Category: Gov. Ron DeSantis

Reps. Matt Gaetz, Byron Donalds Defend DeSantis After 2018 Debate Prep Videos Emerge

Republican Florida Congressmen Matt Gaetz and Byron Donalds defended their state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, after ABC News released behind-the-scenes footage of his 2018 debate preparation. On Sunday, ABC News released several video clips of Gaetz and Donalds coaching DeSantis through how to debate his Democratic opponent, Andrew Gillum. The clips showed how DeSantis prepared…


White House Breaks Silence on Controversial Bud Light Partnership

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has responded to ongoing outrage directed at Bud Light amid the company’s controversial decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Anheuser-Busch, the company brewing the American-style light lager beer, featured the 26-year-old from California in a Bud Light promotional video earlier this month. The move saw many loyal…


LIVE 7 PM ET: Gov. DeSantis Speaks in Spartanburg, South Carolina on His ‘Florida Blueprint’ Trip

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks as a special guest in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at 7:00 p.m. ET on April 19 about the “Florida Blueprint.”   …


LIVE NOW: Gov. DeSantis Speaks in Spartanburg, South Carolina on His ‘Florida Blueprint’ Trip

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks as a special guest in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at 7:00 p.m. ET on April 19 about the “Florida Blueprint.”   …


Gov. DeSantis Speaks in Spartanburg, South Carolina on His ‘Florida Blueprint’ Trip

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks as a special guest in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at 7:00 p.m. ET on April 19 about the “Florida Blueprint.”   …


DeSantis Supports Bills Authorizing Death Penalty for Child Rapists

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has backed legislation that would allow capital punishment for pedophiles convicted of sexual battery against a child under the age of 12—a law that would directly challenge the Supreme Court’s landmark Kennedy v. Louisiana ruling. “We are authorizing the death penalty for child rapists, which is cutting against recent Supreme Court…


DeSantis Slams ‘Cultural Marxism’ at Liberty University, Vows ‘War on Woke’

LYNCHBURG, Va.—Fresh off signing a six-week abortion ban into law the day before, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to continue fighting the “war on woke” to about 9,000 students before receiving an honorary degree of the Doctorate of Humanities at Liberty University on Friday. Speaking to young evangelicals at the twice-weekly convocation service, which the…


DeSantis Targets ‘Cultural Marxism,’ Vows ‘War on Woke’ at Liberty University

LYNCHBURG, Va.—Fresh off signing a six-week abortion ban into law the day before, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed to continue fighting the “war on woke” to about 9,000 students before receiving an honorary degree of the Doctorate of Humanities at Liberty University on Friday. Speaking to young evangelicals at the twice-weekly convocation service, which the…


National Pushback on Critical Race Theory Is Rising, Says New Report

State and local countermeasures on critical race theory (CRT)—a quasi-Marxist framework that views America as systematically racist—are on the rise in 2023, at a pace equal to or faster than that of 2021 and 2022, according to a new report (pdf) released by CRT Forward, an initiative advocating CRT in schools, at the University of…


New Critical Race Theory Report Confirms ‘Tide Is Changing,’ Expert Says

State and local countermeasures on critical race theory (CRT)—a quasi-Marxist framework that views America as systematically racist—are on the rise in 2023, at a pace equal to or faster than that of 2021 and 2022, according to a new report (pdf) released by CRT Forward, an initiative advocating CRT in schools, at the University of…