# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/61 "2023-07-06T08:05:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/62 "2023-07-06T08:22:36Z")
Maybe he thought that they were serving urinal cake… [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTaqQq7sbnzjJf6jDanzRmQkoykD7B9qTiSg&usqp=CAU) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTaqQq7sbnzjJf6jDanzRmQkoykD7B9qTiSg&usqp=CAU) [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrMyA5KaYAAnFIA?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrMyA5KaYAAnFIA?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/63 "2023-07-06T12:37:32Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > How is he going to know how someone got the driver’s license in the first place? Is the person Hispanic with an accent? Then, the license will be de facto suspect. What, you don’t have your birth certificate, green card, and naturalization papers with you all the time? Sorry, you’re driving without a license. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/64 "2023-07-10T16:47:33Z")
I think DeSantis needs to get more aggressive with his campaign. Really make people sit up and take notice. I’d suggest he start attacking some other companies for being too “woke”, and getting legislation together to make them be anti-gay or force them out of Florida. My suggestions: Publix Market cap $48 Billion They actually apologized after an employee refused to write a pro-trans slogan on a cake. They clearly deserve to be run out of the state. Jabil Market cap $30 Billion They have an inclusion page that includes “transitioning with PRIDE”. Clearly they have no place in Florida Lennar Market Cap $27 billion Lennar publishes a “social responsibility report”, which includes the phrase " Implementing an “Everyone’s Included” focus relative to inclusion and diversity where we are focused on attracting, retaining and growing diverse talent that takes us into the future." Clearly DeSantis’ Florida is no place for "inclusion and diversity. They need to be run out of the state as well. This is just a short list for DeSantis to follow. There are plenty more where they came from. He needs to Make Florida Pure Again, and Safe For Straight White Men. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/65 "2023-07-10T17:18:54Z")
This is probably appropriate for this thread: > **[Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 09, 2023 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2023/07/09)** > > July 09, 2023 ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/66 "2023-07-16T14:20:22Z")
Brown shirts for DeSantis are having some problems. Funding from his servile legislature is not one of them. > **[State guard set up by DeSantis is being trained as personal militia, veterans...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit)** > > Veterans resign as force established as civilian disaster relief becomes ‘militaristic’ and ‘abusive’ Disaster relief? More like domestic terrorists. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/67 "2023-07-16T16:11:10Z")
You misspelled “hoped-for death sqauds”. ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/68 "2023-07-16T16:42:07Z")
I misspelled??? 😄 😄 🙃 ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/69 "2023-07-16T17:26:55Z")
Make that “daeth sqauds”. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/70 "2023-07-16T19:16:57Z")
Hard to type on a phone. I saw “sqauds” and laughed at myself just as you did. I made an edit immediately, and thought I’d submitted it. Apparently not. Jokes definitely on me. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/71 "2023-07-17T02:20:03Z")
I saw the typo and immediately thought of the brilliant character “Jake” from ‘Two and A Half Men’. Except he pronounced it, “Squaaaaaaab…!” . As for Florida, it’s off my list until it can be made safe again. I just hope that it doesn’t have to be put down by the military, put under martial law, have it’s laws over-turned, it’s officials arrested and imprisoned, and then forced to undergo a 10 year ‘reconstruction’ with all local and state government positions filled by appointees from Congress. That would be sad. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/72 "2023-07-17T04:32:13Z")
Ah, well, between rising sea level and ramped-up hurricanes, Florida may find itself too busy just trying to survive to bother anyone else. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/73 "2023-07-17T05:09:46Z")
They may be 5 feet under water, but at least their children will be safe from the horror of two male penguins making a nest. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/74 "2023-07-17T05:33:57Z")
“I’ll catch the fish, but you lay the egg.” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/75 "2023-07-17T10:07:22Z")
Hey, luci. Nice to see ya. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/76 "2023-07-17T10:57:15Z")
Wow! A 'luci sighting! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/77 "2023-07-17T15:51:45Z")
Yay, elucidator! So happy to see you again, old friend. Missed ya! ---
**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 18, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/78 "2023-07-18T01:05:27Z")
🤡 It’s been a while since we’ve seen elucidator — their last post feels like 7 years ago. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2023, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/79 "2023-07-19T06:48:42Z")
The Democratic People’s Republic of Florida is now home to the first domestic malaria outbreak in decades. > **[New malaria case in Florida brings national total to 8, the first U.S....](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-malaria-case-florida-brings-national-total-8-first-us-cases-20-yea-rcna94899)** > > All seven of Florida’s cases have been found in Sarasota County. A CDC official said the agency does not expect a nationwide outbreak. Right now would be a bad time for the state health department to have been crippled by science-denying conspiracy theorists, wouldn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601/80 "2023-07-19T08:28:20Z")
On the plus side, the state’s residents know their medical options under the new science-denying paradigm are enhanced by Florida’s wide variety of native leeches. (Plus a large number of segmented parasitic worms of the non human variety as well.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ron-desantis-the-pit-edition/984601.md?page=5)