Ron DeSantis

Along with up-to-date political coverage, The Floridian takes the opportunity to post about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the legislation he signs into law, and the political maneuvering he does around the state and country. Read more here!
One of those amendments is Amendment 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 years old and older.
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis fears Florida's proposed recreational marijuana amendment will not only cause the state to smell like pot but is too "over-broad" and will allow people to smoke the drug outside of schools. "The marijuana [amendment] is written so broadly, you are not going to be able to restrict where people use […]
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis blasted Florida's abortion ballot initiative, telling onlookers the amendment is deceptive, illegal, and a money-making scheme. "The [abortion] amendment is written very deceptively to try to trick as many people to vote for it as possible," DeSantis said at a Wednesday morning press conference. "One of the things that amendment […]
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis said he would sign a bill allowing Florida officials to imprison and deport illegal immigrants, saying the states must step up to the federal government's "violation" of immigration laws. "I support it. They say the federal government is supreme when it comes to immigration, which is fine...but we have laws […]
HIALEAH GARDENS, FL—On the 63rd anniversary of the tragic Bay of Pigs invasion, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law requiring school instruction on the history and evils of communism beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. "We're gonna tell the truth about communism in the state of Florida. We're gonna tell the truth about […]
JACKSONVILLE, FL—At a press conference hosted at the Jacksonville Classical Academy, DeSantis blamed name, image, and likeness (NIL) endorsements and the increasing presence of the college transfer portal for Florida's decreased football presence. “I think this whole NIL may need some guardrails and the transferring has gotten out of hand," DeSantis said Tuesday morning at […]
PENSACOLA, FL—At a Pensacola press conference, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Monday a sweeping education package that limits book ban objections from non-parents and addresses poor-performing "turnaround" schools. "You should not be having books in these schools that are sexually explicit [or] that are promoting ideology like gender ideology," DeSantis said, turning to the high proliferation […]
TAMPA BAY, FL—Top Trump surrogate and political influencer Rogan O'Handley, aka DC Draino, who publicly contemplated the former President's call for a MAGA loyalist to unseat Florida's lone Team DeSantis congresswoman, will not run for the Tampa area seat held by Republican Rep. Laurel Lee. "After careful consideration, and speaking to family, I have decided […]
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL—At a bill signing supporting law enforcement officers, Governor Ron DeSantis slammed the media for driving "narratives for clicks" in a Chicago police shooting case. "[The media] is trying to cause division in society, they're trying to create a narrative, they know what they're doing," DeSantis said at a Saint Augustine press conference […]
Governor Ron DeSantis picked up and added to where former Governor Rick Scott left off as it pertains to job creation in Florida, but if “America’s Governor” signs HB 1698 into law, he will essentially be lighting a match and all but burning down the state’s $10 billion Hemp industry. “If Gov Ron DeSantis signs […]
SAINT PETERSBURG, FL—Five new bills cracking down on pedophiles were signed into law Wednesday, which increase penalties for child groomers, provide funds for catching online molesters, and create new training requirements for law enforcement officers. "In Florida, we stand for the wellbeing and the innocence of our children," Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a Saint […]
STUART, FL—Tuesday Morning Governor Ron DeSantis signed a retail theft bill into law, instituting a severe crackdown on the Sunshine State's high levels of shoplifting and porch piracy. "We're a law and order state. If you do the crime, you do the time," DeSantis said. He hosted his press conference at a Walgreens in Stuart, […]
SANFORD, FL—During a press conference addressing Florida's fentanyl crisis, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo praised the Sunshine State's transgender sports ban in the wake of the Summer Olympics imposing new restrictions on transgender athletes. Who would have thought it would be controversial to allow girls to compete with other girls and not have to compete with […]
SANFORD, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis signed two fentanyl bills into law Monday morning, creating a second-degree felony for individuals who expose first responders to fentanyl, designating June 6th as Revival Awareness Day, and expanding a fentanyl-recovery program to a total of 29 Florida counties. "We have massive amounts of fentanyl pouring into the country from the […]
At the time of this writing, the Republican Party has a lead of 889,569 registered Republicans over Democrats.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis is worried that if marijuana (pot) is legalized in Florida, the whole Sunshine State will smell like pot. “It’s basically a license to have it anywhere you want. No time, place, and manner restrictions. This state will start to smell like marijuana in our cities and towns, it will reduce […]
TALLAHASSEE, FL—Two Florida Supreme Court decisions targeting opposing sides of the abortion debate are causing a deeper party split within the Sunshine State, with each party accusing the other of "radical" agendas leading up to the November General Election. Monday afternoon, the Supreme Court allowed an abortion amendment protecting abortion rights until "fetal viability"—around 24 […]
POLK COUNTY, FL—Governor Ron DeSantis slammed President Joe Biden Wednesday morning for flying over 300,000 migrants into Florida, accusing the president of enacting secretive and illegal precedents. The migrant flights are "illegal and not constitutional," DeSantis said at a Polk County press conference, where he announced $2.5 billion in highway overhauls. "They don't tell us […]
