DeSantis pulls out of editorial board meeting with Florida papers

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republican Florida gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis on Monday pulled out of planned meetings with the editorial boards of a chain of newspapers.

The Tallahassee Democrat, one of six papers that make up the USA Today network in Florida, reported that a spokesman for the DeSantis campaign informed the paper that he would not attend a planned editorial board meeting with the newspaper and representatives of the editorial boards of other papers in USA Today's network in Florida.

Editorial board meetings are typically held with political candidates before the newspaper makes its endorsement.

The meeting with DeSantis would have been broadcast on Facebook Live and featured questions from Floridians, according to the Democrat.

DeSantis’s Democratic opponent, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, is set to meet with the newspaper network next week.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412596-desantis-pulls-out-of-editorial-board-meeting-with-florida-papers

[sunonmars]

1. Desantis's campaign fell apart last night, the curtain was pulled back on the fake wizard.

[NightWatcher]

2. He's half assing his way to a loss by doing nothing aside from riding trump's coattails

And when he loses he'll be unemployed since he already resigned from Congress.

Good riddance.

[Fritz Walter]

6. Not so fast

I’ll bet you half a peach that baby donnie will make a few campaign stops here to support his sycophant, Ron DeRacist.

OK, Hurricane Michael has greatly impacted many precincts in the Panhandle — an area that had traditionally supported RepubliCONs. Nonetheless, I don’t see a lot of my neighbors in Jacksonville removing their yard signs.

Stay strong! Get out each and every blue vote! Too much is at stake to chalk this one up as a win two weeks before the (regular) polls open!

[Cha]

7. For you, Fritz Walter, and all Democratic GOTVERS!

Link to tweet

[Fritz Walter]

12. Excellent! Many thanks, Cha!

This video needs to go VIRAL.

And the Blue Tsunami graphic as well.

[Cha]

13. I know it needs to GO VIRAL and I've been

posting it around.. you're the only one who's responded so far.

I Retweeted, too!

[NastyRiffraff]

15. I wanted to respond in a previous thread

but DU wouldn't let me 'cause I'd been a bad girl in the thread. I love Heidi's loud and proud video, and the big blue wave. Thanks for posting them!

[Cha]

16. You're Welcome and Thank You,

Riff!

[NightWatcher]

10. I'm in Jax too and hadn't noticed too many signs around.

I think trump has affected the Repukes by dampening the excitement for a lot of "barely republicans". Sure , the extremists will always show but last time I saw way more trump signs than I see for desantis. There are even a few for Gillum in my neck of the woods.

[Fritz Walter]

14. The DeRacist signs -- and others -- are a sore thumb in my neighborhood

Hi, neighbor!
Those (DeRacist) signs are few and far between.
In my daily travels, I've noticed more RepubliCON yard signs at street corners, especially those with high traffic patterns. Mostly businesses; but last I checked business entities do not get to vote. Yet.
There are a couple of Scott and Duggan signs at the lot at the end of my street in Avondale, but I see a LOT more signs for Gillum and especially for Tracye Polson on my street. But that's just my street.
Stay strong, good neighbor!

[The Blue Flower]

3. He got stomped last night

The orange a**hole's coattails can't carry him into office.

[OrlandoDem2]

4. If I recall correctly, Red Tide Rick did this in 2010.

[sheshe2]

5. Lol!

Sad.

He really s***ed at the debate.

[rusty fender]

8. DeSantis wants Gillum to go first

so that he can see what kinds of questions are being asked; then he will ask for a meeting with the editorial boards. Not only is DeSantis a coward, he is also a moran

[qazplm135]

9. honestly probably a smart move

he's only real hope is to keep his mouth shut and hope that a lack of stupid statements over the final two weeks results in folks forgetting and sliding back towards him because he has an R next to his name.

[gratuitous]

11. I wish that was just kidding around

But it's probably a lot truer than not.

[jaxind]

17. Hi to my fellow Jacksonvillians!

Hi Fritz Walter and Night Watcher... I'm also from Jax! My part of Jacksonville is very right-leaning but I can't tell though if Gillum is making a dent or not...I sure hope he is!!

[SunSeeker]

18. More free air time for Gillum! Woohoo!

[left-of-center2012]

19. "The campaign said a statement would be forthcoming, but by late afternoon nothing was sent"

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/10/22/ron-desantis-cancels-editorial-board-meeting/1726406002/