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36. Other than being an aspiring authoritarian, DeSantis isn't anything like Castro, or Batista.

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Mon Jun 6, 2022, 11:37 AM

Jun 2022

DeSantis is more like Jair Bolsonaro, or even Rodrigo Duterte: violent, vengeful, rigid, moralistic, authoritarian, opportunistic, rightwing strongmen with thin skins, huge egos and a taste for wealth.

Anyone trying to make DeSantis out to be another Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez or Nicolás Maduro would be ridiculed by Floridians who lived under those regimes. And comparing him to Fulgencio Batista would likely gain him votes in South Florida.

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This guy on MSNBC has DeSantis pegged. [View all] Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 OP

Fidel was benign compared to what Death Sentence would be as president. lark Jun 2022 #1

Agree. De Santis doesn't have any sensible filters. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #2

Actually atreides1 Jun 2022 #3

I think we could all stand to have a lesson on Bautista. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #4

Hmmm OLDMDDEM Jun 2022 #5

Batista came from the people, appealed as a populist, then turned on them, sold out to the mafia. ancianita Jun 2022 #7

The Batista-Lansky Alliance Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #47

Keep the Fidel comparison plimsoll Jun 2022 #9

Fidel never, never ate his own. He never attacked people in his country. Where do you get this from ancianita Jun 2022 #6

Good info. Thanks! Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #19

Exactly! I am surprised at the Fidel Castro comparisons. LoisB Jun 2022 #21

Thx roody Jun 2022 #40

He also wants to take over Reedy Creek from Disney obamanut2012 Jun 2022 #8

If DeSantis takes power, there will be death squads. Hotler Jun 2022 #10

he made himself head of the Florida Guard onethatcares Jun 2022 #14

just like, people are not criminals until they commit a crime RicROC Jun 2022 #16

Deathsentence will create the emergency. overleft Jun 2022 #33

probably something about voter fraud onethatcares Jun 2022 #34

Oh! I definitely see it. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #22

I expect him to purge LGBT public servants obamanut2012 Jun 2022 #24

You need to give some sourcing for this. Some counterintel site. Because this is too serious a ancianita Jun 2022 #30

amazing. desantis was a proud dittohead, limbaugh was proud of him, he barely won and yet florida certainot Jun 2022 #11

Hope someone on our side hears you. Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #25

The DeSantis-appointed BOG runs teh universities and colleges obamanut2012 Jun 2022 #26

basically those stations got desantis elected and they need those unis to help certainot Jun 2022 #46

DuhSantis..AKA the The Little General.. AKA the Little White Hope.... NoMoreRepugs Jun 2022 #12

Little League Nixon........ lastlib Jun 2022 #18

While railing against Maine Abu El Banat Jun 2022 #13

Repubs love the authoritarian strongman type IronLionZion Jun 2022 #15

He is like ... Trump Cosmocat Jun 2022 #17

He's a combination of technocrat and kleptocrat with megalomania. AZLD4Candidate Jun 2022 #28

Yep Cosmocat Jun 2022 #38

DeSantis has B.O. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #20

Have you been in close proximity to him to come up with Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #27

Photographic analysis. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #29

"Please clap" sealed it. And he was actually nearly making sense compared to the StableGenius. czarjak Jun 2022 #52

More Mussolini or Pinochet marmar Jun 2022 #23

I like Papa Doc DeSantis, And his supporters are the Ton Ton Le Q The Polack MSgt Jun 2022 #31

He behaves like his idol, the orange shit pile....and his cult love him for it. Hulk Jun 2022 #32

De Santis will beat Trump. slater71 Jun 2022 #35

He may get the nomination, but he won't win unless there is voter shenanigans. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #45

If DeSantis wins presidency in 2024, there won't be a presidential election in 2028. bermudat Jun 2022 #51

Other than being an aspiring authoritarian, DeSantis isn't anything like Castro, or Batista. sop Jun 2022 #36

Thanks for that edit. De Satan is just like Batista and for the same reason Warpy Jun 2022 #37

BTW, here are the Covid stats for Forida DBoon Jun 2022 #53

DeSatan refused to divest state retirement system of Russian investments Fritz Walter Jun 2022 #39

Crist is still running? Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #41

Florida needs some strong democratic candidates. Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #44

Our primaries aren't until August obamanut2012 Jun 2022 #49

Guess so Fritz Walter Jun 2022 #50

He's going to keep on doing it. Baked Potato Jun 2022 #42

He hasn't got a chance. He's even dumber than the folks who voted for him Joinfortmill Jun 2022 #43

Spmeone's Pegging DeSantis? MineralMan Jun 2022 #48

Our job as Americans is to stop these fascist. The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #54