Posted on 02/08/2023 4:40:41 PM PST by conservative98
As for the photograph, Salon reported that DeSantis addressed the subject after being asked a question. His answer did not specifically address the claim in the meme, but did respond generally.
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Hill Reporter Article
The second post Trump re-shared linked out to an article from Hill Reporter, which is a website described by The New York Times as being "a blog put out by a Democratic super PAC." The story was published on Oct. 24, 2021.
The headline of the Hill Reporter article read, "[Exclusive] [PIC] Ron DeSantis Accused of Attending Drinking Party With Students At High School Where He Taught."
According to the story, information about the photograph was provided to a Hill Reporter by "a source with close knowledge of the matter."
While the article did say that the girls "loved" DeSantis," it made no direct claim or provided any evidence in regard to the idea that he had been "grooming" them for sex. That specific claim appeared to have been born in the meme, which Trump later re-shared.
"According to our whistleblower, [DeSantis] had a reputation among students for being a young 'hot teacher' who girls loved, and the girls in the photo are believed to have graduated in 2002, making them seniors at the time," the story read.
Hill Reporter also added, "The source who provided the photo says that it was taken prior to graduation — meaning the young girls would still have been DeSantis' responsibility at the time."
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The Times identified the man in the photograph as being the future Florida governor, and added that "several students recalled that Mr. DeSantis was a frequent presence at parties with the seniors who lived in town."
(Excerpt) Read more at snopes.com ...
On Nov. 5, 2022, The New York Times reported about DeSantis' time as a history and government teacher, as well as a coach at Darlington School during the 2001-02 school year. Darlington is a private boarding and day school located in Rome, Georgia.
The Times identified the man in the photograph as being the future Florida governor, and added that "several students recalled that Mr. DeSantis was a frequent presence at parties with the seniors who lived in town."
Last year, Hill Reporter, a blog put out by a Democratic super PAC, published a photograph of Mr. DeSantis taken with several female students from Darlington in 2002, one of whom was holding what appeared to be a bottle of beer.
Two former students, both women, remembered him attending at least two parties where alcohol was served, but they said that the parties took place after graduation and that they were not bothered by his presence at the time, although they question it now. "It was his first job out of Yale, he was cute..
Oh boy. Here we go.
High school girls drinking? The horror!(/s)
Not sure how this “hurts” DeSantis.
Maybe they’ll find that diary where he’s taking showers with his daughter.
He probably should get out before he blows his political career. See ‘Lyin Ted.
These anti-DeSantis posts are boring. Biden is the pervert.
“The countless reports of DeSantis frequenting strip clubs are not necessarily considered accurate”.
and there are hundreds of pictures of Joe grabbing little girls
why do you insist on using leftist tactics to destroy my governor’s reputation???...
With a teacher, at a boarding school. What if this were Biden, what would your reaction be?
By the way, is it true that you beat your spouse?
I see no evidence he supplied the teens with alcohol or that they were too young to possess it.
Politicians generally need to be likable and to like people.
The character assassination has begun.
The implication is that, if he was partying with them that he was also having sex with them.
That could hurt him if the media finds one student who says that is what he did.
Trump made reference to this yesterday. It’s an issue in the Republican primaries.
For a teacher to have a ‘relationship’ with a student is regarded as unprofessional.
Yes, I will vote ffor him if he wins, but his attacks on DeSantis are pretty low calss at this stage of the game.
Nothing said about President 'showers with children'?
Grooming is too strong a word with no evidence.
An explanation of what it was about would be welcome
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