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RandySF

(84,335 posts)
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 04:06 PM Nov 2023

HEAD OF FLORIDA'S ELECTION CRIMES LAID DYING IN GOVERNOR'S HALLWAY 24 MINUTES BEFORE ANYONE NOTICED

In a startling revelation, the Florida Bulldog has uncovered the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Peter Antonacci, the Director of Florida’s Office of Election Crimes and Security. Antonacci, a pivotal figure in Florida politics, collapsed and died in a hallway of the governor’s office on September 23, 2022, following a contentious meeting, allegedly after arguing with Governor DeSantis. What is most shocking, however, is that he lay there for 24 minutes before being noticed, raising serious questions about the oversight and emergency response protocols in one of the state’s most secure buildings.

Peter Antonacci, aged 74, was a key player in Florida’s political landscape, having served under both Republican and Democratic administrations in various capacities. His sudden collapse and death occurred moments after he abruptly left a meeting in the governor’s office. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) records, obtained by the Florida Bulldog, reveal a disturbing timeline of events that day. (the entire FDLE report is below)

The records indicate that Antonacci lay on the floor, dead or dying, for over 20 minutes before anyone noticed. Surveillance footage, which captured the incident without audio, shows Antonacci staggering and then collapsing in the hallway. Despite the real-time video surveillance, it took nearly a quarter of an hour for any response.

When Capitol police finally arrived, they found Antonacci pulseless and initiated CPR, but it was too late. The automated external defibrillator (AED) advised that no shock was needed, indicating the grim reality of his condition. This delay in discovery and response has led to questions about whether quicker action could have saved Antonacci.




https://thespacecoastrocket.com/head-of-floridas-election-crimes-laid-dying-in-governors-hallway-24-minutes-before-anyone-noticed/

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HEAD OF FLORIDA'S ELECTION CRIMES LAID DYING IN GOVERNOR'S HALLWAY 24 MINUTES BEFORE ANYONE NOTICED (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2023 OP
In all that time no one passed him in the hallway? Srkdqltr Nov 2023 #1
Sounds like they didn't care............................ Lovie777 Nov 2023 #2
He is term limited, cant run again getagrip_already Nov 2023 #10
There is no lifetime limit on the number of times DeSantis may be elected Florida's Governor, sop Nov 2023 #35
Thank you Delphinus Nov 2023 #47
Let's hope that during their NJCher Nov 2023 #51
Sounds like they liquidated him peppertree Nov 2023 #20
Can't wait OrangeJoe Nov 2023 #59
Or "Killer Joe"! peppertree Nov 2023 #62
It's Rebl2 Nov 2023 #44
Oh, brother, this will spawn some theories... RockRaven Nov 2023 #3
It should at least generate some questions: struggle4progress Nov 2023 #11
Let's hope he's okay. H2O Man Nov 2023 #4
He died...last September. brush Nov 2023 #5
Yes, I know that. H2O Man Nov 2023 #8
He died. DavidDvorkin Nov 2023 #7
I know. H2O Man Nov 2023 #9
Like clockwork ...... H2O Man Nov 2023 #12
"We can still send him our thoughts and prayers! Maybe he'll recover!" struggle4progress Nov 2023 #13
Like Randall Patrick McMurphy said, H2O Man Nov 2023 #15
You're getting very close... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #30
JFK, Jr's death H2O Man Nov 2023 #39
My sincere apologies... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #40
None taken! H2O Man Nov 2023 #42
My SIL wants to know if you're married... rubbersole Nov 2023 #19
No. H2O Man Nov 2023 #36
She'll be over as soon as she can find her teeth... rubbersole Nov 2023 #38
Perfect. H2O Man Nov 2023 #41
What is the condition of Sgt. Kruger? Kennah Nov 2023 #22
Sgt Kruger H2O Man Nov 2023 #37
From the 1984 movie Top Secret Kennah Nov 2023 #50
my only contribution to your plaint: ret5hd Nov 2023 #46
Much appreciated! H2O Man Nov 2023 #48
I'm embarrassed to admit it took me a while. ChazInAz Nov 2023 #55
Bwaahaaaaaaah! malaise Nov 2023 #56
Works for me! calimary Nov 2023 #61
He is safe in the arms of Jesus dalton99a Nov 2023 #16
LOL! JoseBalow Nov 2023 #17
Bwahahahahahaaaa!!! spanone Nov 2023 #54
He's pining for the fjords. progressoid Nov 2023 #57
What could have been the subject of the argument? Baitball Blogger Nov 2023 #6
"Can we kill voters who disagree with us? What about election officials?" struggle4progress Nov 2023 #14
DeSantis: "Yes. Kill them. Slit their throats!" dalton99a Nov 2023 #18
Isn't necrophilia still a crime, even in Florida? mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 #21
Not as long as at least one of the two parties give consent. Orrex Nov 2023 #25
"Laid prior to being declared legally dead"? Beastly Boy Nov 2023 #26
K&R UTUSN Nov 2023 #23
If it had been DeSatan who had lain dying in the same hallway, would he have been ignored for half an hour? NBachers Nov 2023 #24
One hildegaard28 Nov 2023 #32
Probably not. Somebody whould have kicked him out of the way Attilatheblond Nov 2023 #45
And in Russia they fall out windows. n/t RKP5637 Nov 2023 #27
Lesson here: Don't argue with the Florida Fuhrer. Chainfire Nov 2023 #28
DNR-DWG bucolic_frolic Nov 2023 #29
Does anyone hildegaard28 Nov 2023 #31
Lay it at the wedge-elevated feet of Ron DeSantis. dchill Nov 2023 #33
He was most likely dead before he hit the floor Warpy Nov 2023 #34
Then it's an overly dramatic headline NJCher Nov 2023 #52
Is this just coming to light now? senseandsensibility Nov 2023 #43
Thick as thieves Sugarcoated Nov 2023 #49
Was he the guy in charge of investigating election crimes..... lastlib Nov 2023 #53
No cameras in the hallway? greymattermom Nov 2023 #58
Conspiracy theories SpankMe Nov 2023 #60

