Category: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

DeSantis Stumps for JD Vance in Ohio, Launches Statewide Education Tour During Busy Weekend

Unopposed in the Aug. 23 Florida gubernatorial primary, Gov. Ron DeSantis encouraged a standing-room-only audience to vote for Ohio Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance at a rally in suburban Youngstown on Aug. 19. The event—which was held in the home area of Vance’s opponent, 10-term U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)—was one of the multiple…


J.D. Vance to Appear With Ron DeSantis at Turning Point Action Rally in Ohio

A day after an Emerson College poll showed J.D. Vance with a three-percentage point lead over Rep. Tim Ryan in the Ohio U.S. Senate race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Rob Portman, the Donald Trump-endorsed candidate will join Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Aug. 19 at a rally in suburban Youngstown. The event, titled “Unite…


DeSantis Calls on Military Vets and Retired First Responders to Serve–in the Classroom

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–To address Florida’s teacher shortage, Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking a three-pronged approach to recruitment—bring retired first responders out of retirement, put military veterans on a fast track to certification, and help teachers get advanced degrees in order to teach dual enrollment courses. The governor made his pitch at a press event in…


Florida Rolling Out ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ License Plate

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Florida is taking orders for a new state license plate that Gov. Ron DeSantis says “sends a clear message to out-of-state cars”—Don’t Tread on Me. The governor put out a Tweet on July 30, announcing that the Gadsden flag specialty plates were in “pre-order” status, with the Florida Veterans Foundation, a veterans’ advocacy group, to…


Medical Activists Fight Florida’s Public Health Emergency Laws After COVID-19 Unveils Concerns

Florida has a Republican governor, a Republican-led state House, and Republican-led state Senate. However, it also has some of America’s harshest forced quarantine and public health laws. Some activists plan to change this situation. The freedom of Americans to go where they want is under attack from laws made to combat public health emergencies, said lawyer R. Shawn McBride, the…


Polk School Board Reinstates 16 Books to Library Shelves, Some Parents Believe it May Violate Florida Law

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—On Aug. 10 Polk County Schools will be in session and so will 16 book titles that some parents found “objectionable” at the end of the 2021-2022 school year. Some parents believe that the books violate Florida law. In February, the school board voted to pull the 16 titles from the shelves of…


LIVE: Soros-backed Prosecutor Suspended for Selectively Enforcing the Law; AZ Election Shows 2020 Repeat?

A Florida prosecutor backed by billionaire financier George Soros has been suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis because he “refused to enforce Florida law,” according to the governor. The move is spotlighting district attorneys, particularly those whose campaigns are backed by the leftist billionaire, who have faced similar accusations of selectively enforcing laws based on race…


LIVE 8/8 at 10:30AM ET: Soros-backed Prosecutor Suspended for Selectively Enforcing the Law; AZ Election Shows 2020 Repeat?

A Florida prosecutor backed by billionaire financier George Soros has been suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis because he “refused to enforce Florida law,” according to the governor. The move is spotlighting district attorneys, particularly those whose campaigns are backed by the leftist billionaire, who have faced similar accusations of selectively enforcing laws based on race…


DeSantis Appoints First Jamaican-Born Florida Supreme Court Justice

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–On Sept. 1, 2022, Renatha Francis will take her seat on the Florida Supreme Court. She is the first Jamaican-born judge to hold the position and, for Gov. Ron DeSantis, it was a “fight to get her on the court.” She will replace Justice Alan Lawson, who is retiring at the end of August….


Removal of Florida State Attorney About Neglect of Duty and Is Not Political, DeSantis Says

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis removed a Hillsborough County state attorney on Aug. 4 because he did not follow the rule of law. At a press conference on Aug. 5, Florida’s governor said he suspended Andrew Warren, who represented the 13th judicial circuit in Hillsborough County, on the basis of “neglect of duty.” The accusation…