DeSantis says 'Cold War' coming between Florida, Georgia, if Stacey Abrams is elected governor

[Native]

Source: The Hill

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday warned of a coming “Cold War” between Florida and Georgia if Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams wins the gubernatorial election in the latter state.

During a press conference in Gulf County, located in northwest Florida, DeSantis referenced the ongoing Masters golf tournament in Georgia, using it as an apparent segue into discussing the state’s elections.

DeSantis said he “really appreciates our Georgians” but that voters would have to “take care” of the 2022 election to prevent Abrams from winning.

“If Stacey Abrams is elected governor of Georgia, I just want to be honest, that will be a cold war between Florida and Georgia,” he said. “I can’t have [former Cuban communist leader Raul] Castro to my south and Abrams to my north, that would be a disaster. So I hope you guys take care of that and we’ll end up in good shape.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/news/3262688-desantis-says-cold-war-coming-between-florida-georgia-if-stacey-abrams-is-elected-governor/

[multigraincracker]

1. Might want to worry about your own butt.

Be funny if he is not the next one.

[peppertree]

2. It figures that deSatan's idea of a foreign conflict, involves other U.S. states

Since he's very much an American in name only.

[Hoyt]

3. What happens if DeSantis gets his ignorant ass kicked in polls?

[Phoenix61]

8. I celebrate big time. nt

[Hoyt]

14. +1. I'd get a kick out of that.

[mountain grammy]

21. I'd go to FL to celebrate

Have a favorite ex sister in law near Tampa bay. She’d be ecstatic!

[Phoenix61]

24. She's your outlaw sister.😀 nt

[mountain grammy]

25. Yep..good one.

She’ll love that…thanks

[gopiscrap]

94. same here

[nycbos]

30. He won't

FL is a cesspol.

They like him because he is cruel, they like him because he's a racist.

[Evolve Dammit]

37. By jove, I think you nailed it!

[onetexan]

73. hoping sensible floridians w be smart enough to turn out in droves to kick his butt

and that Dems w have a strong candidate to challenge the moron.

[Rebl2]

87. Wonderful thought

[Lovie777]

4. DeSantis in losing voters . . . .

voter suppression may not help him nor gerrymandering, he is fucking with people's "freedoms".

[Phoenix61]

5. WTF does that even mean? nt

[dchill]

43. For one, it means he thinks Florida is his own country.

Isn't that cute!

[Gore1FL]

47. It think it means the same as Benghazi, Soros, Alinsky, and critical race theory. nt

[onenote]

52. So we can add Article IV, Section 1: Full Faith and Credit Clause to the list

of Constitutional provisions DeSantis is happy to toss on the trash heap.

[Tommymac]

69. He is tying Stacey to Fidel. Typical Rethug Dogwhistle: Libruls equal Communists

Nuff said.

[intheflow]

85. Florida has to grow 100% of their own peaches?

Or that he’ll build a wall along the states’ border? Or maybe he’ll take over Cape Canaveral and launch Jewish space missiles at Atlanta?

[Phoenix61]

86. 😂😂😂😂😂

[SergeStorms]

108. I see this as only helping Georgia.

How could Georgia possibly lose if DeSatan carried through with this?

I suppose all the dregs of the the eastern U.S. would run out of road in Georgia instead of Southern Florida then. Maybe erect a meth addict, bail jumper, and pedophile lane at the border crossing and let them pass straight through?

I'm just looking for possibilities here.

[BaronChocula]

6. That's right DeMentis...

Keep scaring the white folks.

[relayerbob]

7. We all agree

We can't have you in Florida, either. Resign and save us all from your ass-holiness.

[ZonkerHarris]

9. Ron is the Russian in this Cold War

[rockfordfile]

34. I agree

[dchill]

44. I think that's his intent.

[barbtries]

10. he is a sick person.

full on racist woman hating asshole.

