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UMbusi waseFlorida uRon DeSantis umemezele isiphakamiso sakhe sokuqokwa kwesobumengameli weRiphabhulikhi ngoLwesithathu ekubonakaleni kwe-Twitter okugcwele kabi – okunciphayo eqenjini lakhe ngemuva kokuwa okuqinile amavoti ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, kodwa useyimbangi ephezulu kuMongameli wangaphambilini uTrump.
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12:41 am Meyi 25, 2023Inguqulo yangaphambilini yalo mbiko ayipelwanga kahle isibongo somtshali-zimali wezobuchwepheshe u-David Sacks njengo-Sachs.
“Ukwehla kweMelika akunakugwenywa,” kusho uDeSantis ngaphambi kwengxoxo elinganisiwe nomnikazi we-Twitter u-Elon Musk kanye noDavid Sacks, umtshali-zimali wezobuchwepheshe, eqale cishe imizuzu engama-20 sekwephuzile ngemuva kwezingozi eziningi zewebhusayithi. “Kuwukukhetha. Futhi kufanele sikhethe indlela entsha, indlela ezoholela ekuvuselelweni kweMelika. Kumele sibuyise ingqondo esizweni sakithi.”
UDeSantis uthinte izinhlobonhlobo zezinkinga zaseRiphabhlikhi mayelana nesimo sezwe, okubandakanya nezimbalwa eseziphenduke izimpawu zakhe: ukwehla kwamandla emali, ukuhlukahluka kanye nezinhloso zokufakwa ezinkampanini nasezikhungweni zikahulumeni, kanye neziyalezo zokugoma. Uthembise “umthetho nokuhleleka” kanye nohulumeni womthethosisekelo.
Uphinde wathatha izintambo ezimboziwe kuTrump, ngaphandle kokumqamba igama.
“Ukubusa akukhona ukuzijabulisa, hhayi ngokwakha uhlobo noma uphawu lobuhle,” esho, ngenkathi ethembisa ukuqeda “isiko lokulahlekelwa eliye langena kwiRepublican Party eminyakeni yamuva.”
Isimemezelo sakhe ku-Twitter Spaces, nakuvidiyo ekhiqiziwe efakwe kuwebhusayithi, kuphazanyiswe izinkinga eziningi zobuchwepheshe ezibambezele isikhathi sokuqala nokuholele ezikhathini ezimbalwa lapho ababungazi bebonakala bexoxa ngezinkinga zomkhawulokudonsa wewebhusayithi ezilethwe ngabaningi. inani labalaleli.
UDeSantis uphendule imibuzo yezishoshovu nabasekeli beRiphabhulikhi abanobungane futhi wachitha imizuzu embalwa egxeka abezindaba nabagxeki bakhe. USachs noMusk babelane ngenkolelo yabo yokuthi i-Twitter yayibavumela ukuthi badlule lelo “bhamuza.”
Kuvidiyo yakhe emfushane ehambisana nayo, uDeSantis wencike kwirekhodi lakhe njengombusi waseFlorida.
“Sabamba umugqa ngesikhathi inkululeko ilenga esilinganisweni,” esho. “Sikhombisile ukuthi singakwazi futhi kufanele sivuselele iMelika.”
UDeSantis uzamile azibeke njengeqhawe lamasiko ozophatha ifa likaTrump ngaphandle komthwalo womlindi, imizamo yowayengumongameli yokuchitha ukhetho lwango-2020 kanye necala okungenani elilodwa lobugebengu.
Muva nje ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, uDeSantis ubonwe njengentandokazi okungenzeka ukuthi iqokwe. Owake waba yiProtege kaTrump waphinde wakhethwa ngoNovemba ngamanani e-landslide esifundazweni ebesibonakala sinokuncintisana. Lokho kunqoba kufike emjikelezweni wokhetho wamaphakathi nonyaka ophoxayo weqembu lakhe lapho abantu abaningi abebegunyazwe uTrump bengenzanga kahle.
UDeSantis uvele kaningi kuFox News, eveza ukwedelela kwakhe eminye imithombo yezindaba, igunya lokugoma, ithiyori ebucayi yomjaho kanye nenqwaba yezinye izinhloso azibize ngokuthi “uvukile.” Usayine imithetho ebeka imingcele ukuthi umlando wase-US ngobuhlanga ungafundiswa kanjani ezikoleni futhi waphoqa Ibhodi Lekolishi ukuthi libuyekeze ikharikhulamu yalo entsha ye-AP African American.
Uze walandela uDisney, umshayeli obalulekile womnotho wezwe lakhe. Ukungqubuzana kwenzeke ngemuva kokuthi umdondoshiya wezokuzijabulisa egxeke umthethosivivinywa waseFlorida othi “Don’t Say Gay”, obeka umkhawulo kulokho othisha besikole samabanga aphansi abangaxoxa ngakho mayelana nobulili nobulili.
