DeSantis chases away 2000 jobs and a billion dollar investment

[Colonel Flagg]

I mean....when I was in Orlando last week, it was hard to justify coming back to a place that has 10 degree temperatures and 4 feet of snow..........

I agree. I had to come back to Detroit briefly during one of those bitter cold snaps. I didn't stay long. Winter Park is beautiful. Picture Birmingham and Bloomfield with palm trees...I just need a moat around our place, filled with alligators, to keep the relatives away.

As for Disney, and bringing people in from California, no thanks. The people from New York are good enough.

Ah yes, white suburban hell. Run with the dogs tonight in suburbia.

Hey, don't try to make friends with me... Orlando is over 40% Hispanic, and I love it. Enjoy your condo in Warren. I hear it's lovely this time of year. Take your chronic misery someplace else.

[km1125]

...and hurricanes and alligators and BUGS, LOTS OF BUGS. And it's WAY TOO HOT for most folks for about 1/3 of the year!

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While what constitutes "good" weather is subjective, every list I can find using Google that ranks states by their overall weather ranks California #1, Hawaii #2, and Florida #3.

Moreover, 2021 was the first year (since 1972 anyways) where the state's population actually dropped, so this is a recent phenomenon. Has nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with people wanting to get the hell out of coastal cities ruined by the politics of Covid.

California has many problems. Its economy is also a lot bigger than Floridas. This is why the folks who want to kick it out of the Union are fools.

[bmw]

I'm simply providing evidence to support Matt's factually correct assertion.

Florida has grown by leaps and bounds as people flee dem states. While DeSantis' fight with Disney is silly and unnecessary, you can't deny how well Florida is doing under his leadership.

California's population was steadily growing before Covid, as was Florida's. Both flat-lined during Covid, except that after Covid, Florida's resumed its upwards trajectory while California's went the other direction. It has nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with the politicians running each state. So TCT's suggestion that Florida's politicians are screwing the state while remaining silent on what is going on in places like California is disingenuous at best.

Moreover - I seem to recall RT promoting "states' rights" during the Portland protests/riots and the controversy over Trump sending in the feds to try to break up the riots - the argument being, leave us alone over here, it is none of your business what we do. Would the same logic not apply to Florida and the DeSantis vs. Disney controversey? Why is the media all up in arms over the Disney situation? Last night, it was the lead headline everywhere.

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I'm simply providing evidence to support Matt's factually correct assertion.

Florida has grown by leaps and bounds as people flee dem states. While DeSantis' fight with Disney is silly and unnecessary, you can't deny how well Florida is doing under his leadership.

California's population was steadily growing before Covid, as was Florida's. Both flat-lined during Covid, except that after Covid, Florida's resumed its upwards trajectory while California's went the other direction. It has nothing to do with the weather and everything to do with the politicians running each state. So TCT's suggestion that Florida's politicians are screwing the state while remaining silent on what is going on in places like California is disingenuous at best.

Moreover - I seem to recall RT promoting "states' rights" during the Portland protests/riots and the controversy over Trump sending in the feds to try to break up the riots - the argument being, leave us alone over here, it is none of your business what we do. Would the same logic not apply to Florida and the DeSantis vs. Disney controversey? Why is the media all up in arms over the Disney situation? Last night, it was the lead headline everywhere.

Apples and oranges. What Disney does and where they locate involving a man who is imminently going to announce for president and has been running in the shadow primary for months already is national news. All eyes are on him and what how he governs his state. That’s how people will judge what to do with him at the ballot box.

Portland could have burned to a crisp and here in Michigan nothing would have changed… a mere curiosity in comparison. We do a good job getting bent out of shape about violence in some other place involving people we will never see. Generalissimo DeSantis May lead all of us soon.

[bmw]

Apples and oranges. What Disney does and where they locate involving a man who is imminently going to announce for president and has been running in the shadow primary for months already is national news. All eyes are on him and what how he governs his state. That’s how people will judge what to do with him at the ballot box...

It's because he's a Republican, plain and simple. I'll wager you several paychecks that if Newsom throws his hat into the ring that he won't get near the level of scrutiny from the MSM for how he's running his state that DeSantis is getting and will continue to get. For instance, if Newsom runs for the Democratic nomination, do you think there will ever be a leading headline that points out California's population exodus? I wouldn't hold my breath.

[TC Talks]

Playing the Conservative Victim card... Good move. You have Fox to make you feel better.

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Apples and oranges. What Disney does and where they locate involving a man who is imminently going to announce for president and has been running in the shadow primary for months already is national news. All eyes are on him and what how he governs his state. That’s how people will judge what to do with him at the ballot box...

