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To: Fai Mao
I've said here many times that I will vote for DeSantis if he's the nominee, but I will never trust him.

Look at the guy's background. He has all the characteristics I would expect to find in someone who is groomed for a "Deep State" political career.

There's something about a political figure who has never worked a real job in his life that I find highly off-putting as a voter.

6 posted on 01/12/2022 4:00:39 PM PST by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest; still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: Alberta's Child

There’s something about a political figure who has never worked a real job in his life that I find highly off-putting as a voter

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God, you are ignorant. Either that or you think his six years of service in the Iraq war count for nothing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_DeSantis


15 posted on 01/12/2022 4:11:15 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (I love my country. It's my government that I hate.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Hmmm. I’m going to give him some credit for his six years in JAG in the Navy, his work at Guantanamo, and deployment to Fallujah as legal adviser to SEALS.
I mean he did get the Bronze Star (non-combat,
without the V for Valor.)
Me, I’ll give him credit for having had a “real job.” He’s a trump without the excessively Heavy baggage. He’s got my vote in 2024


16 posted on 01/12/2022 4:12:49 PM PST by j.havenfarm (21 years on Free Republic, 12/10/21! More than 5000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: Alberta's Child

Sounds like a projection, in all honesty, my good friend. Here’s a list of a few of the actions taken by DeSantis, in just the last year, on issues that count. Several sound decidedly anti-deep state, to me.

Election integrity tops DeSantis agenda for the new legislative session (Nov 4, 2021)

https://www.hernandosun.com/2021/11/04/election-integrity-tops-desantis-agenda-for-the-new-legislative-session/

During the next legislative session, DeSantis said that he will ask lawmakers to establish an Office of Election Crimes and Security within the Department of State that will accept election integrity-related complaints, investigate them and bring charges against those who violate Florida’s election rules. He will also ask lawmakers to increase ballot harvesting crimes from misdemeanor to 3rd-degree felony offenses.
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DeSantis Signs Bill To Stop Censorship By Big Tech (May 24, 2021)

https://www.flgov.com/2021/05/24/governor-ron-desantis-signs-bill-to-stop-the-censorship-of-floridians-by-big-tech/

Florida is setting the example by doing everything in our power to stop the abuses that are possible when big tech goes unchecked. People have a right to express opposing views. This good bill protects candidates for elected office, media outlets and others from unfair and arbitrary discrimination on social media platforms.
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Florida is sending more resources than any other state to Texas border, DeSantis’ office says (Jul 19, 2021)

https://www.wfla.com/news/florida/we-believe-florida-is-sending-more-resources-than-any-other-state-2nd-set-of-fl-officers-deployed-to-texas-border-desantis-office-says/

Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed border security efforts from his weekend joint briefing in Del Rio, Texas. Following the briefing, DeSantis announced that members of the Florida National Guard will remain in Texas until October 2022.
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DeSantis takes action against communist China and ‘woke corporations’ (Dec 20, 2021)

https://www.flgov.com/2021/12/20/governor-ron-desantis-takes-action-against-communist-china-and-woke-corporations/

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis held a meeting of the State Board of Administration where he, CFO Jimmy Patronis, and Attorney General Ashley Moody moved to revoke all proxy voting authority that has been given to outside fund managers, to clarify the state’s expectation that all fund managers should act solely in the financial interest of the state’s funds, and to conduct a survey of all of the investments of the Florida Retirement System to determine how many assets the state has in Chinese companies.
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DeSantis signs 2 bills aimed at cracking down on foreign influence, espionage in Florida (June 7, 2021)

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/06/07/gov-desantis-holds-bill-signing-event-in-miami/

The first bill DeSantis signed, House Bill 7017, prevents agreements or contracts between public entities and the governments of seven “foreign countries of concern” — which include China, Cuba, Russia, Venezuela, Iran, North Korea and Syria.