[Native]

12. +1

[LenaBaby61]

51. His wife is just as bad if not worse than he is ....

A friend living in Jacksonville used to watch his rotten-ass wife on the news, and she's ultra, reich-winged conservative bordering on KKKaren Nazism. She'd make anti-black, woman, gay statements on television as I recall him telling me.

She found her soulmate in DEATHSANTIS.

BOTH trashy, ultra-racist assholes.

[hay rick]

11. DeSantis attacking a black female.

Surprise, surprise, surprise.

[Deuxcents]

13. Well..as a Floridian, I'll tell him the truth..

There is no one more worthy of a landslide loss than him.

[Warpy]

26. I was born in Orlando

but I've always thanked my lucky stars and a chaotic postwar economy that they left when I was a baby, me to grandparents, my parents to a peripatetic life while my dad tried on a few jobs until one fit, which it did.

They retired there, though, so I've had to spend a lot of time there. One thing I noticed over the years was how angry everybody seemed and it was getting worse and worse. I can't imagine a majority of such people will vote for anyone but Gov. Death Sentence, he's one of them. I don't think it's going to change until Pox News goes under, the fundagelical preachers are exposed for what they really are, and maybe Zuckerberg bows to pressure to change his damned algorithm at Fakebook so it doesn't favor hate content.

My parents are gone now, their house sold, and I have no reason to go back there, ever, so I won't.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

15. Ultimate question

One of the most common moral mental exercises is whether or not it would have been moral to have terminated Hitler before he became such a threat to humanity. The same question needs to be asked about DeSantis, Cotton, Hawley, and Cruz.

[grumpyduck]

23. Moral to whom?

If someone were to ask me if I think

1) it's moral to terminate someone who is a threat to humanity, or

2) it's moral to let them destroy thousands or millions of lives for their own purposes,

I wouldn't hesitate for a microsecond to choose the first one.

[applegrove]

16. FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR FEAR. A study concluded people vote conservative

if they feel vulnerable. They vote liberal when they feel like a superhero.

[ificandream]

17. Repughs are so weak. No leadership, but stoking fear and doing performance art politics.

And am the only one guessing that "cold war" is a sly way of saying racial war to stir up the MAGATS??

[Warpy]

18. Damn, he's really lost the plot

He stays in office much longer, he'll be ready for a hug me jacket and a bunch of very strong medications.

Of course, it could just be oxygen deprivation from having his head so far up TFG's ass.

[modrepub]

19. Everything's A Conflict With These Folks

Last I checked as state couldn't declare war on another state.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. hem

[Omaha Steve]

22. We do have a DU link to donate to Stacey

Here it is: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/duforstaceyabrams

OS

[BradAllison]

27. Right wingers will begin treating other states like Pootburger treats Ukraine

I'd expect it won't be long before they'll be declaring actual war on blue states. If Trump returns to power he will be declaring states unfriendly.

[elleng]

28. Been thinking 'civil war' since seeing repugs march out of Senate chamber after vote

for Judge Jackson.

[TeamProg]

29. I'd think common sense Floridians are getting very motivated to vote

for DeathSantis' opponent.

[Native]

40. I wish I felt as you do. I'm in a red county near Tampa. These people eat this shit up.

[mcar]

65. I'm also in a red county where they love some Ronnie

However, I have read that he is losing popularity in the Panhandle because of their rising utility costs.

[EndlessWire]

31. Is he kidding??

Who does this asshole think he is?? Florida, see what you have done, electing this fool? He's a fool!

C'mon, People, we have to win at the Midterms! Prevent idiots like this from having power over you!

I'm sure Georgia Peaches are quaking in their boots...not...

[turbinetree]

32. So..........

if you get pulled over by the police and your from Georgia....what does that mean Death Satan....they go to Gulags.....he really is a authoritarian fascist pig....

[XacerbatedDem]

96. After setting up the election police, what's next? The dream police?

[DBoon]

33. Will he put something like this on the Florida/Georgia border?

[KS Toronado]

53. No, he'll build a wall nobody can get around.........

greatest wall mankind has ever seen, everybody's saying there's none better in the world.
They say Yoda is even jealous of this engineering marvel.

