{"id":1029184,"date":"2024-01-09T23:48:09","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T23:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029184"},"modified":"2024-05-16T16:07:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T16:07:52","slug":"reminder-ron-desantis-sides-with-election-deniers-and-insurrectionists-over-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-ron-desantis-sides-with-election-deniers-and-insurrectionists-over-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"REMINDER: Ron DeSantis Sides With Election Deniers and Insurrectionists Over Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In response to Ron DeSantis\u2019s extreme record of supporting election deniers and minimizing the January 6 insurrection, <\/em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fate of our democracy is at stake this November, and Ron DeSantis just wrote off election denialism as an issue voters don\u2019t care about \u2014 but he couldn\u2019t be more wrong. DeSantis started his pathetic campaign by promising to consider pardons for violent insurrectionists and refusing to admit that Donald Trump is a loser, and he continues to whitewash the truth about the 2020 election to this day. Let\u2019s be clear since DeSantis can\u2019t: Trump lost his race for president, and DeSantis is about to lose his.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R0n DeSantis continues to downplay the violent insurrection on January 6, when a violent mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, assaulted police officers, and tried to overturn an election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarasota Herald-Tribune<\/a>: \u201cWith many blaming President Donald Trump and allies who encouraged him to challenge the election results for the lawlessness in the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis defended his support for the president\u2019s unprecedented push to overturn the election. DeSantis said after the election that Trump should \u2018fight on\u2019 and \u2018exhaust all options\u2019 in challenging the results.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201c[DeSantis] said he wanted to publicly declare Trump the winner in Florida before the networks had but \u2018this is like the one time Fox News would not allow me to go on.\u2019 \u2018They\u2019re always begging me,\u2019 DeSantis said. \u2018They would not let me go on because I was going to say Trump won Florida.\u2019 \u2026 DeSantis went on to raise concerns about the election process in neighboring Georgia, dancing around the edges of the conspiracies that have rattled the state ever since Trump lost by less than 12,000 votes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay Times<\/a>: \u201cOn Jan. 6 anniversary, DeSantis disputes that Capitol attack was an \u2018insurrection\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/a>: \u201cI think it’s ridiculous how much money that they pumped in for the Capitol Police. It was not an insurrection.<\/strong> These are people that were there to attend a rally and then they were there to protest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cGov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday condemned the commemoration of the violent Jan. 6 Capitol riots as a way for Democrats and the news media to \u2018smear\u2019 supporters of former President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis Sidesteps Question on Trump’s Transfer of Power\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New York Times<\/a>: \u201cMr. DeSantis ducked only one question. A teenage boy invited him to condemn Mr. Trump\u2019s efforts to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021. Mr. DeSantis declined to do so.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida Politics<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis on Thursday stopped short of blaming Trump, himself and enablers who fueled election conspiracies or refused to accept the election results.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolling Stone<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis Still Can\u2019t Bring Himself to Admit Trump Lost in 2020\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Business Insider<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis still won’t say whether he thinks Trump lost in 2020\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WFLA<\/a>: \u201cGov. Ron DeSantis still wouldn\u2019t say if he believes President Joe Biden was \u2018duly and legally elected\u2019 in 2020. \u2026 Although DeSantis has been asked the question before, 8 On Your Side found no record of him actually answering it, in print or on-air.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis has time and time again used his seat in office to promote, embrace, and empower election deniers and insurrectionists.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cShe stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then Gov. Ron DeSantis made her a state regulator\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis won\u2019t say if he thinks 2020 was rigged. But he\u2019s campaigning for Republicans who do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis recently embarked on a national tour to boost the campaigns of some of the most fervent election deniers nominated by his party this cycle.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPR<\/a>: \u201cFlorida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, recently tapped one of his allies in the Florida House to become the new secretary of state. The new elections chief, Cord Byrd, has a history of sparring with Democrats and, when asked, he has refused to say Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cDeSantis Gives Interview To Jan. 6 Attendee Wearing \u2018Three Percenters\u2019 Militia Insignia\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis said he would consider pardoning January 6 rioters \u2014 including violent insurrectionists and people charged with assaulting police officers<\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News<\/a>: \u201cRon DeSantis says he would consider presidential pardons for Jan. 6 rioters\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Independent<\/a>: \u201cFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday said he would \u2018aggressively\u2019 use presidential pardons to free people who\u2019ve been charged or convicted of crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201c\u2018I\u2019m going to do on day one, I will have folks that will get together and look at all these cases, who people are victims of weaponization or political targeting, and we will be aggressive in issuing pardons,\u2019 DeSantis said on \u2018The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show\u2019 podcast when asked about whether he will consider pardoning Jan. 6 defendants.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to Ron DeSantis\u2019s extreme record of supporting election deniers and minimizing the January 6 insurrection, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:  \u201cThe fate of our democracy is at stake this November, and Ron DeSantis just wrote off election denialism as an issue voters don\u2019t care about \u2014 but he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nREMINDER: Ron DeSantis Sides With Election Deniers and Insurrectionists Over Democracy - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-ron-desantis-sides-with-election-deniers-and-insurrectionists-over-democracy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-09T23:48:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-16T16:07:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-ron-desantis-sides-with-election-deniers-and-insurrectionists-over-democracy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/reminder-ron-desantis-sides-with-election-deniers-and-insurrectionists-over-democracy\/\",\"name\":\"REMINDER: Ron DeSantis Sides With Election Deniers and Insurrectionists Over Democracy - 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