The second bill, House Bill 1523, specifically targets corporate espionage — prohibiting the theft and trafficking of trade secrets and increasing the penalties for the theft of intellectual property.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Banning Local Gun Regulations (May 10, 2021)

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2021/05/10/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-bill-banning-local-gun-regulations/

The bill, which will take effect July 1, will broaden a 2011 law that can make local governments pay as much as $100,000 in damages if they are sued for imposing gun regulations.
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Ron DeSantis says Florida will ‘continue to lead’ in job creation (Dec 17, 2021)

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/481058-ron-desantis-jobs/

Florida created nearly 25% of new American jobs last month.
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DeSantis Signs Florida’s Tax Cut Package (May 21, 2021)

https://www.flgov.com/2021/05/21/governor-desantis-signs-floridas-tax-cut-package/

Today Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law House Bill 7061, Florida’s Tax Cut Package, to ensure our state remains one of the most tax-friendly environments in the nation. “In Florida, we are providing more than $168 million in taxpayer savings for families and businesses.”
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Florida Governor DeSantis Signs Nation’s Most Extreme Energy Bills (June 22, 2021)

https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2021/06/22/florida-governor-desantis-signs-nations-most-extreme-energy-preemption-bills/

Florida’s bills are the most stringent to pass in any of the fourteen states with similar energy preemption legislation.
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DeSantis Announces Military Budget Proposal (Dec 2, 2021)

https://www.flgov.com/2021/12/02/governor-ron-desantis-announces-military-budget-proposal-to-guard-floridas-future/

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced more than $100 million in funding proposals to support Florida’s National Guard and establish the Florida State Guard, a civilian volunteer force that will assist the National Guard in state-specific emergencies.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis Strips LGBTQ+ Funds From State Budget (June 2, 2021)

https://www.advocate.com/politics/2021/6/02/florida-gov-desantis-strips-lgbtq-funds-state-budget

After kicking off Pride Month by signing transphobic legislation, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday vetoed all LGBTQ+ programs and projects from his state’s budget.
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Ron DeSantis Wants To Lock Up Anthony Fauci (Dec 2, 2021)

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/12/republican-ron-desantis-trump-lock-up-fauci-gain-of-function-testimony-nih.html

In a fundraising email sent out this morning titled ‘Fauci For Prison’ Ron Desantis called on Dr. Fauci to be prosecuted and put in prison.


45 posted on 01/12/2022 5:05:23 PM PST by Golden Eagle (What's in YOUR injection?)
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To: Alberta's Child

Never worked a real job in his life? When is the last time you were deployed to Fallujah Iraq during the war as the JAG for the USMC? He had an excellent reputation with the line troops there.

Hell, have you ever been a Marine??

The 6 weeks I spent in Quantico at the USMC Platoon Leaders Course was a long summer…

I think you’re an idiot for posting this same crap on every DeSantis thread while you have your facts absolutely effed up.

Here is his military history:

DeSantis received his Reserve Naval officer’s commission and assignment to the Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) in 2004 at the U.S. Naval Reserve Center in Dallas, Texas, while still a student at Harvard Law School. He completed Naval Justice School in 2005. Later that year, he received orders to the JAG Trial Service Office Command South East at Naval Station Mayport, Florida, as a prosecutor. He was promoted from lieutenant, junior grade to lieutenant in 2006. He worked for the commander of Joint Task Force-Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), working directly with detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Joint Detention Facility.[17][18][19]

In 2007, DeSantis reported to the Naval Special Warfare Command Group in Coronado, California, where he was assigned to SEAL Team One and deployed to Iraq[20] with the troop surge as the Legal Advisor to the SEAL Commander, Special Operations Task Force-West in Fallujah.[17][18][19]

DeSantis returned to the U.S. in April 2008, at which time he was reassigned to the Naval Region Southeast Legal Service. The U.S. Department of Justice appointed him to serve as an assistant U.S. attorney[20] at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Middle District of Florida. DeSantis was assigned as a trial defense counsel until his honorable discharge from active duty in February 2010. He concurrently accepted a reserve commission as a lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the US Navy Reserve.[21] He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and the Iraq Campaign Medal.[17][18][19]


69 posted on 01/12/2022 5:39:54 PM PST by datura (Trying to find each possible way to reduce government influence on my daily life.)
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To: Alberta's Child

“There’s something about a political figure who has never worked a real job in his life that I find highly off-putting as a voter.”

I guess being a JAG attorney and representing the Navy Seals is not a (real) job.


96 posted on 01/12/2022 7:31:52 PM PST by Pirate Ragnar (Hope coming from Florida)
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