[GB_RN]

75. Off Topic, But...

I was among some of the last people to go through Checkpoint Charlie: I was in Germany in August of 1989, and went through CPC during our visit to East/West Berlin. The Wall came down just 3 months later on November 9th.

We had no idea that the events leading up to the fall of the Wall had already kicked off in Hungary at the same time we were there in Germany.

[rockfordfile]

35. DeSantis is a Russian puppet pos

[Solly Mack]

36. What's he going to do? Build a wall?

[Evolve Dammit]

38. U.S. is getting openly uglier every day. Some embrace it, others abhor it. Who "wins"? n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

39. Dear God. He has a Napoleon Complex.

Georgia! Close down the border. LOL!

[llashram]

41. blue vs red?

the start?

[DownriverDem]

42. This is exacly why

I don't understand why left leaners move to Florida knowing what is going on there. Now what are they going to do?

[bluecollar2]

100. It's temporary

I plan to be gone soon after I cast my last ballots against Rubio and Desantis.

This banana republic isn't for me.

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

45. Here's little ronnie

waving his dick around to show everyone what a racist, misogynistic little prick he really is.

[Skittles]

46. BRING IT ON

FUCK THAT FASCIST PIECE OF SHIT DESANTIS

[CottonBear]

48. Bring it on, DeSatan! I'm voting for Abrams!

[CaptainTruth]

49. And DeathSentance won by 0.4%!!!

Less than 32,500 votes.

Damn I hate him.

[Martin68]

50. Fuck DeSantis. He sounds like Putin talking about Ukraine.

[milestogo]

54. These guys are really terrified of black women in power.

Unbelievable.

[sinkingfeeling]

55. I'm hoping for a cold war between all other states and Florida. Couldn't pay me

to step foot in that state.

P.S. The president of Cuba is Diaz-Canel.

[Cheezoholic]

56. We need the worlds largest chainsaw

and just cut that giant phallic chunk of limestone off of this country. Let it float around the GOM by itself with its captain Ahab until the words to
Its a Small World really soak in

[rpannier]

60. Like this

[BrightKnight]

57. Is he going to build an iron curtain boarder fence? nt

[FrankTC]

58. Georgia Will Build A Wall

Georgia will build a wall along its southern border. I know — liberals are welcoming, inclusive, and don’t erect barriers. Maybe there can be a few exceptions?

[TomWilm]

59. Castro resigned a year ago ...

... name of new leader is Miguel Díaz-Canel. DeSantis does not seem to follow any news from Cuba.

[greymattermom]

61. Ft. Frederica is ready!

There are colonial forts along the Georgia coast built to defend the colonies from Florida. Let's go Georgia!

[greymattermom]

62. I75 and I95 both go through Georgia.

Good luck with that idea, Death Santis.

[Native]

63. Checkpoints! He can dual purpose his new election integrity police force!

[mcar]

64. Bring it, DeathSentence

[Harker]

66. "Take care of that"?

Everything he says, as with republican'ts generally, sounds like an overt threat.

[Native]

67. Even when he's talking to children.

[Harker]

68. Yes. Cruel and abusive. n/t

[XacerbatedDem]

98. And using kids as props! One sick puppy!

[IronLionZion]

70. The best way to avoid this cold war is to defeat DeSantis this year

Our Dems are polling well against him. Crist or Fried could take him out.

Then we can have Val Demings kick Rubio's ass, and Rebekah Jones kick Matt Gaetz's ass for a nice blue wave.

Let's make it happen.

[Native]

71. From your lips to God's ears!

[myohmy2]

72. anything...

...to threaten, skew and unduly influence an election is the puke way...

...he has no dog in that fight...

...I'd brand him a terrorist/fascist and have him arrested if he ever entered Georgia...

...we can't have active Nazi's running rampant south of Georgia...

...republicans...

[XacerbatedDem]

99. "...we can't have active Nazi's running rampant south of Georgia..."

Careful, that sounds Putin-esque.