It's because he's a Republican, plain and simple. I'll wager you several paychecks that if Newsom throws his hat into the ring that he won't get near the level of scrutiny from the MSM for how he's running his state that DeSantis is getting and will continue to get. For instance, if Newsom runs for the Democratic nomination, do you think there will ever be a leading headline that points out California's population exodus? I wouldn't hold my breath.

Newsom doesn’t have the scandal fodder DeSantis does. DeSantis TRIES to create controversy and Newsom doesn’t. Of course they would be treated differently. That’s like asking the media to treat a house fire and a car accident the exact same way using the same language. Ain’t gonna happen. California is having a small decline so far in its population… even by that pretty chart it’s barely a dip.

[bmw]

Newsom doesn’t have the scandal fodder DeSantis does. DeSantis TRIES to create controversy and Newsom doesn’t. Of course they would be treated differently. That’s like asking the media to treat a house fire and a car accident the exact same way using the same language. Ain’t gonna happen. California is having a small decline so far in its population… even by that pretty chart it’s barely a dip.

Perhaps you should ask Honeyman why even he won't vote for Newsom (or so he says anyways).

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It seems Republicans in Florida don't like DeSantis job losing tactics...

Big Brother government at it's worst.

Florida Sen. Joe Gruters, a former chairman of the state Republican Party, called Disney’s decision a H*** loss.

“I hope we can put this conflict behind us and get back to a more normal working relationship with a company that’s been one of our best business and tourism partners that we’ve had over the last 50 years,” Gruters said. “Two thousand jobs and a billion dollars worth of investments into our state, I would say that’s a serious blow. The market is much better at dealing with companies rather than heavy-handed government.”

[Matt]

Newsom doesn’t have the scandal fodder DeSantis does. DeSantis TRIES to create controversy and Newsom doesn’t. Of course they would be treated differently. That’s like asking the media to treat a house fire and a car accident the exact same way using the same language. Ain’t gonna happen. California is having a small decline so far in its population… even by that pretty chart it’s barely a dip.

Perhaps you should ask Honeyman why even he won't vote for Newsom (or so he says anyways).

You're wasting your breath on this kid - he'd probably call the French Laundry a "nothingburger". BTW, anyone who uses that phrase should IMMEDIATELY punched in the face. He gets all his opinions from dinger and the "vote master" at electoral-vote.com

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Newsom doesn’t have the scandal fodder DeSantis does. DeSantis TRIES to create controversy and Newsom doesn’t. Of course they would be treated differently. That’s like asking the media to treat a house fire and a car accident the exact same way using the same language. Ain’t gonna happen. California is having a small decline so far in its population… even by that pretty chart it’s barely a dip.

Perhaps you should ask Honeyman why even he won't vote for Newsom (or so he says anyways).

You're wasting your breath on this kid - he'd probably call the French Laundry a "nothingburger". BTW, anyone who uses that phrase should IMMEDIATELY punched in the face. He gets all his opinions from dinger and the "vote master" at electoral-vote.com

What is a dinger?

And I read a lot more than just that. I don’t even have to have idiotic and overly acerbic opinions about sports to get there.

[Taco]

DeSantis is bad for Florida and bad for America.

1. Unnecessary shit with Disney

2. A big contributor of the culture war

3. Reckless gun laws

4. Uses immigrants as a political pawns, bussing them to other northeast states

5. Pushes anti-gay laws

6. Book bans

If Floridians love all that then we have a problem Houston.

[Matt]

Newsom doesn’t have the scandal fodder DeSantis does. DeSantis TRIES to create controversy and Newsom doesn’t. Of course they would be treated differently. That’s like asking the media to treat a house fire and a car accident the exact same way using the same language. Ain’t gonna happen. California is having a small decline so far in its population… even by that pretty chart it’s barely a dip.

Perhaps you should ask Honeyman why even he won't vote for Newsom (or so he says anyways).

You're wasting your breath on this kid - he'd probably call the French Laundry a "nothingburger". BTW, anyone who uses that phrase should IMMEDIATELY punched in the face. He gets all his opinions from dinger and the "vote master" at electoral-vote.com

What is a dinger?

And I read a lot more than just that. I don’t even have to have idiotic and overly acerbic opinions about sports to get there.

What exactly are my idiotic opinions on sports? Are you mad because I think baseball is a bore fest?

[Matt]

DeSantis is bad for Florida and bad for America.

1. Unnecessary shit with Disney

2. A big contributor of the culture war

3. Reckless gun laws

4. Uses immigrants as a political pawns, bussing them to other northeast states

5. Pushes anti-gay laws

6. Book bans

If Floridians love all that then we have a problem Houston.

Get a clue, dipshit: https://www.myfloridacfo.com/news/newsl ... mic-growth

This is from 10 months ago, but since then DeSantis has been overwhelming reelected and Florida competently handled a few devastating hurricanes.