Tag: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

DeSantis Fights Move Toward Converting Dollar to Central Digital Currency

March 20, 2023
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PANAMA CITY, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis denounced federal consideration of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) on March 20 and called for the state legislature to ban it in Florida and for other states to do the same. DeSantis, who is expected to declare his candidacy for president, has used daily press conferences to showcase his…

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DeSantis Criticizes Manhattan DA, Calls Trump Investigation a ‘Manufactured Circus’

March 20, 2023
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PANAMA CITY, Fla.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for pursuing his criminal investigation against former President Donald Trump for alleged hush money payments to adult performer Stormy Daniels. He hasn’t received information about any indictment of Trump, who lives in Florida at Mar-a-Lago, he told reporters at a press conference on…

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Florida Libel Bill May Challenge Long-Standing Supreme Court Decision

March 18, 2023
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Zak Young says his business and livelihood were destroyed—and innocent lives endangered—when CNN allegedly trashed him in TV and print stories. As an elite security operator who had the skills and contacts to extract people from Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban, Young saw himself savaged as a black marketer seeking to fleece helpless…

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DeSantis: 3 Years Later, Biden Still Pushing ‘Failed’ Fed COVID Policies

March 17, 2023
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On March 16, 2020, President Donald Trump and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) issued “15 Days to Slow the Spread” of COVID-19, guidance that “advised” individuals and businesses to adopt social distancing measures such as working from home and closing many retailers and restaurants. Citing that guidance from the CDC, many…

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DeSantis Says Experts Were ‘Wrong About Almost Everything’ With COVID-19

March 16, 2023
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Three years after President Donald Trump announced a set of CDC guidelines on 15 days to “slow the spread” of COVID-19, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on March 16 that government officials are “still clinging” to failed policies that were enacted during the pandemic. During a press conference in Winter Haven, Florida, that he titled…

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Trump Allies Pressure DeSantis Over Florida ‘Resign-to-Run’ Law

March 16, 2023
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A political action committee (PAC) allied with former President Donald Trump is seeking an ethics investigation against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a presumed challenger to Trump’s bid to become the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. Taylor Budowich, head of a PAC called “Make America Great Again Inc.,” alleges that DeSantis has been running an illegal “shadow campaign”…

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Joni Ernst Joins GOP Criticism of DeSantis’ Ukraine Comments

March 15, 2023
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined fellow Republicans on March 15 in criticizing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ comments that U.S. support for Ukraine was not one of its “vital” national interests. “I speak for myself and I hope to be able to visit with a number of candidates or hopefuls and just explain the position where…

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Trump Tells Iowa: DeSantis Is ‘Disciple’ of Paul Ryan, Akin to Mitt Romney

March 14, 2023
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Even though Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis still hasn’t declared his presidential run, former President Donald Trump couldn’t resist taking swipes at him during a March 13 campaign speech in Davenport, Iowa. Three days after DeSantis gave an apparent campaign prelude speech in that city,  Trump told a cheering crowd that he thinks people are starting to…

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DeSantis’s New Disney World Board Pledges ‘a Lot of Changes’

March 10, 2023
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The newly appointed members of Walt Disney World’s new governing board met for the first time on March 8, pledging to make “a lot of changes” in the way the iconic entertainment resort will be overseen in the future. “You will see a lot of changes that are going to occur, and many of those…

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs Vetoes Bill Banning Critical Race Theory in K-12 Public Schools

March 10, 2023
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Democratic Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill this week that would have prohibited schools from teaching the concept of judging an individual on the basis of their race or ethnicity, or that certain races or ethnicities are inherently racist or oppressive. Last month, lawmakers in the Arizona legislature passed state Senate Bill SB1305, which…

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