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cbabe

(3,541 posts)
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 10:12 PM Jun 2023

Special about Ron DeSantis' time at Guantanamo Bay canceled with no explanation

https://www.rawstory.com/ron-desantis-guantanamo-bay-vice-canceled/

Special about Ron DeSantis' time at Guantanamo Bay canceled with no explanation

Sarah K. Burris
June 4, 2023, 9:30 PM ET

The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Showtime pulled a special by Vice News that went into detail about Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and his time working as a JAG officer at Guantanamo Bay.


The episode, titled “The Gitmo Candidate & Chipping Away,” has been "scrubbed from Showtime’s website and press portal. An email sent to press on May 24 noted that a screener of the episode was available; however, on May 30, a follow-up email noted a different installment, titled 'Detransitioners & Draining the DRC,' as episode four."

No information from the network or Vice has been given about why Showtime canceled the show. The description f the show "hinted at potentially explosive material about DeSantis." Very little information is available to the public about DeSantis' time at GitMo.

“Seb Walker investigates allegations from former Guantanamo Bay detainees that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis witnessed acts condemned by the United Nations as torture during his past service at the controversial detention camp as a Navy JAG officer," the description reads.

In April, a report revealed DeSantis' campaign is haunted by what could drop from the governor's role in the military prison. He has already exploded over questions about the subject.

One inmate said: "I will never forget his face, he was laughing and smiling watching me being tortured on the force-feeding chair."

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Special about Ron DeSantis' time at Guantanamo Bay canceled with no explanation (Original Post) cbabe Jun 2023 OP
DeSatan probably threatened to sue. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #1
Yep that is most likely what happened. Irish_Dem Jun 2023 #3
Like the Jim Jordan expose? blm Jun 2023 #2
Oh, I didn't know This! ETA About him being at Gitmo etc 😳 electric_blue68 Jun 2023 #4
.......I didn't know that DeathSentence thomski64 Jun 2023 #8
Hmmmm...Dems there's lots of ad material here. Get busy.... brush Jun 2023 #12
I didn't either. Just more material to use against him when the need arises. calimary Jun 2023 #16
Oh it's true. He was questioned about it in one of his tiny rallies..and oh did he get mad! PortTack Jun 2023 #18
K&R Solly Mack Jun 2023 #5
Hopefully someone else will Cha Jun 2023 #6
Coarporate owned media orangecrush Jun 2023 #7
Wasn't he an assistant urine inspector, something like that? nt Buns_of_Fire Jun 2023 #9
DeSantis is one sick man. IMO it sounds like he needs protection form the rest of us. Ford_Prefect Jun 2023 #10
Vice News declared bankruptcy in May. moondust Jun 2023 #11
This film is gonna be hard to keep under cover if it's already made. Deuxcents Jun 2023 #13
hope you're right; fingers crossed nt orleans Jun 2023 #14
I'm sure he enjoyed his position there and he'd love to use lessons learned captain queeg Jun 2023 #15
Gitmo is a tar baby that one of DeSantis smarter consultants pulled him away from. Too bad. ... marble falls Jun 2023 #17
I can see DeSantis laughing while torturing prisoners. Chainfire Jun 2023 #19

brush

(53,777 posts)
12. Hmmmm...Dems there's lots of ad material here. Get busy....
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:50 PM
Jun 2023

with the oppo research just in case the fucker survives this extremely damaging reveal.

Repug oppo researchers will be all over this too.

calimary

(81,261 posts)
16. I didn't either. Just more material to use against him when the need arises.
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 12:56 AM
Jun 2023

Make a note! And/or build a file of uncomfortable info that might prove strategically useful.

PortTack

(32,767 posts)
18. Oh it's true. He was questioned about it in one of his tiny rallies..and oh did he get mad!
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 01:20 AM
Jun 2023

Said it was all made up!

He lies just like tfg!

moondust

(19,981 posts)
11. Vice News declared bankruptcy in May.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:41 PM
Jun 2023

I have no idea if that had anything to do with the DeSatan cancellation.

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On May 15, 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_News

Deuxcents

(16,202 posts)
13. This film is gonna be hard to keep under cover if it's already made.
Sun Jun 4, 2023, 11:50 PM
Jun 2023

It will show up, especially since there’s so much mystery around it being silenced

captain queeg

(10,197 posts)
15. I'm sure he enjoyed his position there and he'd love to use lessons learned
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 12:28 AM
Jun 2023

on immigrants. Or anyone else he doesn’t like. Like liberals or any other non Nazis.

marble falls

(57,081 posts)
17. Gitmo is a tar baby that one of DeSantis smarter consultants pulled him away from. Too bad. ...
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 01:03 AM
Jun 2023

... I'd love to hear about an incompetent junior JAG officers 'war' exploits on Gitmo. Maybe get an appointment at the Hague out of it.

Chainfire

(17,537 posts)
19. I can see DeSantis laughing while torturing prisoners.
Mon Jun 5, 2023, 11:03 AM
Jun 2023

I think that it is the kind of man that he is.

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