans? I keep hearing they’re extinct. And moderate Dems? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/224 "2023-09-07T12:29:08Z")
By “moderate Republicans” that attendee meant “those not totally within trump’s cult of personality”. That’s what passes for “moderate” on their scorecard. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/225 "2023-09-08T13:14:01Z")
Ron denying his rhetoric and laws have made Florida less safe for POC:[Ron DeSantis erupts at man who blamed him for Jacksonville shooting](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-erupts-man-audience-blamed-jacksonville-shooting-rcna103928). A quote that jumped out at me from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo (who is Black): “It’s terrible that people take advantage of the fact that he’s a different color from the poor victims of that tragedy to try and tie him into something,” Why was here there? So that a Black person could stick up for DeSantis? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/226 "2023-09-13T13:33:38Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And then, in the later episodes, the kid was just trying to get close enough to DeSantis to apologize for having accidentally made him look bad on video. DeSantis punked himself again by having his team rough the kid up, instead of getting new video of them shaking hands like normal people. Well, DeSantis and his handlers/goons probably wouldn’t have appreciated coverage of the kid apologizing for making DeSantis look like a dumbass. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/227 "2023-09-14T17:34:46Z")
Not sure where else this should go: - [DeSantis Offers $5,000 Bonus to Chicago Cops Who Move to Florida](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-14/desantis-offers-5-000-bonus-to-chicago-cops-who-move-to-florida#xj4y7vzkg) (Bloomberg will not link here properly so I put it as a hyperlink) Just a dick move. And $5000? Nowhere near enough to be worth moving to Florida even if you wanted to. The move itself will cost you more. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/228 "2023-09-14T17:39:39Z")
Maybe Illinois should offer Florida teachers $10K to move to Illinois. And $20K for OB/GYNs. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/229 "2023-09-14T17:41:22Z")
Genius! (although I bet all the teachers already in Illinois would also want $10k) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/230 "2023-09-14T18:10:20Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > all the teachers already in Illinois would also want $10k No worries – the teachers’ unions have no power here. /s ---
**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:** [September 17, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/231 "2023-09-17T00:54:19Z")
> > > Acyn @Acyn ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/232 "2023-09-17T15:19:41Z")
I would guess that the armed services providing ‘abortion tourism’ would be a net positive for recruiting, and certainly a net positive for recruiting the type of people I’d prefer to see defending our country (and yes, I know that sounds bad). ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/233 "2023-09-18T12:53:47Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > (and yes, I know that sounds bad). Eh, IMO only to the extent that using any form of “healthcare tourism” as an armed-services recruitment tool reflects very poorly on the society where it’s happening. A civilized nation should not let its citizenry get so desperate for basic healthcare that they have to join the military in order to obtain it. But if a country is willing to recruit soldiers with taglines like “Join the Army and get access to the essential medical services that you’re denied as a civilian!”, then I don’t think it makes it any worse to emphasize abortion as one of those medical services. ---
**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 3, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/234 "2023-10-03T21:48:51Z")
The special tax board Ron DeSantis set up is going to fund his battle with Disney. A clever little money source all thanks to the Florida taxpayers. > **[Florida taxpayers to fund Ron DeSantis' $4.5m legal battle with Disney](https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/03/florida-taxpayers-to-fund-ron-desantis-4-5m-legal-battle-with-disney/)** > > Ron DeSantis' legal battle with Disney goes back to the passing of Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' legislation in March 2022. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/235 "2023-10-18T21:34:28Z")
Will there be a statue of Puddin’ Ron? > **[LIVE: Governor Ron DeSantis Park to be unveiled in Manatee County](https://www.wfla.com/news/local-news/manatee-county/governor-ron-desantis-park-unveiled-in-manatee-county/)** > > A new park named after Governor Ron DeSantis unveiled in Manatee County. ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/236 "2023-10-18T22:01:00Z")
You know, I’ve been wondering. DeSantis’ presidential campaign has gone over like a wet fart in an elevator. Many of his fellow culture warriors and crazies hate the perception of being a loser. And he hasn’t accomplished much of anything recently on that front either, as his complicit legislature passed everything he could have dreamed of and it’s all making its way through the courts. Does anyone think it likely that he’ll see a challenger coming up? Oh, I don’t think that in the current Florida Environment that a (D) challenger is likely to succeed, but either a more crazy, more Loyal MAGA type who will focus in on all the times DS has been disloyal, or perhaps a Business Type Republican who won’t actively undo anything, but will put emphasis on a (irony intended) Florida-First policy after DeSantis blows even more of the state’s funding on his own defense and presidential ambitions? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/237 "2023-10-18T22:42:34Z")
> The park, located at 7510 Prospect Road in Sarasota, features two dog parks, two playgrounds, two shaded pickleball courts, fitness trails, permanent restrooms, solar lighting, and ADA-accessible parking. Solar lighting? ADA accessibility? pickleball? Sounds like woke socialism to me. Please tell me that they at least check the immigration status of any children using to the playgrounds and genitalia of anyone using the restrooms. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/238 "2023-10-18T22:52:46Z")
I think the fact we could go two whole weeks without anything newsworthy to pit that jerk over, and then we come up with some county council naming a children’s playground after him kinda suggests just how dormant / irrelevant his “campaign” has become. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/239 "2023-10-19T10:17:20Z")
Isn’t he limited to two consecutive terms, or did they change that? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/240 "2023-10-19T13:21:03Z")
Current FL law is two consecutive terms as governor. He could come back for a third if someone else held the seat in the interim. Note that FL governors are elected to 4-year terms, but offset by 2 years from the US presidential terms. DeSantis won in 2018 and 2022, and will ineligible to run in 2026 when his second consecutive term ends. Related to the above. DeSantis just barely squeaked out a win in 2018. He won by a landslide in 2022 against a Democratic candidate who was a retreaded former Republican. Switching from facts to opinions: IOW DeSantis’s opponent in 2022 was a sham candidate who did not fool any of the D voters who mostly stayed home. It’s easy to win and win big when you don’t have realistic competition. Assuming the Ds can avoid being railroaded into putting up another sham candidate in 2026, the governorship is much more up for grabs than a lot of RW pundits are crowing about. Net of course of whatever happens nationwide in the 2024 elections. Both at the federal and state levels. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=13)