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GOP Primary: The Ron DeSantis origin story, and some of his accomplishments

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I have today off, so I have been mostly tending to the outdoor bird feeders, keeping the water from freezing, and making sure that all the birds are sharing the food. But, I did want to post something about Ron DeSantis today, since we are starting the Republican Primary Election. This is when Republicans choose a candidate to represent the party in the presidential elections.

Whatever I was going to write, it’s not going to be as good as this tweet from Josh Power, a Ron DeSantis supporter:

Ron DeSantis: His great-grandparents immigrated to the United States from Italy. They settled in Western PA and OH, where Ron’s parents were born. His mom was a nurse and his dad worked with his hands, installing cable boxes and such.

They moved to Florida in the 70’s and Ron was born in Jacksonville and grew up as a middle class kid in the Tampa Bay area. He played baseball, worked minimum wage jobs and excelled in school. He was recruited to play baseball at Yale, and his middle class parents were proud and excited for him to have the opportunity at such a great education.

He excelled at both athletics and academics at Yale – he was selected by his teammates to be the captain of the baseball team, due to his leadership skills and the respect of his peers. He did well enough in class at Yale to be accepted into one of the best law schools in the world – Harvard Law. He excelled in his time there, graduating with Honors.

As he neared the completion of his degree, he knew he had the opportunity to cash in on his fancy education and take a high paying job, but he decided instead to join the military, largely because what he saw during 9/11. He felt a call to serve the Country, as American Patriotism had been engrained in him by his family and community since he was a child.

While at Harvard, he earned a commission in the US Navy’s JAG Corps. He served as a lieutenant in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. Navy Reserve. Deployed to Iraq as an advisor to Seal Team 1, Naval Special Warfare. During his military career, DeSantis was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Iraq Campaign Medal.

After his military service, Ron came back home and ran for Congress in 2012, in Florida’s 6th Congressional District. He would later become the 46th Governor of the State of Florida.

He served his home State with honor and courage throughout the Covid pandemic and the ensuing insanity which gripped much of the Nation, and the world. As a result of his leadership, and thanks to the rebellious nature of Floridians themselves, Florida became known throughout the Country as The Freedom State.

Governor DeSantis, now in his 2nd term, has been one of the most productive, effective conservative governors in American history.

Some of his greatest accomplishments include:

Made child mutilating surgeries illegal
Protects women’s spaces & sports
Protects Life
Made child rape a death penalty offense
#1 economy in America
#1 for education
$20B budget surplus with no state income tax
Largest tax cuts in FL history & paid down 24% of Florida’s debt
Crime at 50 year low
Turned battleground state deep red
Fights and wins against CRT, DEI, ESG
Banned Chinese land ownership
Banned sexualization of kids in school
Parents Bill of Rights
Largest School Choice program in American History

I wanted you all to know this about Ron. I myself am a Native Floridian, 4th generation. My wife, Lauren is a Georgia Girl. We’re both big supporters. And we’d be happy to tell you why if you’d like to talk. We support DeSantis because he’s a good dude, a family man, and he gets RESULTS. Everyone can talk a big game, but we need people who can DO IT. Ron is a Florida Boy, the best governor in our state’s history, and we’re proud to have him.

We’re both wishing him the best in the Iowa Caucus tonight!!

For Ron DeSantis in 2024

Ron DeSantis is my pick for the 2024 Republican primary. The primary arguments against Ron DeSantis are as follows:

  • he is too short
  • his shoes are funny
  • he’s too young to be President

These arguments come from people who put zero effort into looking at the accomplishments of each candidate. They think that presidential elections are like a classroom election: you pick what you like. You pick what feels good. Or many people, mainly men, think it’s a football team. You pick who you think is going to win, so that you can vicariously win. My case for Ron DeSantis is simple: he is the governor of the most successful state in the United States. He won election 50-49 in a purple state. Then by the time he got to re-election, he won by 20 points, and had turned his state deep red. That’s what I want in America. Not moderate conservatives like Trump who push amnesty for 2 million illegals (in 2018) and who lock the country down because the Swamp told him to (in 2020). We can do better than Trump in 2024.

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