From all indications, it is no
gainsaying that Florida’s
Governor, Ron Desantis, is
sure a busy man. This is quite
expected, as the Office of the
Governor of an American State
comes with a lot of responsibilities
and duties.
As the Governor of an
American State, it is Desantis’
civic responsibility to ensure
that the state of Florida
runs smoothly. But that is not
all that is keeping Desantis
up on his feet all day, as the
Governor has a lot of irons in
the fire.
First on the list of irons is
his reelection campaign. After
serving the state of Florida for
3 years, DeSantis is bidding to
retain his seat in the next governorship
election coming up
in November 2022. Simultaneously,
there are speculations
that DeSantis is also eyeing the
White House in the Presidential
pills come 2024.
But, up to date, DeSantis
is yet to debunk or admit publicly
his intentions to vie for
the office of the POTUS come
2024. He was quoted to have
replied to Democrat Charlie
Crist’s question during the debate
that was held on Monday,
October 24th, 2022, thus: “I
know that Charlie’s interested
in talking about 2024, in Joe
Biden. But I just want to make
things very, very clear. The
only worn-out old donkey I’m
looking to put out to pasture is
Charlie Crist.”
This was in response to
Crist’s enquiry that said, “Why
don’t you look in the eyes of
the people of the state of Florida
and say to them if you’re
reelected, you will serve a full
four-year term as governor?”
Crist said. “Yes or no?” Although
some people tagged Crist’s retorts
as unnecessary and uncalled
for, this question is valid
with respect to the people of
Florida.
In the past couple of months,
the governor has embarked on
signing a couple of controversial
bills into law, an act which
is making the people of Florida
and Americans as a whole believe
that surely Vision 2024 is
not a mere saying. An example
of such laws is the stop the W.
O. K. E. (Wrongs to Our Kids
and Employees) law.
The Stop the W. O. K. E. act
is said to be a law that prohibits
how the topic of race is being
discussed in public places such
as workplaces, colleges and
schools.
According to Tallahassee
Democrat, DeSantis was said
to have justified this move by
saying, “We believe an important
component of freedom in the
state of Florida is the freedom
from having oppressive ideologies
imposed upon you without
your consent,” DeSantis said.
“Whether it be in the classroom
or in the workplace. And we decided
to do something about it.”
With a bill like this passed
into law, there would be a total
eradication of the Critical race
theory in Florida.
The Critical Race Theory
simply states that social institutions
in the United States of
America (which includes the
healthcare system, labor market,
educational system and
justice system amongst others),
have underlying currents of racism
running through them up till
today.
Shutting off the study of such
a sensitive and critical topic is
one that has gotten tongues
wagging, with people wondering
what the end game is for De-
Santis.
The Stop the W. O. K. E.
law asides, another reason why
it is looking like DeSantis has
his eyes on a bigger picture
than the state of Florida is the
fact that DeSantis is moving his
campaign and funding out of
Florida.
Over the past couple of
months, there has been news of
DeSantis visiting wealthy Americans
across the country. Not
less than 42 billionaires have
been reported to be a part of the
financial sponsors of DeSantis’
reelection campaign.
These 42 billionaires come
from 15 different states of the
country, and they have been
reported to have pushed a lot
of money into his campaign.
Hence, this is why DeSantis’
campaign funding is said to be
summed up to about $218 million
as of September 2022, a
figure that has ranked DeSantis
as the highest funding ever recorded
in the history of American
politics.
That’s not all, in conjunction
with these financial alliances
that DeSantis is making
with the ‘crème de la crème’ of
America, the DeSantis’ campaign
trail is another pointer
to the fact that the people of
Florida might not get the best
of DeSantis if reelected, as he
is ignoring his constituents and
seeking bigger fishes in the
ocean of politics.
According to cityandstatefl.
com, it was reported that De-
Santis kick-started his campaign
trail in Pittsburgh in August, and
moved to Ohio, New Mexico,
Arizona and Utah in the last few
months.
For a leader who is vying to
be reelected to rule just a state,
the statistics show that DeSantis
is doing too much. He is involved
in too many things that
shouldn’t be his priorities as a
governor.
Putting all of these into consideration,
it is obvious that Ron De-
Santis is playing the game to favor
a sect of persons who are calling
the shots behind the camera.
