In case you needed a less-than-gentle reminder on this Monday afternoon — Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis is a big steaming pile of walking, talking human garbage.
The ultra Right-wing Republican governor very publicly announced today that he will not, in fact, be complying with the Biden administration’s request for state State National Guards to deploy to Washington D.C. for the upcoming State of the Union address. Instead, DeSantis made a point to tell the whole world that he has “rejected” the president’s request and will not be sending the Florida National Guard.
DeSantis, seemingly taking a page straight out of the old Donald Trump playbook (before the now-ex-president was ultimately booted from the social media platform for the foreseeable future,) made the nasty announcement on Twitter, of all places.
“Last week, the Biden Administration requested the assistance of State National Guards to deploy to Washington D.C.,” the Florida governor, who can’t seemingly decide if he loves Donald Trump or wants to run against him posted on his social media account today. “I have rejected this request — there will be no @FLGuard sent to D.C. for Biden’s State of the Union.”
Last week, the Biden Administration requested the assistance of State National Guards to deploy to Washington D.C. I have rejected this request — there will be no @FLGuard sent to D.C. for Biden’s State of the Union.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) February 28, 2022
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He certainly seemed extra proud and arrogant of his pathetic, childish decision of his. But as you’d expect, pretty much no one was impressed:
As a new Florida resident, I can guarantee I’m voting against you
— Vijay Murthy (@NotoriousVij) February 28, 2022
imagine being this proud of being this petty
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 28, 2022
So, no federal help for Florida after the next hurricane hits. I’m cool with that.
— mrs.LHS🌻 (@ABPC84) February 28, 2022
So you aren’t protecting the Capitol or the President of the United States because you disagree with them all. THIS says everything any American should know about you.
— Heidi Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) February 28, 2022
Get prepared FL National Guard: next hurricane he’s going to have to refuse FEMA aid and it’ll all be up to you to clean up the mess.
— Buffy’s Blog (@BuffyBlogs) February 28, 2022
What good reason would you have to not protect the President of the United States?
— Go Blue Florida | Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@GoBlueFlorida1) February 28, 2022
Does this mean you will refrain from requesting aid from the Biden Administration in the future?
— Brenda🇺🇦 (@Sadiesniece) February 28, 2022
Don’t worry, when there’s a hurricane or a natural disaster in Florida, Biden will be a grown-up about it. He’s an actual leader, that’s what actual leaders do.
— RagnorKnox (@RyanKno67616640) February 28, 2022
DeSantis, of course, didn’t provide any real reason behind his decision, but we can say with pretty much full confidence that it has everything to do with pettiness and absolutely nothing to do with any form of legitimacy.
See ya next hurricane season, Ron. Or… Maybe not.
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