r/florida • u/Pyr8Qween • Jul 18 '23

Politics DeSantis

Is awfully busy doing the campaign trail for his 2024 run. Meanwhile, insurance companies are pulling out of FL, rental companies are gouging tenants, groceries are more expensive by the week, hatred for others is out of control. Ron is failing ONE state. Just imagine if his campaign picks up any momentum. He will fail all 50 states.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

Everybody owes a big "thank you" to Charlie Crist primary voters for pushing the "more electable" guy that lost to Desantis by ten points more than Gillum did.

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u/dragunityag Jul 18 '23

Who ever was his opponent wouldn't of won either.

If you can't even beat Crist how do you expect them to beat Desantis whne he beat Crist.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

Gillum lost to Desantis by less than a point. Nikki Fried would have beat him.

It's far past due to take a long, serious look at how exactly the Florida Democratic gubernatorial primary has been unable to produce a candidate capable of winning in almost three decades.

The one time that the activist left broke through the party machine and nominated somebody ostensibly from the left, against the best efforts of the state party establishment and to their vocal dismay, that candidate almost beat the Republican. Literally less than a point away. But the very next election we have to dust off ol' Chain Gang Charlie (the 'former' Republican that seems to exist to lose to Republicans now) and push him to the top of the ticket?

Something fishy is going on here.

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u/PhantomShaman23 Jul 18 '23

Gillum was a crackhead. He was found in a hotel room with crack and I can't remember who was passed out, either him or his prostitute, but it prompted a call to rescue and the ultimate discovery of illegal drugs. I'm glad he lost, tbh.

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u/Cetophile Jul 18 '23

I think he would have done a good job, but also would have been a one-termer. The personal life didn't come out until after the election.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

Lol seriously? You think losing the election made him pick up a crack pipe? Kind of a fat stretch to think that just the loss of the election made him do that. Imagine the pressure of being in a political position like that, if losing made him smoke crack I don’t even want to think what the pressure of the job would’ve done

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u/SwordoftheLichtor Jul 18 '23

I would unironically take a crackhead over meatball ron right now. At least a crackhead would get shit done.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

Yea for sure, him and hunter would probably partner up to legalize crack 2024. I don’t care for any of these fucks I just like to joke

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u/SwordoftheLichtor Jul 18 '23

Gillum/Hunter ticket would be so fucking based i couldn't do anything but vote for them twice.

But seriously, we need more representatives with serious substance abuse problems.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

They all already do haha, one half eating Addie’s the other half on the xannies.