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Ron DeSantis

Saturday 13th of June 2026

FL Republican Ron DeSantis's Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 I pledge allegiance to the millionaires and billionaires behind Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge, and to their interests above all others, so help me God, come hell or high water. The Pledge of Allegiance 2.0 is the implicit pledge made by signing Norquist's Taxpayer Protection Pledge © 2015 Kwiple.com
2024 Presidential election [I]f Donald Trump becomes the nominee of this party, the moment that it happened was when Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis, and Tim Scott and Mike Pence and Doug Burgum and Vivek Ramaswamy stood on that stage in Milwaukee in August, and when we were asked would you support someone who is a convicted felon to be President of the United States, they raised their hands. Give Ron credit. He had to look at everybody  else first to see if he wanted to raise his hand, but then he raised his hand. Kind of like  cheating off somebody’s paper in high school.  They raised their hands and I did not and will not and I cannot countenance that behavior. Chris Christie, Windham, NH, January 10, 2024 © 2024 Kwiple.com
Bullshitters say The woke class wants to teach kids to hate each other, rather than teaching them how to read. Ron DeSantis, strawman argument against teaching children about America's encounter with racism © 2021 Kwiple.com
Dead-in-the-heads say Now think about it. Before COVID did anyone go out and seek testing to determine if they were sick? It's usually you feel like you're sick and you get tested to determine what you maybe have come down with. Ron DeSantis, who either never heard of preventive healthcare or doesn't believe in it © 2022 Kwiple.com
DEI (Diversity, equity, & inclusion) Florida is where DEI goes to die. Ron Desantis, 2:41 PM – Mar 1, 2024, after the University of Florida fired all its DEI staff © 2024 Kwiple.com
Fascists say Florida will not assist in an extradition request given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda. Ron DeSantis, 6:55 PM – Mar 30, 2023, pimping for Trump's base in a performative burst of inequality-before-the-law, anti-Semitic  [note the coded “Soros-backed”] Fascist rhetoric made particulalrly execrable by the fact that Trump himself announced he would travel from Florida to New York to be arrested and arraigned on criminal charges related to paying hush money to Stormy Daniels prior to the 2015 presidential election  © 2023 Kwiple.com
Healthcare Only 24 million will lose insurance? Only 52 million will be uninsured? That's not enough, God dammit!  Republican Party House Freedom to Die Caucus Justin Amash (MI) Jeff Duncan (SC) Alex Mooney (WV) Brian Babin TX) Trent Franks (AZ) Gary Palmer (AL) Rod Blum (IA) Tom Garrett, Jr. (AZ) Steve Pearce (NM) Dave Brat (VA) Paul Gosar (AZ) Scott Perry (PA) Jim Bridenstine (OK) Morgan Griffith (VA) Ted Poe (TX) Mo Brooks (AL) Andy Harris (MD) Bill Posey (FL) Ken Buck (CO) Jody Hice (GA) Mark Sanford (SC) Warren Davidson (OH) Jim Jordan (OH) Dave Schweikert (AZ) Ron DeSantis (FL) Raul Labrador (ID) Randy Weber (TX) Scott DesJarlais (TN) Thomas Massie (KY) Ted Yoho (FL) Mark Meadows (NC) © 2017 Kwiple.com
Punt returners say Yes, but he prefers to be called Ron Desantis. Stephen Colbert, responding to Gizmodo's January 14, 2022, headline, “Sadly, 'Covid Dick' Is Real” © 2022 Kwiple.com
Reich wingers say So, what I'm going to say is, these people, these Democrats who are trying to use this as some type of political issue to try to smear me as if I had something to do with it, we're not going to be playing their game. Ron DeSantis, January 31, 2022, refusing to condemn Nazi demonstrators in Florida who saluted Hitler, waved Nazi flags, shouted anti-semitic oaths at passersby and beat up a Jewish student, and implying that criticism of him for not commenting or condeming the events for days afterward was partisan sniping © 2022 Kwiple.com
Snapshot  I'm not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist. I'm simply saying the racists believe he's a racist. Ron DeSantis, supported by white supremacists, portrayed by Andrew Gillum, his opponent in Florida's 2018 gubernatorial race © 2016 Kwiple.com
Trumpism If Trump did not exist, you might describe DeSantis's philosophy as fossil fuel Christian nationalism. Its enemies are amoral tech oligarchs, Big Pharma, ESG-endorsing finance,  the corporate media and elite universities.  Since Trump does exist, we call it Trumpism. The difference lies in the competence of its execution. Edward Luce, Financial Times, December 21, 2022 © 2022 Kwiple.com
< Trumpists say I would tell Bibi finish the job once and for all with these butchers Hamas. I’m sick of hearing the media, I’m sick of hearing other people blame Israel just for defending itself. We will stand with Israel, in word and in deed, in private and in public Ron DeSantis, when asked during the November 8, 2023, Republican presidential debate what advice he would give Benjamin Netanyahu about Israel's ongoing war with Hamas © 2023 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say The number of people that will be amnestied when I'm presifdent is zero. We cannot do an amnesty in this country. Ron DeSantis © 2024 Kwiple.com
< Trumpists say On bureaucracy, you know, we’re going to have all these deep state people, you know, we’re going to start slitting throats on Day One and be ready to go. You’re going to see a huge, huge outcry because Washington wants to protect its own. Ron DeSantis, July 30, 2023, giving new meaning to “cutting the workforce” at a Rye, New Hampshire, barbecue [Earlier, he said the Defense Secretary needs to “slit some throats”] © 2023 Kwiple.com
< Trumpists say We are going to be the first president that’s going to be willing to lean against the Mexican drug cartels. … If they’re trying to bring fentanyl into our communities that’s going to be the last thing they do because at the border they’re going to be shot stone cold dead. Ron DeSantis, July 30, 2023, to cheering attendees at a barbecue in Rye, New Hampshire © 2023 Kwiple.com
Trumpists say Will Republicans use power? This is my question. Will they wield power, because if you have a single takeaway as the result stands right now, it is that what the Republican electorate wants is a strong executive who utilizes and wields power over his enemies and then destroys his enemies and makes them grovel — makes molten, salty tears flow from their faces, as Ron DeSantis did with Disney. Benny Johnson, the "Godfather of Conservative internet," Nov. 8, 2022, when Republicans won a slim majority in the House in the midterm elections © 2023 Kwiple.com
 
Ukraine While the U.S. has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Communist Party — becoming further entan- gled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them. … Without question, peace should be the objective. The U.S. should not provide assistance that could require the deployment of American troops or enable Ukraine to engage in offensive operations beyond its borders. F-16s and long-range missiles should therefore be off the table. Ron DeSantis, co-leader of MRGA Republicans © 2023 Kwiple.com