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DeSantis’ office acknowledges golf simulator from wealthy donor, raising ethics concerns
cnn.com ^ | Wed June 21, 2023 | steve contorno

Posted on 06/21/2023 8:55:51 PM PDT by entropy12

The office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis acknowledged on Wednesday the state has in its possession a golf simulator that reportedly was given to the governor’s mansion by a wealthy political donor with close ties to the Republican governor.

The Washington Post and Reuters reported Wednesday that Mori Hosseini, a Florida developer and longtime GOP donor in the state, had lent a golf simulator to the governor’s mansion in 2019.

Asked about the reports, DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern referred CNN to a statement he issued to the Post which did not dispute the source of the simulator.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: desantis
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To: TexasGator
Grow up.

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21 posted on 06/21/2023 9:48:22 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Nervous Tick

“Grow up.”

Illogical answer to a logical post.


22 posted on 06/21/2023 9:49:46 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

“Fiscal conservative

Moral Conservative”

Which is exactly why he is being so viciously attacked.... even by those supposedly on the right.


23 posted on 06/21/2023 9:50:13 PM PDT by Danie_2023
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To: TexasGator

>> Illogical answer to a logical post.

In the Everglades fever swamp of your own immature mind... sure it’s logical.


24 posted on 06/21/2023 9:51:22 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Danie_2023

“Which is exactly why he is being so viciously attacked.... even by those supposedly on the right.”

Some here say they will vote for RFK Jr. over DeSantis. Others say the will stay home if it is DeSantis in the general.

Doesn’t make sense. I guess we have paid influencers like other media sites. What else would explain multiple anti-DeSantis articles each day by the same few people.


25 posted on 06/21/2023 9:55:51 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: entropy12

NOT A GOLF SIMULATOR!!! The man is a monster!


26 posted on 06/21/2023 9:59:39 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her lbegs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: TexasGator

>> I guess we have paid influencers like other media sites.

I guess we do!

Convince me that you’re not one of them.


27 posted on 06/21/2023 10:00:16 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: TexasGator

Then you vote for Biden. I will vote for the only MAGA candidate, Trump.


28 posted on 06/21/2023 10:02:51 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like DeSantis are there to build wealth, Trump is there to serve & lose wealth)
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To: entropy12

A golf simulator would be a lot of fun, depending on how realistic it is.


29 posted on 06/21/2023 10:03:30 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: alstewartfan

DeSantis can be bought off with a cheap golf simulator.


30 posted on 06/21/2023 10:03:41 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like DeSantis are there to build wealth, Trump is there to serve & lose wealth)
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To: entropy12

A golf simulator would be a lot of fun, depending on how realistic it is.

What I want most is a Gran Turismo simulator with a cockpit chair.


31 posted on 06/21/2023 10:04:18 PM PDT by Jonty30 (If liberals were truth tellers, they'd call themselves literals. )
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To: Nervous Tick

I don’t post multiple articles each day.

I post facts, not insults and slurs.

I don’t post crude jokes.


32 posted on 06/21/2023 10:04:23 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: entropy12

Non Sequitur


33 posted on 06/21/2023 10:05:00 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: alstewartfan
The man is a monster!

ROFL!

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34 posted on 06/21/2023 10:05:07 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Jonty30

I broke my age a dozen times on a fairly challenging 18 hole course Orchard Hillsin Washougal, WA. It was strictly playing 5 rounds of 18 every week weather permitting. Golf simulators are for duffers.


35 posted on 06/21/2023 10:06:20 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like DeSantis are there to build wealth, Trump is there to serve & lose wealth)
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To: TexasGator
SST55GO
36 posted on 06/21/2023 10:08:39 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: TexasGator

Forget it Gator, they all see the world through Orange colored lenses. It’s all about retribution for 2020, not about the future of this country.


37 posted on 06/21/2023 10:15:17 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: entropy12
I'm trying to figure out the issue here. The donation was to the Governor's mansion, not to DeSantis. And it is apparently properly documented. What's the problem here other than a low information writer on FR trying to make an issue out of nothing?

And separately, about China, instead of tariffs, maybe DeSantis has another approach? Tariffs are but one approach. Personally, I'd say cut off all trade, cold turkey, and give tax breaks to US companies restoring manufacturing here in the US. Maybe do same south of the border if those same companies recruit Mexicans in the US to go south for that work. Lots of things we can do to find non-Chinese sources for products.

38 posted on 06/21/2023 10:18:26 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis in 2024. No Other Choice Works. Trump Needs to Stay Home and Endorse DeSantis.)
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To: Night Hides Not

>> It’s all about retribution for 2020, not about the future of this country.

Are you seriously suggesting that justice for the stolen election of 2020 and the future of our country are mutually exclusive?

“Justice is a joy to the godly, but it terrifies evildoers.”


39 posted on 06/21/2023 10:22:16 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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To: Reno89519

>> And separately, about China, instead of tariffs, maybe DeSantis has another approach?

Well, that’s okay... so what is his strategy, if not tariffs? He should have the guts at this point to elucidate it. Why didn’t he?


40 posted on 06/21/2023 10:32:08 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Jesus is LORD and Savior! And Donald Trump is President of the United States of America.)
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