Florida Governor Ron DeSantis talks about the Florida man’s masculinity as he prepares to launch a presidential campaign to take on combative former President Donald Trump.
DeSantis made the remarks in a speech in New Hampshire days before his anticipated campaign launch — after preparing the campaign battlefield with a series of attacks on “awakened” politics, Disney and COVID restrictions.
“Florida has moxie,” he said while ranting on a magazine piece about his state as he prepares to become champion in his home state with a launch in Miami.
“Basically, they said, you know, it’s the free state of Florida where wakes are broke, where men are men, and where business is good,” he said. “And I’m like, you know what? That’s not a bad slogan.’
His comments came in a speech tearing up the campus “woke” culture, following the latest blowout in its battle with Disney — where the company announced it was pulling the plug on a plan to build a $1 campus. billion to be built in Orlando amid the collision. with the governor about his special tax and government status.
“It’s the free state of Florida where vigilantes are broke, where men are men and where business is thriving,” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said Friday in New Hampshire.
Disney’s decision goes against the narrative DeSantis wants to tell – that his state experienced growth and that he won a strong re-election victory and then used his authority to defeat political enemies. He said he had it brought ‘pride’ back to the state.
He also spoke extensively about diversity and inclusion in his remarks and his efforts to ban wake practices.
“If they’re trying to use the university to encourage things like social activism or political activism, it’s not a good use of our tax dollars,” DeSantis said.
He praised a bill designed to keep DEI out of public schools.
“We signed the bill. It’s gone from Monday. And it stands for diversity, equity and inclusion, but in reality that is a veneer to impose orthodoxy on the university. Beware if you object.’
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DeSantis spoke at a roundtable in Bedford, NH, days before he was due to launch his presidential campaign
He continued: ‘In different parts of the country, they have faculty that takes a DEI oath to get hired. These are people when they say I think everyone should be treated equally no matter their race or ethnicity they will write you off for saying color blindness and equal treatment. So this has become a cottage industry and has become a major limitless opportunity,” he said.
“So our view is that DEI really as it is applied represents discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination. It’s gone in Florida. We have also signed legislation that undermines this idea of ESG [Environmental, social, and governance investing] in our state. No ESG in our pension fund. We have a pension fund of 180 billion. No ESG in contracting local, state governments,” he said.
His comments about masculinity in his home state and chasing waking culture come after a Donald Trump adviser mocked a video of DeSantis roaring with laughter while campaigning in Iowa.
Trump has regularly mocked DeSantis as “deSanctimonious,” and polls show another man from Florida — Trump — dominating the polls nationally.
Trump leads DeSantis 56 to 19.9 in the final RealClearPolitics average. That lead has only widened since Trump was found liable for sexual assault in the trial of E. Jean Carroll, while still facing a Jan. 6 federal investigation and federal filings, a New York trial related to his company and a Georgia investigation into his attempt to overthrow the election. over there.
Trump tore it again on his Truth Social site.
“Sorry, but Ron DeSanctimonious is UNKNOWN, and everyone knows why. I’m ahead of Biden by 11 points. TWICE AGO, WON TWICE AND DONE MUCH BETTER THE SECOND TIME (THE ELECTION WAS WRONG!). MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” He wrote.
DeSantis has held tough talks about his chances despite the polls.
“You basically have three people right now who are credible in this whole thing,” he told lenders during a phone call, according to the New York Times. Biden, Trump and me. And I think about those three, two have a shot at being elected president — Biden and me.”