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UHulumeni waseFlorida uRon DeSantis utshele isixuku eSimi Valley ngeSonto ukuthi “igciwane lengqondo elivukile” lingena lingena ezikoleni, ezinkampanini nakwezinye izikhungo eCalifornia nakwezinye izinqaba zeDemocratic Alliance liholele ekuthelekeni kwezakhamizi esifundazweni sakhe, okukhombisa ukuthandwa kwakhe izinqubomgomo zenkululeko.
Ebonwa kabanzi njengongenele ukhetho lukamongameli weRiphabhulikhi ngo-2024, uDeSantis washaya ingwijikhwebu kuGov. Gavin Newsom waseCalifornia, okwajabulisa kakhulu abantu ababalelwa ku-1,000 XNUMX abeza ukuzombona e-Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, futhi wakhwela wadilika. ukuvalwa kobhubhane kanye neziyalezo zokugoma kulokho osekuphenduke umgomo wokwenyuka kokuthandwa kwakhe ngaphakathi kwe-GOP.
“Sibe novivinyo olukhulu, uvivinyo olukhulu kumafilosofi okuphatha,” uDeSantis etshela izethameli e-Air Force One Pavilion yomtapo wolwazi. “Abantu baseMelika … bavote ngezinyawo zabo. Futhi uma ubheka kule minyaka emine edlule, sibone ukufuduka okukhulu kwaseMelika ezifundazweni ezibuswa osopolitiki abangakwesobunxele bebeka imibono ye-leftist kanye nokuletha imiphumela emibi. ”
Ehlanganisa amazwi akhe nezibalo eziqhathanisa irekhodi laseFlorida kwezemfundo, ukwakhiwa kwebhizinisi, ezokuvakasha, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi nezinye izindlela nezifunda ezifana neCalifornia neNew York, uDeSantis uthe imiphumela yesifundazwe sakhe “iyazikhulumela.”
Ukuvela kukaDeSantis eSimi Valley kudonse izinkanyiso zombili, okuhlanganisa nowayenguMbusi waseCalifornia uPete Wilson nomlingisi uGary Sinise, kanye nesixuku sababhikishi ngokuthula. Nokho, olunye lwezimpawu zokungena emtatsheni wezincwadi lwalupendwe nge-“Ron DeFascist” ngobusuku obubodwa. Amaphoyisa aseSimi Valley athe abekho ofakazi futhi abasebenzi basemtapweni wolwazi bawuhlanze ngaphambi komcimbi.
Izihambeli ezifika emtatsheni wezincwadi zahlangatshezwa ngababhikishi abangaba ngu-100, abaningi bephethe amafulegi othingo olubonisa ukweseka umphakathi we-LGBTQ. “Isho isitabane nsuku zonke,” kufundeka uphawu lombhikishi, okubhekisela emthethweni u-DeSantis osayinwe owaziwa ngokuthi umthetho othi “Ungasho izitabane” ngabagxeki ngoba uvimbela ukudingidwa kwezingxoxo ezithinta ubulili kanye nobunikazi bobulili emakilasini enkulisa kuya kwelesithathu. .
“Ngimi njengongqingili oneminyaka engu-52 ubudala owaba nesibindi sokulwela engikholelwa kukho,” kusho umbhikishi u-Ernest Cornish, ohlala eHollywood futhi onebhizinisi lokuthwebula izithombe. “UNkulunkulu wangidala ngomfanekiso wakhe, ngendlela ayehlose ukuba ngibe ngayo.”
UJane Wishon, osethathe umhlalaphansi oneminyaka engama-67 eNtshonalanga Los Angeles, uthe inkulumo kaDeSantis ngezindaba ezifana nekhono labantu abashintsha ubulili bokusebenzisa izindlu zangasese abazikhethele zona “ziyingozi.”
“Amanye amaqembu kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ayini … enza abanye abantu bazizwe bengcono ngabo, kodwa akukhona lokho izwe lethu elasungulwa ngakho,” kusho yena.
Ukuvakasha kukaDeSantis eCalifornia kuphinde kwahlanganisa nokuvela ngeSonto ebusuku emcimbini wokuqongelela imali we-Orange County Republican Party e-Anaheim oqoqe u-$750,000, ngokusho kwesikhulu seqembu.
Ngesikhathi ekhuluma eSimi Valley, uDeSantis waveza irekhodi lakhe lezemfundo, okuhlanganisa nemikhawulo yengxoxo yasekilasini mayelana nobunikazi bobulili phakathi kwabafundi abasebasha, ukuvimbela ithiyori yobuhlanga ebucayi, ukukhawulela ukuvikelwa kwesikhathi soprofesa basemanyuvesi kanye nokwandisa izinketho zesikole, okuhlanganisa nemifundaze yezikole ezizimele.
“Ngeke sifundise abafundi bethu ukuthi bazonde leli lizwe noma bazondane. Ngeke sihlukanise abafundi ngebala lesikhumba. Sizobafundisa okubalulekile okuqukethwe yisimilo sabo,” usho kanje. “Ngikholelwa ukuthi abazali kufanele bakwazi ukuhambisa izingane zabo esikoleni samabanga aphansi ngaphandle kokuthi uhlelo lubaphazamise emphinjeni.”
Umbusi waseFlorida, obekukhona umkakhe nezingane zakhe ezimbili kwezintathu, uthe akabheki lezi zindaba nje njengesishayamthetho kodwa futhi “njengobaba.”
