Ron DeSantis would 'reverse' Joe Biden's designation of Grand Canyon national monument

[RandySF]

Ron DeSantis told a crowd in Iowa that if he becomes President, he will reverse a Joe Biden decision to create a national monument at the Grand Canyon, a priority of Native American tribes.

During a Never Back Down meet-and-greet in Coralville, DeSantis said he didn’t know much about the President’s decision, but he was against it anyway on national security grounds.

“I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it,” DeSantis said. “Absolutely.”

Earlier this week, Biden designated the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni — Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument as the fifth new national monument created during his term, a move that the White House says “protects nearly 1 million acres of public lands surrounding Grand Canyon National Park and conserves this majestic land for all future generations.”

That designation would block the area from being mined. For DeSantis, monuments take second place to the ongoing war against Beijing.

“Biden just did this thing where he declared a national monument, you know, where you had a lot of rare earth minerals. China is kicking our rear end with this, you know, they want to do electric cars and all this stuff,” DeSantis said. “Well, you get a lot of the stuff from China.”





https://floridapolitics.com/archives/628180-desantis-biden-monument/

[hlthe2b]

1. The hell he would (successfully)...

No President has ever abolished a national monument proclamation. Legal analyses since at least the 1930s have concluded that the Antiquities Act does not authorize the President to repeal proclamations, nor is that power implied.
https://www.nrcm.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PresidentsandNMs.pdf

FU, DeSatan...

[William769]

16. Desantis is just like trump

They talk out thier ass & pander to the crowd they are speaking to.

[OrlandoDem2]

2. DeSantis overly uses the verb "to do" in public speaking. He constantly uses

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Did, do, or does as he speaks. What is up with that?

[EYESORE 9001]

3. It's like a cartoonist drawing 'swoosh' lines behind a running character

It implies motion where none is actually occurring

[FSogol]

8. Exactly. If he ever became President, his "to do" would be to act like a tyrant and attack everyone

who dissed him and his wife.

[Mr.Bill]

35. His wife would be an absolute

horror show as First Lady.

[Irish_Dem]

4. His vocabulary/word usage are not reflective of someone with a Harvard Law Degree.

He uses very simple minded kind of verbs, "to do" is about as basic as you get in terms of verbs.

You can see more of his poor speech process here, he sounds more like someone in junior high:

“Biden just did this thing where he declared a national monument, you know, where you had a lot of rare earth minerals. China is kicking our rear end with this, you know, they want to do electric cars and all this stuff,” DeSantis said. “Well, you get a lot of the stuff from China.”

And then to top it all off he basically says he doesn't know what he is talking about:

“I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it,” DeSantis said. “Absolutely.”

Even if DeSantis has some sort of expressive speech deficit, he is obviously very lazy.
This is a prepared speech and he could have done his homework and learned something about
the topics he is discussing. He could also have someone edit his speech to sound more
appropriate for someone running for President of the US.

[yardwork]

5. He always sounds angry, to me.

I don't know what's wrong with him, but the stories from his time at Gitmo suggest he's a sadist. When he interacts with the media he sounds angry and dismissive. When he interacts with voters he seems irritable and dismissive. He doesn't bother to pretend to be interested or sincere. This is unusual for a politician.

[Irish_Dem]

6. I agree, he is angry and sadistic.

The talk of "slitting throats" is gruesome. And disgusting because he was talking about American
federal employees and the military.

And yes his enjoyment of the torture going on at Gitmo is sadistic.

Yes he is long on ego, short on talent.

And he is lazy, he doesn't even bother to put forth any effort when in public.

[yardwork]

7. I keep thinking about his senior high school yearbook photo.

He didn't dress up. His hair looks greasy. He has his usual scowl. It looks completely unlike the typical yearbook photos of seniors who are headed to Ivy League schools. It's hard to imagine him at an elite college. I imagine that his resentments grew, because he was probably lonely and unpopular.

[Irish_Dem]

10. Yes seriously lacking in social skills.

Little social awareness or concern for others.

He obviously is very bright in terms of book learning, and scores high on standardized testing.
But the whole people end of life eludes him.

He is not suited for politics or leadership positions at all.

He should be in a different line of work where he just sits at a desk.

DeSantis is also lazy, he has always coasted by because he is smart.

