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Blatantly Racist Acts by DeSantis in Florida — The Week in Editorial Cartoons [1]
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Date: 2023-08-13
Will playing “dog-whistle politics” save his faltering 2024 Campaign, or is it over for Ron DeSantis?
It was a page taken right out of Richard Nixon’s “Southern Strategy” and Ronald Reagan’s “Dog Whistle Politics” playbooks from their political campaigns in the 1960s through the 1980s.
Accusing her of being soft on crime, Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) dismissed State Attorney Monique Worrell this past Wednesday. She was first elected to her office in 2020 by the voters of Orange and Osceola counties in the Orlando area to Florida's Ninth Judicial Circuit.
One day later — as an example of his political vindictiveness — DeSantis also fired Worrell’s Chief of Staff Keisha Mulfort while she was on maternity leave. It is insensitivity, callousness, and cruelty of the highest order.
Only the second African-American to hold the position — and currently the only Black woman in the State of Florida serving as State Attorney — Worrell was replaced for dubious reasons. Democratic party officials in Florida roundly criticized her dismissal and characterized this action as a case of political overreach. Others described it as an “affront to democracy” and called DeSantis a “bully” and a “coward” interested only in weaponizing the state government to resuscitate his 2024 Presidential Campaign, one which has, so far, not been a great political success.
He Knows What He’s Doing
Attribution for the above cartoon: Mike Konopacki @EandPCartoons
Similar brazen political acts last year earned lots of praise for DeSantis from conservative media outlets. DeSantis touted his tough-on-crime, law-and-order approach in political speeches leading up to his announcement to seek higher political office. It hasn’t done anything for his lagging campaign.
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Is this action legal in the State of Florida? Apparently so.
The Florida constitution allows a governor to remove an elected official for “malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, incompetence, or permanent inability to perform official duties.” No previous Florida executive has interpreted that power as broadly as DeSantis. The state Senate can reinstate Worrell, but the chamber is controlled by Republicans closely aligned with DeSantis and have rarely stood in his way.
As if his first act wasn't vengeful enough, Worrell’s Chief of Staff was let go this past Thursday by Ron DeSantis.
Former State Attorney Worrell’s chief of staff fired while on maternity leave Keisha Mulfort says armed deputies showed up at her door ORLANDO, Fla. – One day after Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney Monique Worrell, new leadership fired an employee who was out on maternity leave. Keisha Mulfort was Worrell’s Chief of Staff. She worked until the day she gave birth. Two days after giving birth she was hospitalized and has since been out on the Family Medical Leave Act, or FMLA. Mulfort says Thursday she was blindsided. She was nursing her baby when there was a knock at her door. “It’s unacceptable. I am on FMLA and y’all are coming here like I’m a criminal,” Mulfort said on cell phone video.
Showing His True Colors
x 🧰 Desantis is a nazi bully pic.twitter.com/JjoYMtZMZ7 — 💙 Dr. MemeNstein votes 🌊 BLUE 💙 (@Coste1Costello) August 11, 2023
Worrell’s replacement is 37-year-old African-American lawyer Andrew Bain, who is also a member of the conservative Federalist Society. A former prosecutor and judge for Orange County, and an offensive lineman for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team while in college, Bain "received low marks in a judicial qualifications poll by the Central Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, ranking last among Orange County criminal judges."
As everyone knows, members of the Federalist Society now serving as SCOTUS justices have wreaked untold damage on this country. In a laughable claim — one that ignores his questionable political affiliations — Bain insisted that his life experiences and background as a sharecropper’s grandson made him uniquely qualified to serve in this position.
What the Dickens!
x ET TU, DESANTIS? by Dave Whamond pic.twitter.com/CL0YY3JJk8 — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 11, 2023
Note : See this diary I wrote last year about Shakespeare — He Could Have Been the Greatest Blogger There Ever Was. This is His Story.
When shall we three meet again?
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
When the hurlyburly’s done,
When the battle’s lost and won.
Fair is foul, and foul is fair;
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
The Tragedy of Macbeth, Act I, Scene I
x FIRST WITCH: Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd.
Macbeth
William Shakespeare#ShakespeareSunday#Art: Susan Herbert pic.twitter.com/gkRPfkoprn — Mark Rees (@reviewwales) September 9, 2018
No, Thanks
x DUHSANTIS AND FLORIDA by Bruce Plante pic.twitter.com/qTBUSDeORF — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 10, 2023
Dream On
Message Received
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough
That Might Just Do It
x John Darkow, The Columbia Missourian #DeSantis pic.twitter.com/Pd9iCvRRxU — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) August 8, 2023
Are You Listening?
The Weak Link
x Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency #DeSantis pic.twitter.com/EbfnWDdn0Y — Editorial & Political Cartoons (@EandPCartoons) August 8, 2023
He’s Just Not a Good Fit for the Country
x DESANTIS SHRINKING POLLS by Bill Day pic.twitter.com/a1ZQ0zclJV — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 10, 2023
Good Move… for 1917
x DESANTIS DOWNSIZING by Dave Granlund pic.twitter.com/DYFgoQcABP — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 10, 2023
It’s Over
x DEFAULT DESANTIS by Frank Hansen pic.twitter.com/dOMQLHxGCJ — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 5, 2023
Too Late
Hopeless Task
Badly Needing Oxygen
Needed: Less Anti-Intellectualism
x “F” FOR FLORIDA by Ratt pic.twitter.com/QfAZmQxW2l — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 11, 2023
Disappearing Act
x FLORIDA HOT TUB by Peter Kuper pic.twitter.com/G6QC4nXAxr — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 11, 2023
Can He Convince Mr. and Mrs. MAGA?
Maybe There is a Way Out for DeSantis
Phew!
x GAY BOOK BANS by Andy Singer pic.twitter.com/HMOBYYbmRc — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 10, 2023
Florida Heat
x DESANTIS DONE by Pat Bagley pic.twitter.com/WiJuLlcMgH — The Cagle Post (@CaglePost) August 9, 2023
Diary Poll
Of the declared GOP candidates for the 2024 Nomination, here’s who is running.
1 former President.
1 former Vice President.
5 present or former governors.
1 serving US Senator.
1 former US Congressman.
1 City Mayor.
1 radio talk show host.
1 entrepreneur.
Realistically speaking, do you believe that Ron DeSantis is a viable presidential candidate and still has a chance to secure the 2024 Republican Nomination?
Remember to take the poll.
Is He Toast?
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