Lovie777

(23,000 posts)
2. Sounds like they didn't care............................
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 04:14 PM
Nov 2023

thank the heavens that (hopefully) DeSatan will be ousted in the primary.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
10. He is term limited, cant run again
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 04:46 PM
Nov 2023

At least that's what I heard.

He was planning on being potus next, or at least senator, but his pudding cup has sailed it seems.

sop

(18,639 posts)
35. There is no lifetime limit on the number of times DeSantis may be elected Florida's Governor,
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:31 PM
Nov 2023

however he can only be elected to two consecutive terms. Ron must be out of office for at least one election cycle before being eligible for re-election.

Maybe DeSantis will change the law after he realizes his dream of becoming president is dead? He already changed the Florida law stating he could not run for president while being governor.

Delphinus

(12,522 posts)
47. Thank you
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 07:18 PM
Nov 2023

I knew he had changed the law to do something and thought it was that he could run as long as he wanted.

NJCher

(43,170 posts)
51. Let's hope that during their
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 03:26 AM
Nov 2023

“Time out”, Florida voters will realize that they had an albatross as a governor.

Seriously, ever since he tumbled into his death spiral downwards in the primary race, my life has been so much better for not having to see white boots and for not having to hear that nasal voice.

peppertree

(23,354 posts)
20. Sounds like they liquidated him
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 05:36 PM
Nov 2023

Antonacci must've objected to deSaster's hacking the voting machines - a tried-and-true tardition in Flawrida, to be sure.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10021506625

OrangeJoe

(559 posts)
59. Can't wait
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 02:14 PM
Nov 2023

I'm very surprised the right wing nut jobs haven't seized on this and somehow blamed Hillary Clinton for it.

peppertree

(23,354 posts)
62. Or "Killer Joe"!
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 06:14 PM
Nov 2023


Seriously though - Biden, besides having been a great president, utterly flummoxes Repugs.

Because no matter how much they try to get their voters to hate him, they just can't.

He's just too likeable, and exudes too much grandfatherly goodness, for anyone to hate him.

They just end up sounding like some nut off his meds, attacking the town's favorite grandpa, when they try.

Rebl2

(17,744 posts)
44. It's
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 07:08 PM
Nov 2023

like they purposely didn’t help. No one passed him in hallway for 24 minutes? Hard to believe.

struggle4progress

(126,159 posts)
11. It should at least generate some questions:
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 04:47 PM
Nov 2023
How did it happen that, after immediately arguing with Governor DeSantis, the Director of Florida’s Office of Election Crimes and Security Office, Peter Antonacci, fell and lay dying in a hallway for nearly half an hour before anyone called for help?

H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
12. Like clockwork ......
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 04:48 PM
Nov 2023

Next month will mark 20 years of people having to put up with my insufferable contributions on DU. Every time I've read about the tragic death of an obnoxious republican -- "tragic" only in that it didn't happen years earlier -- I have responded with something like, "I hope he is okay." And every time, one person thinks, "Poor old fart doesn't know what he is saying. The guy is dead!" And my good friends try to gently correct me.

On this very OP/thread, a record has been set: two good people attempted to kindly correct me, making this more like a clockwork orange. Let me be clear: I am a combination of ignorant, misinformed, and stupid. That's a given. And a man with a limited sense of humor, prone to telling the same joke over and over, for twenty years or more. And surely it is in horrible taste to make light of the death of a republican -- which is exactly why I continue to do so.

H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
15. Like Randall Patrick McMurphy said,
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 05:07 PM
Nov 2023

"At least I tried."

