Ron DeSantis Threatens 'Cold War' Against The State Of Georgia

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is already panicking at the thought of Democrat Stacey Abrams becoming the next governor of the state of Georgia, and at a recent event, DeSantis warned of a "cold war" between Florida and Georgia if Abrams wins. This might be one of the most absurd and clearly authoritarian statements that DeSantis has ever made, as he would engage in hostile behavior with his neighbor over the sole fact that they are from different political parties. Farron Cousins discusses this.

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This past Friday here in the state of Florida, actually up in my neck of the woods, our Republican governor, Ron DeSantis showed up for a little event here in Northwest Florida. And he went on the attack against the state of Georgia, which technically up here in Northwest Florida, Georgia's not right above us. That's actually Alabama. So I'm not sure why he decided to attack Georgia when it wasn't, you know, there is a lot of crossover, but it's a very weird thing. If you live down here, you would understand why that's so weird, but either way, he comes over here to Northwest Florida starts going after the state of Georgia for something that technically hasn't happened yet. And, and threatens as he called it a cold war against the state of Georgia here is what he said. And this is his whole reason for threatening a cold war.

If Stacy Abrams is elected governor of Georgia, I just wanna be honest. That will be a cold war between Florida and Georgia. I can't have Castro to my south and Abrams to my north. That would be a disaster. So I hope you guys take care of that and will up in, will end up in good shape. So again, I hope you guys take care of that, dude. You are in Northwest Florida, Florida, nobody in this state gets to vote for Stacy Abrams or Brian Kemp. The crossover wasn't there because you're speaking in an area that is south of Alabama, not Georgia. You would think as the governor, you would know the geography of your own state. You would know where in the hell your neighbors are, but I guess not when you're too busy, you know, constantly campaigning and trying to ignite these social war issues.

You don't have a whole heck of a lot of time for things like the basic geography of the state that you control. But here's the thing. One state does not have the authority to declare even a cold war against another's state. Secondly, what the F does that even mean? Like a cold war against Georgia? What does that mean? That we're gonna cut off relations with the state of Georgia? You know, they send a lot of tourists down here, right? And the number one industry here in the state of Florida is tourism. You idiot. So do we, do we, do we really wanna have that, that cold war there with them? Do we wanna cut off the supply of Georgia produce to the state of Florida here? Do we wanna not be able to sell our stuff to them? Because we do have a lot of, you know, interstate commerce between the two areas, but you just want, wanna pick a fight. You wanna off the entire state because you don't like the policies of a woman who's running for governor in the state who for the record is not even ahead in the polls, but you're freaking out about it.

Anyway, she's seven points behind Brian Kemp. If Kemp is not the Republican nominee, it does become David Perue. She is five points behind David Perue right now. Um, those are not great numbers. Unfortunately, for Stacy Abrams, I wish she was pulling higher. I love Stacy Abrams. I really truly like Stacy Abrams. And I think she does a good job. I do not think she is an overly corporate Democrat. I think her activism, her get out the vote efforts, speak for themselves. And I think anybody who calls her, you know, any kind of, uh, you know, corporate, she or a Neo li that's full of crap because this woman has done more to help vote here in the United States, uh, than most other people, certainly, definitely than anybody else in the south has done. So, you know, watch what you say about her, cuz I will defend her, you know, tooth and nail based on her activism.

Now, if she does horrible things, I'll call her out. Absolutely. I'll tell you one thing she hasn't done though. She hasn't Georgia to be an authoritarian state run by a little dictator, the same way that we have seen down here in the state of Florida, because that's what Ron DeSantis wants. And I think it's important to remember as everybody's talking about, you know, oh, DeSantis could, could be running for president. Oh, he is a contender. Oh he is gonna do this. Dude's gonna fall flat on his face when he steps outside the state of Florida. Just so you