[Fla Dem]

74. Abrams within margin of error vs Perdue, close to Kemp.

[GB_RN]

76. Really? A Cold War?

This is beyond stupid, making enemies not just of "other" Americans, but now of neighboring states if someone he doesn't like is elected? The last time this kind of talk happened was before the Civil War.🤦‍♂️

Jesus, someone please put a muzzle on this asshole.

[Native]

77. It's going to take more than a muzzle!

[GB_RN]

82. I Know What I'd Like To Say...

But I don't want to sink to the same level as him. I'll leave it as saying he's getting into "rabid dog" territory, though.

[JohnnyRingo]

78. Just what Disney World wants to hear.

Florida boycotts a stupid Atlanta golf tourney at DeSantis request and Georgia boycotts all those vacation money traps in Florida.

I was watching the Barrett Jackson car auction from Florida. They were auctioning a charity car for Ukraine ($1mil) and somehow DeSantis got on stage. He went on and on about how Florida is the most free state in "these United States" (dog whistle) and began counting down states with higher taxes. That's when a visibly uncomfortable Craig Jackson grabbed the microphone and said "...and that's what the Ukrainians want for their country". DeSantis didn't touch a mic after that.

What an opportunistic political dick.

[Roy Rolling]

79. Keep Talking DeSantis

Destinations other than Florida enjoy the extra business. He’s driving away the economic base—those gigantic hotel/motel taxes the state collects from visitors.

My family vacationed in Florida once or twice a year until the 2000s until it became overdeveloped and mean. No more. The whole vibe changed.

DeSantis is the result of that movement—of Florida residents who hate others. In a state that depends on others for tourism revenue.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

80. I bet Gov. Abrams wins that war. N/T

[Turbineguy]

81. Idiot.

[maxrandb]

83. It's pretty frickin simple

Nothing will change. The racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy...NONE OF IT...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy unprofitable to the corporations, businesses and individuals that fund it"

Stop spending your money in places like Florida and Texas.

Stop vacationing in Florida and Texas.

There should be an economic boycott of these shithole states.

It's not enough for a company like Disney to "say" they are "outraged" by this evil shit.

If it's evil, and it is, then the only option is to close up shop and move.

Anything less than that is just talking out your ass.

[OldBaldy1701E]

97. Hear Hear! (n/t)

[jaxexpat]

84. I think there may well be enough Republican Floridians who dislike and distrust DeSantis' tone.....

to actually turn the state blue in 2022. They'd never elect a yahoo like him in the first place except for two things:

1) They will pretty much do anything but vote for a Democrat.
2) DeSantis didn't show his craziness to this extent during his campaign.

Since Trump's removal, he's brought shark jumping to a performance art form.

[RussBLib]

88. what an ass

he's not content with terrorizing his native Floridians, so he tries threatening Georgians?

Today's GOP!

[DinahMoeHum]

89. It's not the heat, it's the stupidity with "Floriduh Man"

[hadEnuf]

90. How about a hot war instead

you worthless fucking Nazi.

Is this clown up for reelection this year? He needs to go - badly.

[Native]

91. Yes, he's up for reelection this year. Currently making my voodoo doll.

[trof]

92. Oh goody. ANOTHER 'War Between the States'.

We know how well the last one went.

[Marcuse]

93. What do Putin and DeSantis have in common? Both wage wars of historical vengeance against Georgia.

http://www.oatland.org/American_Revolution/florida_expeditions.php

[Native]

95. Interesting!

[BlueWavePsych]

101. Turn Florida BLUE too!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

102. Worry about your own state DeSantis

[Grins]

103. "Our Georgians?" Our?

Is he referring to the guy from Florida who crossed the border and voted for Trump in 2020…?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

107. Well, Putin has his Georgians. DeSatan wants his, too..

[Smackdown2019]

104. Article 1, Section 10. 3.

No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.


His words VIOLATED the US Constitution!

He needs to be impeached!

[Native]

106. +1

[appleannie1]

105. The only loser in that "war" would be Florida. Georgia would do just fine.