Why is the governor of Florida talking to Staten Island cops?

[Takket]

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-takes-shot-florida-gov/story?id=97333945

Adams, a Democrat, has feuded with the Florida governor repeatedly over DeSantis sending migrants to the Northeast and the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay" law. Adams singled out several GOP talking points in his tweet as he "welcomed" the governor -- a possible presidential candidate in 2024.

"Welcome to NYC, @GovRonDeSantis, a place where we don’t ban books, discriminate against our LGBTQ+ neighbors, use asylum seekers as props, or let the government stand between a woman and health care," Adams wrote.

"We’re happy to teach you something about values while you’re here," he added.

DeSantis met with local law enforcement in Staten Island on Monday morning. He was joined by Lee Zeldin, the former New York congressman who lost a heated battle for governor to Democrat Kathy Hochul.

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Did Staten Island become a part of Florida and I missed it???

[Takket]

2. Correct. It is. So why is Desantis there? That's not his territory.

I know governors travel to drum up business but I doubt he’s talking to cops to drum up business.

[yagotme]

3. Your answer is in your OP.

Desantis: Big "R". Staten Island: Big "R". Desantis: Possible Pres candidate. 1+1=4.

[tulipsandroses]

14. Add another R that Staten Island is known for. Racism

He’s going for the MAGA/ Racist folks to shore up his nomination. I don’t think it will work out well for him in the General election if he does get the nomination.
But who knows, republicans are good at scaring folks into thinking “the other” is coming to get them and they are actually the ones being oppressed.

[electric_blue68]

17. Yup...though the other Burroughs have their smaller enclaves.

[allegorical oracle]

21. A very liberal close friend of mine married a woman who grew up in Staten Isl. He described his

wife's father as being "the living embodiment of Archie Bunker." Thanksgiving dinner was an annual brawl.

[Thomas Hurt]

4. He is going to run for President 24

[allegorical oracle]

24. Yup. He's running all over the country, probably at Fla taxpayers' expense, campaigning for POTUS.

He won't announce because he'd have to comply with FEC regs regarding donations. He's a far bigger slimeball than tfg only because he's smarter and stays below the oversight radar.

[PatSeg]

15. Early presidential campaigning I'd think

[Bettie]

16. Because the people there will be moving to Florida

when they retire?

[slater71]

5. He has to in order to get what he needs in 2024.

He he wins the White House in 24, he will need the cops of the country to back him up when he announces that he will now be dictator for life.

[maxrandb]

6. Why would Staten Island cops invite him

and why do the Staten Island cops who invited him still have jobs?

Nothing will change. The racism. Fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy...NONE OF IT...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy unprofitable to the businesses, corporations and individuals that fund and enable it..

[SickOfTheOnePct]

7. Probably not prohibited

To ask a sitting governor to speak with them.

[delisen]

27. Staten Island lacks the massive population of the other boroughs

The current authoritarian former police officer Mayor Adams, like Giuliani would never have gotten into office without those authoritarian voting blocks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens.
Manhattan has been a big real estate money laundering operation for decades. Propped up Manhattan real estate prices is what has driven the young and middle class to Brooklyn

Staten Island-nesting police families are one of the major suppliers of retirees to The Villages in Florida. De Santis is honoring and holding close his Florida constituency. I think The Villages voted massively for Trump and DeSantis.

I don’t know who is the bigger phony, DeSantis or Adams.

[Polybius]

8. Wow, he was in my backyard and I didn't even know about it until now

Trying to win the NY primary?

[electric_blue68]

18. Ikr? Yeah, our* city. Go Home, DeSatan! (yeah, I know - 2024)

* unless you live right across the river in NJ like Bayone? 😉

(I have life long NJ cousins, so I love NJ )

[Polybius]

25. I actually live in Staten Island lol

Funny thing is, I heard nothing about him visiting yesterday haha.

[electric_blue68]

31. Ah! Well, hello down there from up here in da Bronx, then...

Maaaaybe they didn't want us "libruls" to know?

If it had been announced maybe some protesters would have shown up? Otoh I'd be wary getting near, and protesting a police event.
Sure I know there's good cops out there, but too many bad ones. ☹️

[onethatcares]

9. more importantly

what did he say to those cops besides floriduh is doing it "right?"

[SheltieLover]

10. Deathsatan speking to police in Chgo burb today

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/florida-gov-ron-desantis-to-speak-at-police-event-monday-in-chicago-suburbs/3076717/

[Peregrine Took]

12. I wonder if there will be any protests in front of that hall tonight?

Supposed to be in the Knights of Columbus building.

[SheltieLover]

13. No idea.

Maybe some of our IL members will weigh in?

No longer live in that region.

[NNadir]

11. My wife grew up on Staten Island.

It is New York City's most right wing borough, by far.

I fully expect that DeSantis would carry that borough in a Presidential election. So would Adolf Hitler, I suspect.

Obviously my wife was a dissident when she lived there.

[Earth-shine]

19. I grew up in Brooklyn. I concur with your opinion of Staten Island.

[delisen]

26. Brooklyn supplied SI with its racists.

It was the downside of the building of the Verrazzano Bridge. I still remember the the great migration. Flatbushers were the worst, spouting the N word all over the little towns they were obliterating as they built the tricky tacky houses everywhere. Along with them came the Brooklyn crime families.
Actually the worse racists in NYC are the super rich on the upper Eastside-deadly combination of billionaire bucks, racism, and classism and a cover of sharm charm.

[brooklynite]

20. Answer: DeSantis is running for President.

[Lars39]

22. He's recruiting

[Sympthsical]

23. Why do politicians go to Iowa?

Same thing.

[marybourg]

28. Nobody else in NYC would talk to him?

[HAB911]

29. He is recruiting cops

for his fascist army

[Takket]

30. sure looks that way....... he met with cops in Chicago too

Getting ready to run America like a dictatorship, needs the police to crack skulls for him later when the "libs" get upset.