Jeff Timmer of The Lincoln Project was reacting to the 2024 hopeful saying he would be in favor of axing four federal agencies if elected president.

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DeSantis is the physical and spiritual embodiment of the worst aspects of Florida.

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I don’t know, he appears to have all of his teeth…

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They’re all human teeth, but they aren’t “his” teeth…

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He’s got untrustworthy teeth

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I live in Democrat majority Central Florida. Last week I had reason to drive out to the Gulf Coast, through very Republican areas.

I spotted more Trump 2024 banners and flags than I cared to count, but only 1 DeSantis sign.

DeSantis can’t even drum up support in his home state.

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Floridians are largely pissed that he’s not dealing with the ever-worsening homeowner’s insurance crisis they’ve been living with.

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Ron DeSantis is Scott Walker with better hair.

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and prettier boots.

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And loves thigh food

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Ron DeSantis feels like an embodiment of a bot designed off of a far-right internet troll that was left to run on autopilot for too long.

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Florida man begins presidential campaign by senselessly attacking largest employer in his state that also happens to be one of the most popular (bafflingly) and most successful corporations in the world. (Edit: typo)

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If he actually could fulfill his campaign promises, he would be amazing.

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And turn this country into a fascist state embodying hatred and bigotry? No thanks.

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Aren’t Ron DeSantis’ goals in line with the exact opposite of Fascism? He’s attempting to cut down the size of the government, and basically prevent most government intervention in education (by eliminating it as any sort of federal agency, albeit I suspect there’d still be some “anti-woke” education bills). You can say his views are in line with hate speech, but equating it to any sort of Fascism is just plain wrong.

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I can tell you were educated in America. No clue, nor desire to find one. Desantis has been mimicking the actions of past fascists directly. And fascists don’t care about size of government one way or another. Neither do so called American conservatives. They just want to be in charge of the corporations and the corporations to be the government. Who you may ask? The answer is yes, because they’re the same.

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