Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social

And he won by that 0.5% while Gillum was under active federal investigation on charges that were later dropped.

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Confirmed Professional Agitator @mumbly-joe.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 21:12 UTC

not saying this to dispute what you're saying about Democrats abandoning the state, but it seemed to me like that was the moment Desantis realized he could simply use police powers to establish a one-party regime. And Trump openly bragged about how the investigation was opened to help Ron out

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ok city ok @krogerfoot.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 22:02 UTC

Strange absence of articles urging DeSantis to legitimize his narrow victory by reaching out to Dems after that first election

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Nails Nathan @chadstanton.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 20:40 UTC

And don’t get me wrong Gillum was a pretty flawed candidate with some other issues which would’ve absolutely been a liability had people known, all that being said, DeSantis *barely* won and people pretty much threw up their hands and gave up on Florida.

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Synthaholic @synthaholic.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 06, 2024 at 21:41 UTC

This is why it was insane to let Republican/Independent/Democrat Charlie Crist be his opponent for Round 2, rather than recruiting a fighting Democrat.

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