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Related: About this forumHialeah doesn't owe its 'freedom' to Gov. DeSantis. Neither does the rest of Florida (Opinion)
Miami Herald via Yahoo NewsThe flood-prone, working-class streets of Hialeah made it into Gov. Ron DeSantis inauguration speech Tuesday as he evoked swaths of the Florida we know and (mostly) love.
From the Space Coast to the Suncoast, from St. Johns to St. Lucie, from the streets of Hialeah to the speedway in Daytona, from the Okeechobee all the way up to Micanopy, DeSantis began, freedom lives here in our great Sunshine State of Florida!
The Hialeah contingent among the thousands at the Capitol steps witnessing the launch of DeSantis second term didnt disappoint.
At the mention of Miami-Dade Countys second-largest city and the most Cuban, after Havana they hollered and applauded louder than anyone else. Political points well-scored. This is the kind of high-profile, public recognition that shapes party reputation and garners votes, on and off election cycles.
People remember flattery.
But in the real world, DeSantis words amount to little more than demagoguery.
From the Space Coast to the Suncoast, from St. Johns to St. Lucie, from the streets of Hialeah to the speedway in Daytona, from the Okeechobee all the way up to Micanopy, DeSantis began, freedom lives here in our great Sunshine State of Florida!
The Hialeah contingent among the thousands at the Capitol steps witnessing the launch of DeSantis second term didnt disappoint.
At the mention of Miami-Dade Countys second-largest city and the most Cuban, after Havana they hollered and applauded louder than anyone else. Political points well-scored. This is the kind of high-profile, public recognition that shapes party reputation and garners votes, on and off election cycles.
People remember flattery.
But in the real world, DeSantis words amount to little more than demagoguery.
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Hialeah doesn't owe its 'freedom' to Gov. DeSantis. Neither does the rest of Florida (Opinion) (Original Post)
In It to Win It
Jan 2023
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Did he spare a second to address the Floridians who lost loved ones during COVID?
Timeflyer
Jan 2023
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Deuxcents
(19,740 posts)1. I worry about this language he's using..
He caters to the crowd.. when I was a kid, no one cared about Hialeah but it became a proud community anyway. Now that it has thrived, hes suddenly on the scene.
Timeflyer
(2,637 posts)2. Did he spare a second to address the Floridians who lost loved ones during COVID?
Or did he just brag about himself, and swear vengeance on the libs? Loathe the creep, couldn't listen.
mitch96
(14,658 posts)3. Lets see how he does with the Cuban Migrants that landed in Florida this week
Send them up north? I doubt it.. That would kill his whole Cuban voting block in Miami. Mexican/Central Americans? 👎 Cuban's ?👍
From the AP:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who used state tax dollars to fly Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Massachusetts to protest Bidens immigration policies, has not said anything this week about the Keys situation. His press office did not respond to email requests for comment Wednesday and Thursday.
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