Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis put Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who has been tapped to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate on the presidential ticket, on full blast for the various authoritarian measures he put in action during the COVID pandemic, which included the use of a “snitch hotline.” This allowed people to turn in their neighbors and fellow citizens for non-compliance with the other plethora of COVID-related restrictions that were put in place. If that sounds like something straight out of Nazi Germany, your instincts are good.
Ever since Harris announced Walz as her running mate, things have not gone well for her campaign. He’s already embroiled in a “stolen valor” scandal that he himself created. The whole mess came about because he claims to be a rank he was never awarded while serving in the Minnesota National Guard before he bailed out on his troops in order to run for Congress so he could avoid being deployed to Iraq.
And while tons of conservatives are going after him with frothing mouths for such behavior, DeSantis has decided to attack using a different strategy.
Here’s more from The Western Journal:
In fact, the Florida governor framed his criticism of Walz in the context of in-migration, i.e. citizens fleeing Democrat-controlled states.
“You look at, since 2020, we have the most net in-migration of any state,” DeSantis stated. “And it’s coming from states, you know, like Minnesota quite frankly, with Walz.”
Later in the briefing, DeSantis explained why so many people voted with their feet and fled Walz’s state.
“As Florida governor, I learn a lot about other states because when people leave those states, they tell me why they left those states,” he added. “And, I remember during COVID the absolute frustration that people had moving from Minnesota because of how they were being treated,” he added. DeSantis then started delivering the equivalent of verbal haymakers by targeting the tyranny and hypocrisy of Walz and his COVID policies.
“He’s got this line in the stump speech saying, you know, ‘Our neighbors can do what they want. Mind your own damn business.’ Fine. Then why did you set up a snitch hotline for neighbors to report on their neighbors for violating your draconian COVID restrictions?” an DeSantis explained, his mannerisms becoming more and more lively.
After a round of applause, the Florida Republican continued to build a case against voting and supporting Walz on the foundation he just laid in his previous comments.
“He’ll say, ‘We should make health care choices, that’s your choice.’ Fine. Great. Then why did you impose a mandate to take an experimental mRNA COVID shot on your people? He did that for all state employees,” DeSantis told the audience. “This is just absolutely ridiculous.”
It’s this sort of backbone, along with clear articulation of the facts that have made DeSantis a hit among conservative voters. That and the stellar job he’s done for Florida.
Former President Donald Trump, of course, has commanded the gratitude and even the love of millions. After all, when the deep state tries to frame you for Russian collusion, impeaches you, entraps you and your supporters so as to build a false insurrection narrative, raids your home, indicts you four times, tries to bankrupt and imprison you — and potentially worse — millions of citizens see through the fog of establishment propaganda and recognize that the deep state must regard you as an existential threat.
When enough citizens have reached that conclusion, no other contender stands a chance. Nonetheless, DeSantis’ failure to defeat Trump in the 2024 Republican primary does not obscure the fact that many Trump supporters still regard DeSantis as America’s best governor, and they undoubtedly think that in large part because of DeSantis’ COVID-related policies.
And this means that DeSantis’ statements hit Walz pretty hard, right where it counted, and could sway some individuals in his state to walk away from Harris and her veep pick come November.
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