Ephendula, i-DeSantis iqondise ekusebenzeni kwebhizinisi le-Disney eFlorida. Uhulumeni wezwe kanye nenkampani, enamapaki ezindikimba amaningana namanye amabhizinisi abhebhezela ezokuvakasha enkabeni yeFlorida, manje sebevalelwe enkantolo, kanti abakwaDisney bamemezele ngesonto eledlule ukuthi bayakhansela izinhlelo zokuvula ikhampasi entsha emaphakathi neFlorida ebingaqasha. 2,000 abasebenzi.
Isu lizuze ukunakwa kwe-DeSantis. Kepha izinombolo zakhe zokuvota zehlile, futhi abanye abaxhasi bazwakalise ukungabaza njengoba ebonakala ekhubeka.
Ngokwesibonelo, ngo-March, wabuyekeza incazelo yakhe yokuhlasela kweRussia i-Ukraine ngokuthi “ingxabano yendawo.” Futhi abanye, okubandakanya noTrump, bamgxekile uDeSantis ngokusayina ukuvinjelwa kokuhushula izisu amasonto ayisithupha kuhulumeni, phakathi kwemikhawulo kakhulu esizweni.
Ngethemba lokuthi uzophinde abe nomfutho, uDeSantis uchithe amasonto ambalwa edlule evuselela umzamo wakhe wokubamba iFlorida njengesibonelo sabagcini bemvelo ezweni lonke, umyalezo obalulekile womkhankaso wakhe.
Abasekeli bakaDeSantis basebenzisa isiqubulo esithi: Make America Florida.
Usayine izikweletu eziphasiswe yisiShayamthetho saseFlorida zokuvimbela ukunakekelwa okuqinisekisa ubulili kwentsha eshintshashintshayo, andise amavawusha ezikole ezizimele, kanye nezinhlelo zokuhlukahluka kwamathumbu kanye nokulingana emakolishi omphakathi nasemanyuvesi.
I-California iyithagethi evamile ye-DeSantis’; uvame ukuchaza izwe elikhululekile njengokuphikisa kweFlorida. Uye wahlukana noGov. Gavin Newsom ngezinkinga eziningi, okuhlanganisa inqubomgomo ye-COVID-19 kanye nokuhushula isisu. NgoJulayi odlule, iNewsom yasakaza isikhangiso eFlorida igxilisa izinqubomgomo zayo.
Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule, uDeSantis wayeyilungu leCongress elaziwa kancane laseFlorida owaba ngumbusi ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokugunyazwa kukaTrump, iqiniso uTrump elivame ukulikhuluma.
Umjaho wokuqokwa kwe-GOP ka-2024 usuphenduke abambisene nabo ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ikakhulukazi uTrump uqonde imbangi yakhe enkulu, emqamba igama elithi “DeSanctimonious” futhi eqhuba isikhangiso sokuhlasela ehlekisa ngaye ngokuthi udle uphudingi ngeminwe. UTrump uphinde wakhomba ukwesekwa kwangaphambili kukaDeSantis ekunciphiseni izinhlelo zamalungelo.
UDeSantis uye wakugwema kakhulu ukuhlasela uTrump ngokuqondile, nakuba ethathe isinyathelo sokuswayipha ngemuva kwecala likaTrump lakamuva elisukela emalini ethule ekhokhelwe isihlabani socansi uStormy Daniels.
Ukubambelela ngokuqinile kukaTrump ku-GOP kubonakale kushelela ngemuva kokuba ehlulwe umjaho wokuba ngumongameli wango-2020 kanti abaningi abebebakhethile bantenga maphakathi nonyaka ka-2022. Kepha kulezi zinyanga ezimbili ezedlule, usephinde wathola indawo yakhe njengentandokazi yamaRiphabhlikhi okhethweni, ehola iDeSantis ngamaphesenti acishe abe ngama-30 ezinhlolovo eziningi.
UDeSantis, 44, manje ubukeka enethemba lokuthi uTrump, 76, uzobhekana nesinye isiwombe sokukhathazeka ngokuphumelela kwakhe okhethweni lukazwelonke, ikakhulukazi uma ebekwe amacala ahlobene nemizamo yakhe yokuketula ukhetho lwango-2020.
Yize uDeSantis ehlala ethuka “i-liberal elite,” uneziqu ezijwayelekile eziphakeme: Ufunde eYale University naseHarvard Law School.
“Ungase ungamthandi, kodwa uhlakaniphile, uqinile futhi unekhono. Iningi lamaRiphabhulikhi lifuna umongameli oqinile, hhayi ukwanga okuvela esiqokiwe,” usomaqhinga waseRepublican uKevin Spillane. etshela iThe Times.
