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Rhiannon12866

(205,074 posts)
Thu Sep 29, 2022, 11:46 PM Sep 2022

'No Government' DeSantis Is About To Become A Big Government Republican Former Florida Rep. Says



Hurricane Ian has caused a level of damage that required federal government assistance in order to rebuild. "In a time of tragedy people need help. Where Ron DeSantis is a 'no government' conservative, he's about to become a Big Government Republican,” former Florida congressman David Jolly tells Joy Reid. - The ReidOut - MSNBC -Aired on 09/29/2022.


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Skittles

(153,138 posts)
2. isn't that the repuke way?
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 12:54 AM
Sep 2022

low taxes or no taxes, no socialism....until THEY need help, then they have no problem putting their hand out and KEEPING IT OUT

Rhiannon12866

(205,074 posts)
5. That's exactly what EarlG's Pic Of The Moment today was about. DeSantis expects federal help now
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 01:54 AM
Sep 2022

But when he was a Rep., he voted against sending federal help for the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

Skittles

(153,138 posts)
6. that vile POS voted agains SEVERAL bills for Sandy aid
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 02:08 AM
Sep 2022

insisted they were "fiscally irresponsible" - oh you mean like using Covid funds to fly asylum seekers out of state?

Rhiannon12866

(205,074 posts)
8. Exactly! And yet this hypocrite expects to be given everything for his state that he denied to others!
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 03:21 AM
Sep 2022

Phoenix61

(16,999 posts)
4. FEMA needs to refuse to insure a bunch of the houses
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 01:54 AM
Sep 2022

there. Pay out this time then drop them. They literally built houses on sandbars and the bridges have washed away.

Nululu

(840 posts)
7. Government paid his education. Discounted his mortgage
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 02:16 AM
Sep 2022

GI bill covered his medical bills etc Paid for law school at an ivy league

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