Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis has said you catch the most flak when you are over the target, and just days before officially filing for his 2024 GOP primary campaign, the attacks against him are ramping up.
The NAACP, the liberal civil rights organization, over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by DeSantis and Florida’s Republican-held supermajorities in the state legislature are "openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals."
The move appears part of a growing leftwing effort to censor and boycott government states, organizations and companies that disagree with woke ESG and other "inclusion" policies.
"What a joke," DeSantis said in response during a speech Sunday.
"We’ll see how effective that is. You know, just remember, during COVID, these people would be on CNN and all this stuff, slamming Florida, saying we were so bad, don’t go to Florida, and then they would end of being spotted on the beach somewhere, vacationing in Florida."
As the audience chuckled, DeSantis added, "So this is just ridiculous."
There has been an ongoing effort to try to hit DeSantis and his state’s tourism, a significant revenue generator for state coffers.
DeSantis noted Florida is "proud to be leading the nation in tourism, and I think we’ve led it for many years in a row now."
"We get involved in these stupid fights," DeSantis continued, mocking those trying to hit the state during COVID.
"This is a stunt to try to do that. It’s a pure stunt. Fine, if you want to waste your time on a stunt, that’s fine," he said.
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