Florida’s Republican governor said he would seek to abolish the departments of Education, Commerce and Energy, as well as the IRS.

“If Congress will work with me on doing that, we’ll be able to reduce the size and scope of government,” he added. “If Congress won’t go that far, I’m going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism that we see creeping into all institutions of American life.”

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DeSantis is telling everyone that he’s going to destroy the United States, and you’re all just sitting there.

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I’m not gonna vote for him. He’s not even a candidate yet. What should I be doing?

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Laughing at Desantis’ ignorance or crying because republican voters are just as ignorant and eat that shit up.

Or my favorite… alternating between the two

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Training and prepping. Historically, there’s only been one way to stop fascist conservatism, and it’s not something we are allowed to talk openly about until we’re doing it.

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Did the 6th of January insurrectionists do the right thing, given they believed they were fighting against an authoritarian government? Or should they have accepted the result of the democratic process even though they disagreed with it?

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Oh no. Is this the audience here?

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Making sure that all of the subhuman republicans around you are as uncomfortable as humanly possible. They live among us and far too many people tolerate them.

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Not much can be done as of yet. The election season will really kick off in January, and short of hiring a hit squad, marching around with signs and getting screamed at/assaulted by rednecks doesn’t really seem too effective. What would you propose?

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Do the Florida sewer and septic sucking service workers have a union? Might be able to convince them to use their, ah “waste” from yet another school’s clogged septic tanks to, uh “fertilize” desantis’ yard.

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we are not just sitting here, we’re posting it to kbin!

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He’s polling worse than fucking RFK jr, he stands no chance. YoUr’Re AlL JuSt SiTtInG tHeRe! We’re more than a year away from the general election, which he will never make it to because there are months of primaries before where Trump will assuredly win.

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Most likely, but which of the two will still be ready for it in 2028?

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12 points

Relax, we’re doing a sit in.

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I love comments like this for the blatant lack of self-awareness that you’re doing exactly what everyone else is.

While somehow finding a way to feel like you’re better than.

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He’s polling a distant 2nd to trump believe it or not. Twice impeached, twice indicted traitorous trump is polling highest among R in their primary.

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Fuck this fascist turd.

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Wow. Commerce runs the weather satellites and Energy oversee nukes. Good luck with that.

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reminds me of reagan wanting to give DoE the axe until he figured out they have the nukes lol

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I hate that man

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Rick Perry too. Then Trump made him the secretary of energy, lol.

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I wonder if you asked him which departments oversee that if he wouldn’t be able to answer, akin to Rick Perry forgetting what departments he would get rid of…

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Not to mention Commerce regulates international trade and enforces sanctions. Most Federal agencies do far more than most people realize.

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“If Congress won’t go that far, I’m going to use those agencies to push back against woke ideology and against the leftism that we see creeping into all institutions of American life.”

He keep saying shit like this and just once I would like him to explain HOW. WHAT POLICY? What, Ron, will you do that will “push back against leftism”? Tell me what you plan to enact.

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HOW. WHAT POLICY? What, Ron, will you do that will “push back against leftism”?

Being mean to trans and gay people. That’s the policy.

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But that’s my point. I want him to say that. I want him to explain his actual policy in uncoded terms.

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“Throw dem gays into the nuklear reactor”

Ron DeSantis probably

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Don’t forget black people. He was busy scrubbing away black history in Florida.

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The government having money to operate is A WOKE LIBERAL AGENDA!!!

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Infrastructure spending? THAT’S A REAL LIBRUL IDEA YOU HAVE THERE. THEM BRIDGES SHOULD PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS AND PAY FOR THEIR OWN REPAIRS.

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Irs. Married filing jointly is only available for male female couples.

Education is an easy one because we already saw what he wants to do with floridas system. Basically erase history and ban books.

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I have a guess he also wants to copy Hungary’s education system, which is not only barely functioning due to a total lack of replenishment of retired teachers, but also horribly whitewash Hungarian history.

Think the “states rights” thing was bad? Get ready to the “we never did X, yet we got punished for it” method of teaching history.

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It’s a threat. He is saying if congress does not get rid of federal agencies he is going to use Executive Orders to try to force policy he knows will piss people off. I don’t think the policy really matters at this point.

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It does though. Policy should be the only thing that matters. We need to force our politicians to talk about their actual plans, the actions they will actually take, the policies they will enforce.

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Let me rephrase. He is saying “Get rid of these agencies or I’m going to fuck you with all of the power they give me.”

My point is that the details of how he fucks you is not as important as the fact that he is going to.

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Im too tired to give a witty comeback.

DeSantis is a fascist bitch

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same. boring af. heard about some weird business. anti books is what i heard. Sorry, i am pro books.

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I’m definitely pro library. Public libraries are awesome.

Ours has a living- seed bank of heirloom veggies, 3d printers, they do community events- including a Mongolian acrobatic circus (Friday-),sewing/quilting stuff. Oh and they have a lot of books … and that’s just off the top of my head.

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