He puts little effort into his job, but he does work hard at being mean, getting revenge
because he enjoys it.

[Mr.Bill]

36. My take on it is very brief.

In think he's a moron.

[Irish_Dem]

37. That works too.

[FSogol]

9. Good analysis by you and yardwork.

[Irish_Dem]

11. OrlandoDem too.

OrlandoDem pointed out the expressive speech problems.

Which is impressive because most people wouldn't pick up on that.

[Hekate]

27. All these stories & behavior today are why I call him DeSadist

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

17. Talking down to his audience?

This sounds like someone with an advanced degree dumbing down his vocabulary and word choice deliberately to reach his audience better.

I don't think it is well done nor would I expect it to be effective. But he does not want to come off like a Harvard Law elite when making stump speeches.

Of course, I could be wrong.

[Irish_Dem]

18. Even if this is the case, he comes off looking dumb and insulting the intelligence of his audience.

He has taken it way too far. So once again his social judgement is poor.
He cannot adequately assess the social environment.

The audience consists of adults with normal IQ and he sounds like he is talking
to a kindergarten class. If this is deliberate, then he is showing how much disdain
he has for the average voter and thinks they are stupid.

And he still exhibits his impoverished speech patterns and laziness.

Obama is a good example of how to speak to audiences.

I saw an early interview with Obama, just at the beginning of his POTUS run.
He was obviously very very bright, highly educated, sophisticated,
and reflected the rarefied air of the Ivy Colleges.

But then I saw him change to reach audiences better, speaking in a different way
and different tone. Obama still exhibited his high IQ and education, but did so
in a way that everyone could understand and relate to him. His speech content
was still quite rich, and he had an ability to community highly complex material in simple ways.
The complexity of his inner thought process made easy to understand. And he obviously
was obviously well prepared and had an incredible grasp of many topics.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

19. I agree.

I think he does this like most things he seems to do - badly.

[Irish_Dem]

21. Exactly. He cannot do anything right.

He is a walking disaster.

[dalton99a]

12. "When you're DeSantis, you can do anything to the law"

"Look at what I've gotten away with in Florida"

[C_U_L8R]

13. He would kill it because he doesn't understand it.

That sums up the whole Republican Party right there.

[Deuxcents]

15. That was my first thought.

He admits he doesn’t know “the intricacies “ but he’d reverse it..absolutely.

[gratuitous]

23. I don't know anything about it, but I'm agin it!

Government by Groucho:

[MistakenLamb]

26. I disagree

He would kill it specifically because it would harm a minority again. The GOP is nothing but a bunch of sadists obsessed with "owning" libs and minorities

[C_U_L8R]

32. Both are true

“I don’t know the intricacies of it, but I would reverse it,” ... because I'm a racist turd

[lpbk2713]

14. There will be no teaching of Native American history either.

K through university level.

[ismnotwasm]

20. He is such an Asshole. Ugh.

But he has a constituency, or part of one anyway, that thinks what he’s doing is wonderful.

[maxsolomon]

22. "I dunno anything about it, but if Biden's fer it, I'm agin' it."

GQP policy in a nutshell.

[LiberalFighter]

24. Ringling Brothers Circus is missing a clown.

[Hekate]

29. Or maybe Grand Guignol

[ZonkerHarris]

25. his verbal tick: "You know." Says it over and over while trying to figure out his repsonse.

[Dorn]

34. ... he also says "stuff" over and over

Maybe, you know, because he, you know, has stuffing between his ears.

[DFW]

28. He would probably prefer to bring things back to 1489, specifically here:

[jmowreader]

30. So let me get this straight...

They can't sink a mine shaft a quarter-mile outside the monument, go down 3500 feet to where the rare earths are, and tunnel horizontally to get to them? There are lots of people doing just that in Idaho who would disagree with you.

[JohnnyRingo]

31. "I'll undo whatever the heck Joe Biden did."

What an asshole.

[Martin68]

33. I expect to see a headline soon that "Ron DeSantis would "reverse" Florida's signing of the US

Constitution"

[Brainfodder]

38. Admitting you don't know why it's bad, great optics Ron!

We appreciate your appalling party line fueled stupidity and look forward to nothing you have to say!

I advise you Ron to avoid masticating in public because I want you to do it more Ron!


Snuck it in there!