Ron DeSantis is an authoritarian and must be stopped from gaining more power

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There are bad leaders, and then there is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is as bad as it gets. Let’s take a quick look at some of the most common signs of a bad leader:

NO TRANSPARENCY

DeSantis is being sued by several organizations, citizens, news outlets, and others because of his authoritarian assertion that he has executive privilege to withhold records-records that are protected by Florida’s public records law.¹²

AVOIDS CONFLICT

DeSantis does no town halls or public forums in Florida, he avoids all media and pretty much sticks to Fox for sharing information.

NO ACCOUNTABILITY

DeSantis avoids open public forums and actually seeks to remove anyone that he perceives might ask difficult questions. Here is a video of an activist being detained and prevented from entering an event the Governor was at.

LACK OF VISION

Florida, like every state has problems that leaders like Governor Ron DeSantis should be addressing: rising housing, healthcare, education, and insurance costs. The attacks on civil rights are so severe the NAACP and other groups issues a travel advisory to avoid Florida because “the State of Florida has engaged in an all-out attack on Black Americans, accurate Black history, voting rights, members of the LGBTQ+ community, immigrants, women’s reproductive rights, and free speech, while simultaneously embracing a culture of fear, bullying, and intimidation by public officials.”³ DeSantis has no vision as a leader and prefers to spend his days complaining on Fox about immigration and Biden.

Great leaders respect others, build relationships, and keep open minds. Ron DeSantis is an authoritarian and must be stopped from gaining more power. As foot soldiers for justice we can and must get the word out about the dangers of Ron DeSantis becoming president. I understand some folks are more worried about Trump becoming president again, that too is a danger, and a discussion for another day (check out our Indictment Watch). Americans deserve a leader that will not embolden hate and division (like Ron DeSantis), but rather stand up on a daily basis against racism, xenophobia, islamophobia, anti-semitism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, sizeism, ageism, ableism, and bigotry.

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Watch this space: Gary Fineout on Politico Florida Playbook “Desantis suggested he held more press conferences than any other governor. (It doesn’t really count when you organize events across the state through local Republican groups and then give media outlets less than two hours’ notice to get there and, in many instances, only allow loyalists to ask questions.)”

Watch this space: Gary Fineout on Politico Florida Playbook: “NBC News pointed out much of the money came from donors who gave the maximum. Small dollar donors only constituted 15 percent of the total. “

Eighty five percent of donations to the DeSantis campaign came from special interest - wealthy donors.

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1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/desantis-florida-public-records-transparency-rcna91364

2. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/05/13/desantis-conceals-his-travel-records-from-public-scrutiny/

3. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/naacp-travel-advisory-ron-desantis-florida