{"id":96892,"date":"2021-11-19T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=96892"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:15:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:15:37","slug":"ron-desantiss-gets-fiery-in-his-defense-of-true-conservative-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=96892","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis\u2019s gets fiery in his defense of &#8216;true conservative governance&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Ron DeSantis\u2019s fiery statement about true conservative governance<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Andrea Widburg<br \/>\nAmerican Thinker<\/p>\n<p>Media types have two modes when asking politicians questions. If they\u2019re Democrats, the questions are softballs about ice cream and the things they\u2019ll do to save the world. If they\u2019re Republicans, the questions are meant to highlight the politicians\u2019 cruelty, hypocrisy, or stupidity. One journalist, though, learned that when that Republican politician is Ron DeSantis, asking a gotcha question about conservative governance is a way to bring a rain of fire down on the journalist\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to Florida\u2019s governor Ron DeSantis, I tend to agree with a comment Matt Walsh made on a podcast, which is that DeSantis has Trump\u2019s courage without Trump\u2019s baggage. Two differences between the men are, first, that, while Trump had an instinct for the Constitution, DeSantis has a lawyer\u2019s deeper understanding of the document; and two, that DeSantis is better at keeping his eye on the ball. That means he remembers to make his statements about the American people rather than about himself.<\/p>\n<p>Both those qualities came through strongly on Thursday when DeSantis chose <em>Brandon<\/em> Honda, located in the City of <em>Brandon,<\/em> Florida, as the venue for a press conference. The reason for the press conference was to sign anti-mandate legislation:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1461350909871493139&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanthinker.com%2Fblog%2F2021%2F11%2Fron_desantiss_fiery_statement_about_true_conservative_governance.html&amp;sessionId=40d5a37ffd7904f12c5b84c836aec7398f46b2a8&amp;siteScreenName=AmericanThinker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1461350909871493139\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>All in all, a delightful bit of trolling.<\/p>\n<p>Things got even better, though, when a reporter tried to embarrass DeSantis by asking him if anti-mandate legislation wasn\u2019t a form of big government antithetical to DeSantis\u2019s conservative credentials. The reporter might as well have tried to tickle a cobra with a stick because things did not go well for him after that.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"im_t\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ssl-intgr-net\/tags\/7_124_9.gif\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The question is a bit hard to hear, but the reporter apparently is asking how DeSantis can simultaneously get angry at the federal government for trying to mandate vaccines when he\u2019s using his state government to prevent vaccine mandates. The reporter doesn\u2019t seem to grasp that there\u2019s a difference between using the vast power of the federal government to force people to inject something into their body (a no-no under the Constitution) versus the state using its power to protect people from such force (a yes-yes under the 10th Amendment).<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, however, did grasp the difference and he schooled the reporter with enthusiasm (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1461391367142363137&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanthinker.com%2Fblog%2F2021%2F11%2Fron_desantiss_fiery_statement_about_true_conservative_governance.html&amp;sessionId=40d5a37ffd7904f12c5b84c836aec7398f46b2a8&amp;siteScreenName=AmericanThinker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1461391367142363137\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-extracted-i1637334810877916006=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Absolute &#x1f525;&#x1f525;&#x1f525; from America&#8217;s Governor, Ron DeSAVAGE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch this. Believe me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZTE4DArnt\">pic.twitter.com\/HZTE4DArnt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1461391367142363137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So, first of all, this idea that somehow conservativism is about, like, local school boards, it\u2019s the United States of America, not the united school boards or counties commissions of America. So, the states are the primary vehicles to protect people\u2019s freedoms, their health, their safety, their welfare in our constitutional system.<\/p>\n<p>What Biden is doing is not constitutional. There has never been a federal vaccine mandate imposed on the general public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"im_t\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/ssl-intgr-net\/tags\/7_74_19.gif\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" border=\"0\" \/>\u00a0I hear people talk about, you know, they do things in the military. Yeah, when I was in the military, they used to give me all kind of stuff. Honestly, I wish I would have thought a little about it but whatever it was.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s much different than regulating the military and then imposing it on civilians in society. It\u2019s never been done before. They don\u2019t have the power to do it. There\u2019s no federal police power. States have the police power. So that\u2019s from a constitutional perspective. It is worlds, worlds apart.<\/p>\n<p>Now, some people say, \u201cHey, these local governments wanted to lock down businesses, they wanted to force mandates, they wanted to keep the kids locked out of school. Yeah, you\u2019re damned right I overruled them on that because they were wrong. <strong>And the fact of the matter is you don\u2019t have the right to do wrong<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And if I had not stepped in last year and made sure that these local governments couldn\u2019t lock you down, couldn\u2019t mandate, we wouldn\u2019t let \u2018em fine, we had kids in school last year because of me, not because of them. And that\u2019s just the bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>So, people can say is it the job of somebody that\u2019s elected to look out for the liberties of everyone in the state or do you just say \u2018Hey, if somebody\u2019s violating your freedom, we shouldn\u2019t do anything\u2019?<\/p>\n<p>The fact of the matter is, if we would have let them lock the kids out of school last year, we would have paid the piper for years and years in this state. If we had let them lock down businesses and restrict and do all that, we would have one of the highest employment rates in the country. So, we had to stand up for people\u2019s liberties, their livelihoods, their right to work, people\u2019s right to own a business, and it was the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>But what Biden is doing, he does not have the&#8230;he even admitted he doesn\u2019t have the authority to do it. Psaki admitted that they don\u2019t have the authority to do it. And in fact, even six months ago they are all saying \u2018Of course you never mandate. Of course, you never mandate.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And so the question is, do we actually have a constitution that constrains people like Biden or is it just when he loses patience, he can do whatever the hell he wants to? No, I\u2019ll take the Constitution, thank you very much.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So far, DeSantis has proven that he understands the Constitution, including federalism and states\u2019 rights; he recognizes that the driving force behind the Constitution is individual liberty; he has political courage; he keeps his eye on the ball; and he knows how to and is willing to troll the Democrats. Politicians have a way of disappointing us but, for now, DeSantis is playing the game better than just about anyone else on the conservative side of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1461391367142363137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1461391367142363137%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitchy.com%2Fdougp-3137%2F2021%2F11%2F18%2F__trashed-4479%2F\">Ron DeSantis<\/a>. Twitter screen grab.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/ron_desantiss_fiery_statement_about_true_conservative_governance.html\">https:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/ron_desantiss_fiery_statement_about_true_conservative_governance.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ron DeSantis\u2019s fiery statement about true conservative governance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}