Yize uDeSantis engaziqokeleli imali kulolu hambo lwaseCalifornia, uhlangana nabaxhasi abacebile kanye nabaholi be-Republican Party abanethonya lapha nasemicimbini ezweni lonke njengoba ekhangisa incwadi yakhe entsha, “The Courage to Be Free: Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival. .” Izitobhi ezengeziwe zihlelwa emasontweni azayo e-Alabama naseFlorida, kanye nasezifundeni zangaphambi kwesikhathi zokuvota zase-Iowa, eNew Hampshire naseNevada.
Ngaphambi nje kokuba incwadi ikhishwe ngoLwesibili, umbusi waseFlorida ukhulume ngokumelene nezinqubomgomo zeDemocratic Alliance ngesikhathi evela eNew York, ePennsylvania nase-Illinois..
Yize uDeSantis engazange akhulume ngoNewsom ngegama, wamgqolozela ngesikhathi eqala inkulumo yakhe. I-DeSantis ine- umbango othatha isikhathi eside noNewsom, osole umbusi waseFlorida ngokuba yisixhwanguxhwangu futhi wagxeka indlela yakhe yokukhipha isisu, ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe nezinye izinkinga.
“Umbusi wakho ukhathazeke kakhulu ngesikwenzayo eFlorida, ngakho ngibone ukuthi kufanele ngidlule,” kusho uDeSantis eSimi Valley, eshaya ihlombe nohleko.
Kamuva e-Anaheim, ngokusho komunye owayekhona, uDeSantis wathi, “Umbusi wakho uchitha isikhathi esiningi engihlasela, ngicabanga ukuthi ngiphila ngokungenamsebenzi ekhanda lakhe. Kazi kufanele yini ngikhokhe izintela zase-California kuleyo ndawo yokuqasha?”
INewsom, esitatimendeni esikhishwe ngeSonto, yamukele iDeSantis “esizweni senkululeko yangempela.”
“Bheka nje imininingwane – izakhamizi zaseCalifornia ziphephile, zinempilo futhi zichume kakhulu kunalabo abaneshwa lokuba nawe njengombusi wabo,” kusho uNewsom. “Hhayi-ke, uzobhema uTrump.”
Umtapo wolwazi kamongameli ophezu kwentaba lapho kwavela khona uDeSantis iyikhaya lemifanekiso ye-White House’s Oval Office, Rose Garden kanye neSouth Lawn kanye namathuna kaReagan nomkakhe, uNancy. Inqwaba yezinkulumo mpikiswano ezine eziyinhloko ze-GOP, umtapo wolwazi usuphenduke uhambo oluyisidingo kulabo abanethemba likamongameli weRiphabhulikhi.
Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi ngaphambi komkhankaso wokuba umongameli wango-2024 uma kunikezwe iprimary yase-California ekuqaleni kukaMashi, okungaba nomthelela ekunqumeni ozoqokwa yiqembu ngenxa yobukhulu bezithunywa zezwe ku-Republican National Convention.
Abanye abakhulume lapho kubalwa owayeyiNxusa leNhlangano Yezizwe uNikki Haley, oseke wakhuluma yamemezela ibhidi ye-White Housekanye ne owayeyiPhini likaMongameli uMike PenceowayenguNobhala Wezwe uMike Pompeo, uGov waseNingizimu Dakota u-Kristi Noem, uGov waseNew Hampshire uChris Sununu kanye owayengummeli waseWisconsin uLiz Cheney.
Cishe ama-37%. Abavoti baseCalifornia Republican babuyisela iDeSantis emqhudelwaneni wobumongameli, kuyilapho u-29% ethanda owayenguMongameli uTrump, ngokokuvota okukhishwe ngasekupheleni kukaFebhuwari yi-UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies eyayixhaswe yiLos Angeles Times. Abanye abaholi be-GOP okukhulunywe ngabo ngenhla kanye nabanye abangase bakwazi ukuthola ukwesekwa ngedijithi eyodwa ocwaningweni.
I-DeSantis ibukwa abanye abasebenzi bezepolitiki be-GOP njengethuba elihle kakhulu leqembu lokuvimba u-Trump ukuthi anqobe ukuqokwa futhi acwilise namathuba abo okunqoba uMongameli uBiden.
UTrump usevele wabheka omunye wakhe uFloridian, enikeza iziteketiso zeDeSantis njengokuthi “Ron DeSanctimonious.”
NgeSonto, uDeSantis akazange akhulume ngoTrump ngesikhathi senkulumo yakhe yemizuzu engama-45. Esikhundleni salokho, wagxila komunye owayengumongameli – uReagan – ngokuphikisana ngokuthi imizamo yakhe ihambisana nezinto ezibalulekile nezinkolelo eziyinhloko zomongameli wezwe wama-40.
“Akulula ukulwa izimpi. Uma sisukuma futhi nimela lokho okulungile, futhi nimele izinto uMongameli uReagan azimela, nabanye abaholi abakhulu abaningi kangaka, kunezindleko kulokho kulolusuku. Okwesokunxele ngeke akuvumele ukuthi uqhubekisele phambili i-ajenda yakhe ngaphandle kokuphikisana nayo. Bazokugcoba, bazokuhlasela,” usho kanje. Kodwa “sidinga ukunqoba impi yenkululeko, futhi uma senze njalo, sizobe siwina enye futhi ye-Gipper.”
