The War On DeSantis
There’s now a class action lawsuit against the Florida governor.
Editorial Team
September 21, 2022
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MIDTERMS
GOP learns from the 2020 election
No matter how fiercely the media condemn “election deniers,” concerns regarding the 2020 election have made voting integrity a key campaign issue for the GOP.
More election integrity efforts: After the voter fraud controversies of 2020, election integrity concerns became a recurring theme for the GOP. Multiple red states passed strict laws on voter ID, absentee ballots, mail-in voting, and more. This year, leaders like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia’s Attorney General established anti-voter fraud units.
Ahead of the midterms, prominent GOP candidates have campaigned on improving election integrity. The Republican National Committee recruited over 45,000 poll watchers “to ensure that November's midterm elections are free, fair, and transparent.”
The media’s “Big Lie” narrative: Establishment media outlets continue to condemn skepticism of the 2020 election as “unfounded allegations,” “baseless claims,” “lies,” or “conspiracy theories.” In reality, reports are still coming out of the pervasive irregularities of the election. These include last-minute voting rule changes in swing states won by Democrats, which courts have now determined to be illegal, and hundreds of millions of dollars in third-party funding that favored Democrats.
Big picture: A May poll found that 55 percent of U.S. voters believe “cheating likely affected the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.” Despite legacy media portraying those who advocate for stricter voting laws as divisive and baseless, this sentiment isn’t limited to one side. Election fraud claims weren’t seen as conspiracy theories back in 2016 when many Democrats and journalists called foul in the presidential election of Donald Trump.
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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
The war comes to DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ idea of flying migrants to blue “sanctuary” cities was not original, but his plan to send them to a small, well-off community caused a national panic that other Republican governors were unable to achieve. There’s now a class action lawsuit against him.
The lawsuit: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent around 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. It resulted in a panic that activated 125 national guard members to deport the migrants to a nearby military base. Three migrants filed a class action lawsuit against the DeSantis administration for “executed a premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme … for the sole purpose of advancing their … political interests.”
The legal ground: Gov. DeSantis repeatedly claimed that all transported migrants from Florida signed consent forms. Some of those suing claim that they could not understand the documents and that the brochure given to the migrants was misleading. Essentially, they claim that they were tricked into flying to Martha’s Vineyard.
Where will this go? The lawyers for the migrants are lobbying the Massachusetts attorney general and the federal government to open criminal investigations into the Florida governor. The Biden administration is currently considering litigation.
Big picture: DeSantis’ critics and admirers view him as a more competent version of Donald Trump. His commitment to conservatism and his transformation of swing-state Florida into a conservative bastion of freedom when most states caved to the pandemic lockdown rules may soon land him in a position similar to the former president—swamped by political investigation.
POLL RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY
Do you support the efforts to restrict controversial books in schools?
📊 POLL: Do you support the efforts to restrict controversial books in schools?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️ Yes (94%)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ No (2%)
🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Unsure (4%)
Yes - “Absolutely! Why do we continue to poison the minds of our children with inappropriate sexual wokeness? Let our kids be kids. They have the rest of their adult lives to determine their sexual identity. ”
Yes - “There is a difference between government powers burning books, denying access to ideas, and making sure books read as curriculum or otherwise available to children are 1) age-appropriate and 2) school appropriate. It's not that difficult.”
Yes - "Let’s go back to basics, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic!”
🗞 IN THE LOOP
Political violence: A North Dakota man charged with killing a teenager using his vehicle has reportedly admitted to intentionally hitting him after a political dispute, claiming the boy was part of a Republican "extremist group.” Read more.
🗳 Low expectations for Georgia Democrats: The latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll paints a bleak picture for Georgia Democrats in November, with every statewide candidate aside from U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock facing a sizable deficit less than two months before the election. Read more.
🚨 Inside the FBI: Jane Turner, a 25-year FBI veteran who blew the whistle on malfeasance within her agency, says the botched Larry Nassar abuse case is part of a pattern. She said the FBI doesn’t “give a shit” about child sex abuse cases. Read more.
💉 New York City will lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private-sector employers on November 1, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday in another sign of the city’s gradual return to pre-pandemic norms. The mandate still stands for public employees, of which thousands have already been fired. Read more.
📊 The future of America: Christians could fall below 50 percent of the U.S. population by 2070 if recent trends continue, Pew Research Center projects. The census also predicts that whites will become a minority in the U.S. by 2045. Read more here and here.
⚰️ Afterlife in California: There are traditionally two options for what to do with a body after death: burial or cremation. In California, a third choice will soon present itself: human composting. Read more.
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