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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) claimed he recently saw people defecating on the sidewalk an act he chalked up to woke ideology during a speech at a Faith & Freedom Coalition event Friday.
The 2024 GOP presidential candidate, who spoke at the conservative groups Road to Majority conference, discussed so-called wokeness a popular Republican boogeyman as he warned of the mindsets impact on the criminal justice system.
When woke overtakes our criminal justice system like it has in San Francisco, like it has in Los Angeles the average person becomes less safe in their communities as a result, said DeSantis, who vowed to leave woke ideology in the dustbin of history.
Dont tell me it doesnt affect peoples lives. I was just in San Francisco. I saw in 20 minutes on the ground people defecating on the sidewalk. I saw people using fentanyl. I saw people smoking crack right there in the open, right there on the street. It was a civilization in decay.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/desantis-warns-woke-bizarre-speech-064036239.html
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RKP5637
(67,112 posts)So much of Florida is in despair and wretched. And he could give a damn about the people or the state, the damn fascist asshole!
617Blue
(2,484 posts)thucythucy
(9,103 posts)on January 6th.
Blue Owl
(59,130 posts)Someone needs to tell that shithead what he sees is a by-product of republican-sponsored big capitalism poverty, lack of public facilities, drug abuse are not a result of enlightenment.
Beaverhausen
(24,699 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)But obviously you'd have no REAL way to know it's fentanyl because many drugs are injectable.
But I'd bet dollars to donuts the whole story is bullshit.
sl8
(17,110 posts)brush
(61,033 posts)so-called "woke" ideology has people defecating in the street.
Campaigning is about engendering positive thoughts and ideas about what you plan to accomplish.
This guy's persona is all negative, doom and gloom crap. And has he yet defined what "woke" ideology is?
dalton99a
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Baitball Blogger
(52,368 posts)He sees more crime in a drive-by than police see in a month of patrols.
Cyrano
(15,388 posts)Midnight Writer
(25,420 posts)Have you implemented them in your own State?
How would you, as President, help people in California who are homeless or who are drug addicted?
sanatanadharma
(4,089 posts)"Woke' is believing people should have places to defecate.
"DeSantisupporter" is believing people shouldn't excrete.
"Being GOP" is passing laws regulating shit.
nolabear
(43,850 posts)Wonder if we could get him and Spanky in a cage match. Thats their level.
Goodheart
(5,760 posts)All it says is WOKE in big letters across the front.
So, as I'm walking around Charlotte... downtown, the medical center area, Sugar Creek Greenway... I got a lot of thumbs up, "nice shirt!"s, "where can I get one?", "I"m very woke myself!"
The Republican types, of which I'm sure there are many in this city, just let it slide.
Maybe I'll start a fad.
dmr
(28,705 posts)NOTHING!
He's a fucking liar without a creative imagination.
In my 71 years, no one, within my my view, has ever crapped on the sidewalk, or grass. My 2 year old nephew pooped in his little swimming pool once, and we laughed like hell! (He was a"woke" at the time
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I wish DeSantis & TFG would hop on their brooms and fly away. Life would be better.
andym
(6,066 posts)Don't underestimate him. He is a dangerous threat to American democracy.
milestogo
(23,088 posts)Yeah, that sounds like woke to me.
Silent3
(15,909 posts)The stream of shit is pouring out of his mouth.
Cha
(319,161 posts)jmowreader
(53,206 posts)In that entire week I didn't see anyone defecating on the sidewalk, using fentanyl or smoking crack. Either DeSantis is proving why his eyes are brown, or he went to a hell of a lot different part of The City than I did.