White boots or not, DeSatan is determined to be viewed as a tough guy...

[allegorical oracle]

Governor Ron DeSantis delivered a blow to Republicans in the Florida Statehouse this week by vetoing a popular criminal justice reform bill they'd championed in a move some believe was intended to bolster his "tough on crime" credentials for the GOP presidential primary.

On Tuesday, DeSantis vetoed a popular criminal justice reform bill that would have allowed offenders to apply for their criminal record to be cleared if the charges against them had been sealed or expunged. The bill also included exceptions to current law for those who previously received expungement of offenses committed as a minor, though it would not apply to a minor who was charged as an adult.

Though the bill passed with near-unanimous support in the Florida House and Senate, DeSantis did not issue a letter with his veto explaining why he did not support the bill, prompting speculation he did so not because he disagreed with the bill but because he sought to solidify his credibility as a "tough on crime" candidate in a campaign in which he lags far behind former President Donald Trump in national polling.

https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desantis-delivers-blow-republicans-1809964

[Blue Owl]

1. Those white boots aren't shit kickers, they're shit lickers

DeSantis is licking the toilets of his billionaire sponsors and tilting the scales in their favor

[PortTack]

2. He's tough alright..on women, POC, kids, migrants..anyone perceived as weak..bully tactics

[atreides1]

3. Okay

Though the bill passed with near-unanimous support...it still wasn't enough to override his veto?

[gratuitous]

4. This looks like a continuation of the hostility toward making citizens eligible to vote

Florida voters passed Amendment 4 in 2018 to restore voting rights to citizens with felony convictions. The legislature and governor got right to work on that, throwing up roadblocks and passing legislation that kneecapped the will of the voters on Amendment 4. Republicans added in requirements like making sure all court fines and costs had been paid before a citizen could vote again. But darn it all, anyway! There's no central database in the state that would tell a person what he owes and to whom. Some jurisdictions haven't even computerized their records.

But isn't the governor tough on crime!

[Model35mech]

5. Politicans have told the nation they were fighters for years

The presumption of voters has been the fighting would be in favor of moving the nation and the lives of its citizens forward

Despite their rhetoric, the Cons seem to limit their fighting only for the Pursuit of Happiness of the rich elite and the ideologies of big institutions