What has DeSantis said to support Putin, specifically. Why would it change with DeSantis, specifically?Want Putin to win, vote Republican… Then if he can hold out till Trump/DeSantis win in 24, then the game will completely change.
What has DeSantis said to support Putin, specifically. Why would it change with DeSantis, specifically?
Or are you just writing fear posts?
“This is a guy who basically is an authoritarian gas station attendant — OK? — with some legacy nuclear weapons from the old Soviet Union,” DeSantis said of Putin. “Their whole society is hollowed out except for that energy. Hit him where it counts.”Ron DeSantis finally speaks of Ukraine attack, blaming Joe Biden
'When Trump was President, they didn't take anything.'floridapolitics.com
Doesn't support Putin, but also does not condemn him, and does not offer support for Ukraine.
DeSantis seems to be playing to his base; I don't know what he personally thinks. His base favors Russia (not universally, but a sizable number of them).So his only quote says that he would hit him where it counts, calls him authoritarian and trashed his military power. This doesn’t help Thrillers argument in his fear post.
So, again I am asking specifically where he would support Putin? Show me specifically how things would change if DeSantis is charge.
It’s not just limited to our country and the GOP. It takes a special kind of willful gullibility to NOT see how the international right wing (which Trump/DeSantis would very much influence and be influenced by) supports Putin. They want democracy, multiculturalism, and globalism to fail in order to replace it with illiberalism and white Christian nationalism. It’s just that the right wing has been marginalized in other democracies while it has taken over in Hungary and is now taking over America.DeSantis seems to be playing to his base; I don't know what he personally thinks. His base favors Russia (not universally, but a sizable number of them).
You know if we passed laws that anyone who served in the legislature were required to use only social security and Medicaid for their retirement those programs would change significantly for the better. We'd probably get universal health care really fast. But since they are so rich all they can relate to is the rich, so that's their only perspective.
So basically the GOP is saying that the democrats must cut medicare, medicaid, and social security or the GOP will shut down the government. Why does the GOP want my mom and dad to stop receiving the social security that they paid into their whole lives? Why does the GOP want my parents to go without healthcare?
Top House Republicans are planning to threaten to shut down the U.S. Government by refusing to raise the debt ceiling next year in a scheme to force Democrats to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, should they win the House in November critics warn, pointing to a Bloomberg report.
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), chair of the Joint Economic Committee Democrats, an advisory committee created by law, blasted House Republicans, warning they “plan to hold the U.S. economy hostage with the threat of a catastrophic default to try to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare.”
Aaron Fritschner, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Rep. Beyer tweeted: “House Republicans saying out loud that holding the debt limit hostage to demands for cuts to Social Security and Medicare is a ‘top priority.'”
“If Republicans regain control of Congress, they are planning to threaten a global financial meltdown if they don’t get their way on cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,” writes Media Matters for America’s senior fellow Matthew Gertz.
“If Republicans regain power, they are coming for your Social Security and Medicare,” he adds.
“Extreme MAGA Republican leaders openly threatening to cause economic catastrophe in order to achieve their dreams of slashing Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security,” is how Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s communications director, Henry Connelly, responds.
That is a straight up lie. There are a minority on the conservative side who are non-interventionist, and that sentiment could play to Russia's favor, but there are not a sizable number of conservatives who favor Russia. That is you talking out your butt.DeSantis seems to be playing to his base; I don't know what he personally thinks. His base favors Russia (not universally, but a sizable number of them).
I agree that it seems wrong. That General should have been court-martialed and imprisoned. For members of the military there are laws against becoming politically involved, laws which this General has violated. Tucker Carlson and Fox News are protected by the First Amendment but the General is not. The result of this unlawful behavior by the General and those like him serves to alienate a large chunk of the country at a time when the military his finding it hard to recruit soldiers. This General is performing unlawful actions that threaten the nation. He should be not be above the law simply because he is on the political left, but we all know nothing will come of this because there is a two-tiered justice system depending on your political leaning.
How can this be? I thought the GOP was the party of the working class, right? After all, they claim to be that. They campaign against “the elites”, the rich, big tech, and demagogue immigrants and minorities. But as we saw during Trump, he never did anything for the working class. His lone major legislative achievement was a big time tax handout to top donors.
So basically the GOP is saying that the democrats must cut medicare, medicaid, and social security or the GOP will shut down the government. Why does the GOP want my mom and dad to stop receiving the social security that they paid into their whole lives? Why does the GOP want my parents to go without healthcare?
Top House Republicans are planning to threaten to shut down the U.S. Government by refusing to raise the debt ceiling next year in a scheme to force Democrats to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, should they win the House in November critics warn, pointing to a Bloomberg report.
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), chair of the Joint Economic Committee Democrats, an advisory committee created by law, blasted House Republicans, warning they “plan to hold the U.S. economy hostage with the threat of a catastrophic default to try to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare.”
Aaron Fritschner, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Rep. Beyer tweeted: “House Republicans saying out loud that holding the debt limit hostage to demands for cuts to Social Security and Medicare is a ‘top priority.'”
“If Republicans regain control of Congress, they are planning to threaten a global financial meltdown if they don’t get their way on cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid,” writes Media Matters for America’s senior fellow Matthew Gertz.
“If Republicans regain power, they are coming for your Social Security and Medicare,” he adds.
“Extreme MAGA Republican leaders openly threatening to cause economic catastrophe in order to achieve their dreams of slashing Medicare, Medicaid & Social Security,” is how Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s communications director, Henry Connelly, responds.
I was relying on my impression rather than researched numbers, and I was wrong. There is a small, vocal pro-Russian part of the Republican party, but they aren't large enough that DeSantis would consider them to be his base.That is a straight up lie. There are a minority on the conservative side who are non-interventionist, and that sentiment could play to Russia's favor, but there are not a sizable number of conservatives who favor Russia. That is you talking out your butt.
He's been issued a public reprimand. How many generals have ever been prosecuted for making political comments? How many military members in total? I haven't heard of any.He should be not be above the law simply because he is on the political left, but we all know nothing will come of this because there is a two-tiered justice system depending on your political leaning.
Enlisted military at the very least is absolutely forbidden from making statements to the press that could in any way be construed as representing the military unless you are more or less acting under orders in coordination with your command's PR officer. You are also absolutely forbidden from engaging in political activities, protesting or expressing political positions while in uniform.He's been issued a public reprimand. How many generals have ever been prosecuted for making political comments? How many military members in total? I haven't heard of any.
I did not mean to indicate otherwise. I was hoping you would weigh in.Enlisted military at the very least is absolutely forbidden from making statements to the press that could in any way be construed as representing the military unless you are more or less acting under orders in coordination with your command's PR officer. You are also absolutely forbidden from engaging in political activities, protesting or expressing political positions while in uniform.
It might be a bit different for a general but even then military personnel are not supposed to express political opinions while acting in any official capacity.