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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,468 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 07:41 PM Sep 2025

Governor Ron "Go Go Boots" DeSantis' 'Unhinged' Attack On California Backfires Spectacularly

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) got some uncomfortable reminders about his own state after he attempted to slam California during a Fox News interview on Thursday.

“People know, when you mention California, you’re talking about unhinged leftist government,” he said, calling the Golden State a “punchline.”

His comments came one day after Florida moved to end all vaccine mandates for children ― including kids going to school ― which critics said could lead to new outbreaks of once-contained diseases.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who debated DeSantis on Fox News in 2023, quickly fired back with some receipts on which state might have an “unhinged government” at work.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ron-desantis-unhinged-attack-california-035728126.html








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Governor Ron "Go Go Boots" DeSantis' 'Unhinged' Attack On California Backfires Spectacularly (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 OP
DePolio always seems high to me, wonder if he has his own pill mill Blues Heron Sep 2025 #1
I think he's just stupid. xuplate Sep 2025 #4
That too! Blues Heron Sep 2025 #5
I hate that mofo, seriously. Happily dumbing down Florida babylonsister Sep 2025 #2
That's OK Gov De Satan lapfog_1 Sep 2025 #3
Where is a damned waterspout when you need one??? niyad Sep 2025 #6
Ron DeathSentence is the ultimate Florida Man. nt Dulcinea Sep 2025 #7
Not exactly a spectacular backfire so much as an reubttal later on "X." progressoid Sep 2025 #8

lapfog_1

(31,980 posts)
3. That's OK Gov De Satan
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 08:16 PM
Sep 2025

we in California ( and the rest of the world ) use "Florida Man" as a punchline too.

progressoid

(53,387 posts)
8. Not exactly a spectacular backfire so much as an reubttal later on "X."
Sat Sep 6, 2025, 10:37 PM
Sep 2025

If he has be called out on Fox News, that would have been spectacular.

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