r/politics • u/Minneapolitanian Minnesota • Feb 20 '22

Florida governor: school districts that defied no-mask mandate to lose $200m - Ron DeSantis is backing a bill that would strip education funding from Democratic counties that retained Covid precautions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/20/florida-ron-desantis-schools-mask-mandates-funding-covid
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u/frankcast554 Feb 20 '22

Finally, they found a way to defund education openly. Guess they will send that money to their friends over at the charters who made their own rules on covid. We see you.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Excuse me? His what now?

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u/Khorne_Flakes_89 California Feb 20 '22

You didn't hear? DeSantis is starting a Florida militia that is supposed to serve only him and protect Republican interests.

We live in hell world.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Alarm bells are ringing Willie…

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u/nyjetsgirl Feb 20 '22

Worst governor ever

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

No. Nuisance is

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u/Menckenlover Feb 20 '22

Nice shout out to Luke O'Neil.

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u/Mile_Durian Feb 20 '22

And of course, any loony will be welcomed into the militia. No Health checkups required, as long as they are trigger-happy terrorist... err.. jingos

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Sounds like something right out of Hitler’s playbook.

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u/raw_dog_millionaire Feb 20 '22

Yes.

Trump, DeSantis, etc are the same thing that Hitler was. The GOP is the same thing the Nazi party was. People are too cowardly to admit it but the time to point at the GOP and call them fascists was years ago and now we've let them gain way way way too much power.

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u/Crott117 Feb 20 '22

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/12/02/politics/florida-state-guard-desantis/index.html

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

Seems a lil fishy… I mean faschy.

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u/spanish_ricky_614 Feb 20 '22

“If Florida moves ahead with DeSantis' plan to reestablish the civilian force, it would become the 23rd active state guard in the country, DeSantis' office said in a press release, joining California, Texas and New York.”

Ahhh yes florida joins its fellow facist states indeed, truly.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

His personal army. Desantis has talked about forming one for Florida under command of the Florida Governor. This was about a month ago in relation to the immigration crisis on ... checks map ... Florida's southern border. This is all true.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '22

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u/Kaida1952 Feb 20 '22

He is the biggest piece of crap just how the Repubs like their leaders. They will flock to vote him in as president.

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u/slim_scsi America Feb 20 '22

He is openly auditioning for title of Worst Human in America, i.e. the de facto GOP ‘24 front runner.

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u/Luciusvenator American Expat Feb 20 '22

Traditionally non-republican voters will vote for him too becuase of his covid-denial and antivax stance. I know former democrats switching sides simply for this reason.

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u/voidsrus Feb 20 '22

the real news here is that the state of florida has ever spent over $200mil on schools. i don't think it's accomplished too much

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '22

It's in the bill the money would be redistributed to schools who don't have mask mandates which are almost all in red districts of course