DeSantis Says He's Looking to Make 'Credible Case' to Remove Biden From Florida Ballot

The Sunshine State governor made a similar comment recently when he warned that Maine’s ruling disqualifying Trump ‘opens up Pandora’s box’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has revealed that he’s “looking” into ways to block President Joe Biden from the 2024 primary ballot in Florida.

“This is just going to be a tit for tat and it’s just not gonna end well,” the GOP presidential candidate warned Friday alongside Rep. Chip Roy, R-TX, according to a video posted by CNN. “You could make a case — I’m actually looking at this in Florida now [if we] could we make a credible case” to block Biden from the ballot “because of the invasion of 8 million.”

PeepinGoodArgs,

But like…that’s the thing. They have to look for a credible case to remove their political opponents. In contrast, the reason to remove Trump is self-evident, even to Republicans.

givesomefucks,

Conservatives think any consequences they have is retaliation.

So they don’t see the difference in this.

It’s just the lack of empathy, if they do something illegal, they assume everyone else does it too so it’s fine. If they get in trouble, it’s obviously not fair because in their head they’re being singled out.

GombeenSysadmin,

God can you imagine Biden saying, “it’s not persecution you dumb fuck, it’s consequences for your actions!”

givesomefucks,

Nope.

And that’s the problem. Biden would never say it because he thinks there’s still a bipartisan future.

jasondj,

I’d rather our Presidents weakness be “hope for a return to normalcy” than “Putin’s hot gooey load”.

GBU_28,

Yep. If there was a credible case, it would already be motoring through the court.

iBaz,

Everything Republicans do is retaliation for things Trump has done to himself. There are 0 credible reasons to remove Biden from ANY state ballot, but they’ll try to find a way regardless.

Then they will be sued, and they will lose. Unlike the GOP, the Democrats have really good lawyers.

QHC,

More importantly, the Democrats also have better arguments and facts (at least in this case).

PeepinGoodArgs,

That’s because GOP lawyers are too busy advocating for the death penalty for homosexuals in Africa

kryptonianCodeMonkey,

What’s more, if they are going to remove Biden for failing to prevent illegal immigration (despite actually having significantly higher arrest and deportation numbers under Biden than Trump), then they should reasonable have to remove Trump as well… given, you know, the whole insurrection thing. To not do so would imply that the supposed failure of a president to sufficiently address one very complicated issue (even though he’s better than Trump on this issue by their own metrics) is worse than attempting to coerce officials into “finding” votes for him, conspiring to produce fraudulent electors, lying and defaming for months about supposed fraud that had no basis in fact, and, of course, inciting an insurrection on the capital building.

iBaz,

And they won’t give Biden the money to fix a border crisis because they know it will help his approval numbers leading up to the election.

gullible,

It just struck me who he reminds me of. Bizarre insecurity about an appendage, oddly repetitive and mundane conversationalist, trouble for kids. DeSantis is uncle jack.

lolola,
@lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Do normal people openly and candidly characterize their own motivations as “tit for tat”? I thought that was typically pejorative.

PorradaVFR,

This clown will be quickly forgotten. Deservedly so. What a colossal embarrassment.

ReiRose,

Yesterday would’ve been too soon

cheese_greater,

He’s just such a little bitch, fucking lol.

phoenixz,

Europeans and generally the entire world is looking at the us and rolling their eyes.

We’d be pointing and laughing at you for how petty and pathetic your politicians are, if it wasn’t for the fact that the US is still the biggest player, and you know, if these evil sad sacks win, it will be a christo racist state with nukes and an end of the world fantasy…

So seriously, can democrat voters finally do what they always fail to do, and just FUCKING VOTE ALREADY. and yes vote Biden. Yes, Biden sucks, big time, might be the worst democrat president in ages, but he’s NOT TRUMP.

badbytes,

The logic, or lack there of, is astounding in these people.

chiliedogg,

“Looking for an excuse” is not the same as “Acknowledging undisputed facts.”

Nobody on the right is even pretending Trump didn’t try to prevent Congress from certifying the election by sending illegitimate electors and sending a mob to storm the the Capitol.

If Biden had engaged in insurrection, I’d want him out. If there was proof of an impeachable offense, I’d support that as well.

That’s the thing. Most people on the left are arguing in good faith. It’s just that it’s the GOP committing the crimes right now.

quo,

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    chiliedogg,

    Obama isn’t eligible to run for President because he already served 2 terms. It doesn’t need to go to court - he’s automatically disqualified. Same thing applies to insurrection, which is why convictions were not required after the Civil War to bar Confederates from holding office.