IFlorida “ilapho abantu bevuka beyofela khona,” lo mbusi waqhosha ngesikhathi evakashele uRonald Reagan Presidential Library eSimi Valley, enanela ulimi alusebenzisa ngemuva kokuwina kabusha ukhetho ngoNovemba. “EFlorida, sisho ngokucacile ukuthi: ‘Asisoze sazinikela esixukwini esivukile.’”
Yize ukuzimisela kukaDeSantis ukukhuphula izinga ezindabeni zempi yamasiko kukhuphule ukuma kwakhe kwesokudla, kumenze waba yisikhohlakali kwesokunxele.
“Lokho akwenzile eFlorida kube amandla abhubhisa ngempela kwezombusazwe zaseMelika,” kusho uTony Hoang, umqondisi omkhulu we-Equality California. “Iqiniso lokuthi umbusi usewuthuthukele ngempela umsebenzi wakhe wokudicilela phansi amalungu omphakathi wethu asengozini enkulu, ikakhulukazi abafundi be-LGBTQ, kanye nabantu bebonke, kuyishwa elikhulu.”
NgoSepthemba 2022, uDeSantis wathola ukugxekwa ngokusebenzisa imali yezwe ukushaja izindiza ezimbili kubantu ababalelwa ku-50 abasanda kufika abafuduki emngceleni oseningizimu ne-US eTexas. Wabayisa eFlorida ngendiza ngaphambi kokuyithumela esiqhingini esicebile saseMassachusetts saseMartha’s Vineyard.
I-Southern Poverty Law Centre, okuyinto wabe esefaka icala ngokumelene neDeSantis kanye nohlelo lukahulumeni oluxhasa izindiza ngezimali, uchaze lesi sinyathelo “njengomzamo osobala nongekho emthethweni wokuhlukumeza abokufika ezingeni likahulumeni.” UDeSantis usivikele isenzo sakhe, ethi abafuduki banezinhlelo zokuthuthela eFlorida.
UDeSantis uveza ukuphatha kwakhe ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 njengenye yempumelelo yakhe enkulu. Usayine imiyalo evimbela ukugoma kanye neziyalezo zemaski eFlorida, futhi udokotela wakhe ohlinzayo owayemqokile wayenokungabaza ukusebenza komgomo. Wavula kabusha izikole kanye nokudla mathupha izinyanga eziningi ngaphambi kwezifunda eziqaphile nge-COVID-19 njengeCalifornia. Umbuso wabona ukwanda kokufuduka kwabantu namabhizinisi kusuka kwabanye izifunda ezifana neNew York, lapho izinqubomgomo zobhubhane bezinomkhawulo. IFlorida, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yayinamazinga aphezulu okufa kwe-COVID kunezifundazwe eziningi.
Ngaphambi kokuba ngumbusi, uDeSantis wasebenza e-US House futhi wayeyilungu elisungula le I-Freedom Caucus yayo, iqembu le-GOP elilondoloza kakhulu. Izikhathi ezintathu zakhe irekhodi lokuvota kuCongress wabonisa usopolitiki odonseleka kuhulumeni omncane: Uvotele ukuvala uhulumeni wobumbano, futhi ngevoti elingabopheli isekelwe ukukhuphula iminyaka yokufaneleka kwezokuvikeleka kwezenhlalakahle kanye ne-Medicare kuya eminyakeni engu-70, kusukela eminyakeni engu-62 kanye neminyaka engama-65, ngokulandelana. Ngokuhambisana nemibono yakhe kahulumeni omncane, I-DeSantis iphinde yasekela ukwenziwa kwangasese yezinhlelo ezimbili zenethi yokuphepha komphakathi, nakuba izitatimende zakamuva ziphakamisa angase ahlehle kulezi zikhundla.
IFlorida isengenye yezifunda ezinciphayo ezenqaba ukunwetshwa kweMedicaid njengengxenye ye-Affordable Care Act futhi manje inezinga lesithathu eliphakeme kakhulu lezakhamizi ezingaqinisekisiwe e-US.
I-DeSantis uqokwe kabusha ngokukhululeka ngonyaka odlule, ehlula imbangi yakhe yeDemokhrasi cishe ngamaphesenti angama-20. Kepha uMat Nelsen, uprofesa wesayensi yezepolitiki eNyuvesi yaseMiami, uxwayisa ngokusebenzisa ukunqoba njengesilinganiso sokuthandwa kukaDeSantis esifundazweni.
“Amademokhrasi aphethe umuntu ompofu kakhulu esikhundleni sombusi: uCharlie Crist, owayengumbusi waseRiphabhulikhi wesifunda saseFlorida,” kusho uNelsen. “Ukucaca, ngicabanga ukuthi iDeSantis inomfutho omkhulu esifundazweni saseFlorida phakathi kwamaRiphabhlikhi, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqaphela. [about assuming] ukuthi ulungisa kabusha ngokuphelele isimo sezepolitiki eFlorida. ”