What if this dead republican came back to life as a direct result of the thoughts and prayers of Dead Republicans Splatter? We could start a religion.

H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
39. JFK, Jr's death
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:40 PM
Nov 2023

is off limits. As an Irishman, I mourn his loss of life.

But the Q-ites are not. I laugh when watching Jordan Klepper interview them.

H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
42. None taken!
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:45 PM
Nov 2023

I thought you were competing per sick humor. Being an Irishman, that never offends me.

H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
36. No.
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:32 PM
Nov 2023

Please tell her if she can make it over now, I'm just starting to prepare th evening meal. I'll set a place for her.

H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
41. Perfect.
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:42 PM
Nov 2023

So long as she's not robbing Washington's grave to get George's false teeth, we're good to go.

H2O Man

(79,057 posts)
37. Sgt Kruger
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:35 PM
Nov 2023

dies for their sins. At least that's the way I see it. May he rust in pieces.

Kennah

(14,578 posts)
50. From the 1984 movie Top Secret
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 09:00 PM
Nov 2023

Iconic scene. The East Germans are presented as Nazis. Think Airplane meets Mission Impossible.

ChazInAz

(3,017 posts)
55. I'm embarrassed to admit it took me a while.
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 10:04 AM
Nov 2023

Then I recognized Twain's running gag from "The Innocents Abroad".

mahatmakanejeeves

(69,869 posts)
21. Isn't necrophilia still a crime, even in Florida?
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 05:39 PM
Nov 2023
HEAD OF FLORIDA'S ELECTION CRIMES LAID DYING IN GOVERNOR'S HALLWAY 24 MINUTES BEFORE ANYONE NOTICED

I'm sure that if the Space Coast Rocket were a real newspaper instead of a cable modem router connected to a laptop computer via WiFi, and it had a copy editor, what it would have said was ...
 

Beastly Boy

(13,283 posts)
26. "Laid prior to being declared legally dead"?
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:10 PM
Nov 2023

I used to be a copy editor, but I was fired long ago.

NBachers

(19,440 posts)
24. If it had been DeSatan who had lain dying in the same hallway, would he have been ignored for half an hour?
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:09 PM
Nov 2023
 

Chainfire

(17,757 posts)
28. Lesson here: Don't argue with the Florida Fuhrer.
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:19 PM
Nov 2023

"Yes, it looks like he needs a doctor, but first, a song."

Warpy

(114,616 posts)
34. He was most likely dead before he hit the floor
Sun Nov 26, 2023, 06:31 PM
Nov 2023

which is what usually happens in catastrophic heart attacks. In any case, he didn't suffer long.

I would imagine His Eminence takes up nearly a whole floor with his office, which also comprises secretarial suites, conference rooms, a private bath with shower, a couple of staff bathrooms without showers, and a kitchen. Likely the hallway is just a short walk from the secure door to the offices to the elevator. Security is great for DeSatan, not so muh for his visitors.

NJCher

(43,170 posts)
52. Then it's an overly dramatic headline
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 04:17 AM
Nov 2023

I thought he probably died immediately, too, when I read the story.

As bad as this is, is this any worse? I was in Port Authority and saw a man collapsed by the escalator. This was in the days before cell phones.

People just stepped over him.

lastlib

(28,281 posts)
53. Was he the guy in charge of investigating election crimes.....
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 09:28 AM
Nov 2023

...or COMMITTING them?

asking for a friend......

SpankMe

(3,721 posts)
60. Conspiracy theories
Mon Nov 27, 2023, 02:19 PM
Nov 2023

1. Head of election integrity was in a meeting with DeSantis.

2. Meeting was heated, and head of election integrity departed meeting abruptly.

3. Head of election integrity collapses in hallway immediately after leaving conference room and dies.

4. No one notices him on the hallway floor for 15 minutes.

5. Police report of the event has some creatively placed redactions.

Likely scenario is that this 74 year-old man had a sudden health event and died, with the event brought on by extreme stress caused by unknown events that occurred at the meeting. His quick departure form the meeting could be that he felt something coming on and was fleeing the conference room to seek medical attention.

Conspiratorial scenario is that the election integrity officer was favoring "election integrity" in a discussion with DeSantis - who was arguing to bypass election integrity - and election integrity officer was poisoned by persons unknown who were in the room in order to prevent said officer from leaking events that occurred within the meeting. A conspiracy theorist might hypothesize that fentanyl or cyanide was administered to the victim illicitly. I'm not saying this is what happened. I'm saying this is what a conspiracy theorist might say. I'm just asking the question and posing the hypothetical.

Who wants to bet we won't see any autopsy results? Who wants to bet the body has already been cremated and the toxicology specimens have been mysteriously misplaced? I'm not suggesting anything. I'm just asking the questions.

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