Showing posts with label Ron DeSantis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ron DeSantis. Show all posts

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Ron DeSantis to deploy additional troops to Texas border


Gov. DeSantis is ‘100%’ against removing Confederate monuments

Florida’s Governor is unambiguous in his support for keeping Confederate monuments up, painting such efforts as a slippery slope that could lead to the removal of tributes to Martin Luther King Jr. if today’s standards are applied to bygone history.

“I’m 100% against removing the monuments. I think it’s just gone too far,” Ron DeSantis said on the first day of Black History Month.


Ron DeSantis announces State Guard deployment to Mexican border, expanding his armed force’s mission

Gov. Ron DeSantis will be deploying a battalion of the Florida State Guard to the U.S.-Mexican border to deal with what he calls a “total disaster.”

“The goal is to help Texas fortify this border,” DeSantis said, noting it was the first deployment of the group he reformed recently.


Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Does the Florida Legislature want to give Gov. Ron DeSantis his own army?


The most worrisome legislation related to DeSantis involves the Florida Guard. Legislation would give DeSantis the power to run the guard as he wishes, including the possibility of sending its members to the Texas border.

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Friday, January 26, 2024

Gov. DeSantis says he’s open to sending his Florida State Guard to Texas southern border


Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reinstated on Friday his willingness to send the Florida National Guard and the Florida State Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border as Texas openly defies U.S. Supreme Court orders.....Read More

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Ron DeSantis suspends presidential campaign, endorses Donald Trump

Ron DeSantis is out of the presidential race and is endorsing Donald Trump.

In a video released Sunday, the Republican candidate suspended his campaign, after a distant second place finish in Iowa, an expected even more distant third place in the Granite State, and an uncertain path for delegates ahead.


Monday, January 15, 2024

Ron DeSantis thinks Insurrection Act should have been used against Black Lives Matter protests


Gov. Ron DeSantis has quibbled about whether the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol Riots constituted an insurrection, but he has no such qualms about making a similar declaration about Black Lives Matter protests and how he would have handled them.....Read More

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

How to watch CNN’s Republican presidential debate in Iowa


Republican presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley are set to go head-to-head Wednesday in the next Republican presidential primary debate, just days before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses.....Read More