    AngryCommieKender,

    Colorado Judge ruled Trump committed insurrection. That’s as much due process as is needed. He’s been found guilty.

    phoenixz,

    Yeah, so two states drop trump for actual credible reasons, wtih which you can agree or disagree, but you can’t deny that they’re at least credible.

    Now Florida (and which other state again?) are doing this for the same reason as a tantrum throwing child “wants the same toy as that other kid”.

    reverendsteveii,

    do it then. if you’ve got some way to do it, do it. otherwise shut up.

    frshmt,

    Narrator: “He couldn’t.”

    Red_October,

    Of course he’s looking to make a case. The difference here is that he can’t actually make a credible one, all he can do is just say “Because reasons” and hope nobody looks too closely at it.

    fosforus, (edited )

    Of course this was going to happen, at least in their speech. The difference of course is that there’s absolutely no legally valid reason to remove Biden from anything, whereas there are plenty of legal, ethical, culinary and aesthetic reasons to remove Trump from this planet into the sun.

    kofe,

    … Culinary??

    Tyfud,

    The manchild served fastfood (McDonalds) out of the whitehouse kitchen to honored guests, instead of, you know, real food.

    EnderMB,

    Eh, I don’t think it’s that bad, if that’s what the guests (IIRC, NFL players) wanted to eat.

    What fucking grosses me out is hearing about Trump’s diet. He eats McD daily, but he doesn’t eat the bun. I have no idea how someone in his seventies that lives on diet coke, McDonald’s, spray tan, and hate is still alive…

    tacosplease,

    It’s the hate.

    fosforus,

    The thing about risk is that even if risk grows significantly, it still needs a heavy dose of bad luck for an individual to get the the risk manifested.

    UncleBilly,

    Yes please, remove both Trump and Biden. Let the young people come and run the country.

    AA5B,

    “This is just going to be a tit for tat and it’s just not gonna end well,”

    I still can’t get over a political leader admitting to abusing the power of his office for personal spite, and not being removed from office

    Otkaz,

    Personal spite, hell try personal gain. Don’t forget this asshole is running for president. Should hit him with election tampering.

    SulaymanF,

    “But he started it!” /s

    Hadriscus,

    What do these idiots have against immigrants ? they’re immigrants themselves

    ohlaph,

    They don’t see it that way.

    rab,

    If you are born somewhere are you still an immigrant tho

    By your logic everyone everywhere is an immigrant

    orrk,

    most Americans arn’t natives

    rab, (edited )

    Hot take but if you are born somewhere you are a native, land doesn’t belong to anyone, that goes for people who live in Europe too

    An immigrant is someone who leaves the country where they were born for another country

    My blood is German but I’m born in Canada, that makes me Canadian not German lol

    My Nigerian nephew was just born in Finland, he’s not an immigrant he’s Finnish. But why are people “native Finns” when Finns stole the land from the Sami people? By your logic all finnish people are immigrants

    How about Iceland? Nobody existed there till somebody landed on a boat, does that mean all Icelandic people are immigrants?

    Wild concepts here I know but if you need more examples I can keep going

    orrk,

    no, but if one group lives there for a few thousand years, and another group comes like less than 300 years ago, then no technically you are not a native of the place, especially if you come from a colonial background.

    now this doesn’t mean that you are any less of a citizen, but it does mean that generally speaking that you come from a very different background

    rab, (edited )

    So when are white Americans not considered immigrants anymore? I hate desantis too but if he was born in Florida how can you call him an immigrant? That makes zero logical sense

    All of Europe is stolen land, so who are not immigrants there?

    And when you say “different background” do you mean skin colour?

    I like my Finland example with my nephew, he is black but natively speaks finnish and was born there, is he an immigrant or a Finn?

    PriorityMotif,
    @PriorityMotif@lemmy.world avatar

    If you can reasonably trace your ancestors and they came from a very different country than the one you live in, then you don’t have much of a right to complain. People used to complain about Italians and Irish coming to the U.S. as well and now the people with Irish and Italian ancestry will complain about immigrants while celebrating their own “heritage.”

    Riven,
    @Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

    That makes me laugh every time. I told my coworker that my family has been on this continent longer than her and in fact have been on this piece of land longer than her since it was part of Mexico before the US took it. Heck I’m from native ancestry (couldn’t trace it exactly), even before borders my ancestors have been roaming these lands. Shut her up for a minute but she’s very passive aggressive and self victimizing as a Caucasian republican.

    CharlesDarwin,
    @CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world avatar

    Honestly. Republicans are nothing but a bunch of children.

    GiddyGap,

    Seriously. American politics is nothing but embarrassment upon embarrassment upon embarrassment. world shaking head

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