DeSantis kills bill helping Trump day after endorsing former rival

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DeSantis kills bill helping Trump day after endorsing former rival
By
Julia Johnson
January 23, 2024 8:35 am


Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) quashed hope for a bill introduced in the Florida legislature that would allow taxpayer funds to pay for former President Donald Trump’s legal expenses.

Republican Trump endorser state Sen. Ileana Garcia introduced the bill, “Grants for Victims of Political Discrimination,” which would authorize up to $5 million to be granted to a qualified person.

However, DeSantis responded to a report on the bill on Monday that detailed that “some Florida Republicans want taxpayers to pay Trump’s legal bills.”

“But not the Florida Republican who wields the veto pen,” DeSantis wrote on X.

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[LMAO]

Why should Floridians be on the hook for a billionaire’s legal bills????

[deb]

Why should Floridians be on the hook for a billionaire’s legal bills????

They shouldn’t be. Florida has a fiscal conservative for a governor. Wish my state did.

[libertybele]

Why should Floridians be on the hook for a billionaire’s legal bills????

??? They shouldn't period.  I'm waiting for Trump to now start the attacks once again on DeSantis. Trump is responsible for his own legal bills.

[GtHawk]

There is one malfeasant senator that needs to go.  I wonder how long until the usual suspect/suspects show up with their Desanctimonious Bullschtick.

[Hoodat]

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) quashed hope for a bill introduced in the Florida legislature that would allow taxpayer funds to pay for former President Donald Trump’s legal expenses.

Good.  Not the taxpayers' job.  Only a straight-up leftwing Democrat would propose that Florida taxpayers pay the legal expenses of a billionaire.

[roamer_1]

Good.  Not the taxpayers' job.  Only a straight-up leftwing Democrat would propose that Florida taxpayers pay the legal expenses of a billionaire.

That's right.

[LMAO]

From the article…

But not the Florida Republican who wields the veto pen,” DeSantis wrote on X.

A politician willing to wield a VETO pen

Lost any chance to have that in the WH

[sneakypete]

??? They shouldn't period.  I'm waiting for Trump to now start the attacks once again on DeSantis. Trump is responsible for his own legal bills.

@libertybele

And here I was thinking it was your pals in the DNC responsible for the legal bills.

[sneakypete]

Good.  Not the taxpayers' job.  Only a straight-up leftwing Democrat would propose that Florida taxpayers pay the legal expenses of a billionaire.

@Hoodat

Your Class Envy is showing,bubba.

I guess you and the other DNC clones think the FACT that those legal bills are a result of your pals on the left filing bogus legal charges against him BECAUSE HE IS THE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT THAT THE LEFT FEARS THE MOST.

Good to see you people finally coming out of the closet and showing your support for the left,comrades!

[roamer_1]

@Hoodat

Your Class Envy is showing,bubba.

I guess you and the other DNC clones think the FACT that those legal bills are a result of your pals on the left filing bogus legal charges against him BECAUSE HE IS THE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT THAT THE LEFT FEARS THE MOST.

Good to see you people finally coming out of the closet and showing your support for the left,comrades!

@sneakypete

So what? How the hell does that make the People of Florida responsible for his legal bills?

[Hoodat]

@Hoodat

Your Class Envy is showing,bubba.

I guess you and the other DNC clones think the FACT that those legal bills are a result of your pals on the left filing bogus legal charges against him BECAUSE HE IS THE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT THAT THE LEFT FEARS THE MOST.

Good to see you people finally coming out of the closet and showing your support for the left,comrades!

No.  I simply believe that the people of Florida should not have to pay the legal bills of some Yankee implant who hires only the most incompetent lawyers.  'Envy' never enters the picture.

But let the record show that @sneakypete believes that the taxpayers of Florida (who have zero stake in Trump's idiot legal blunders) should have to be forced to pay the legal bills of some NY billionaire.  Not even a Democrat could come up with something that outrageous.

[GtHawk]

@libertybele

And here I was thinking it was your pals in the DNC responsible for the legal bills.

And there's that bullshit right on schedule, and not addressing the question at all of why Floridians should have to pay for your billionaire buddy's legal bills, after all that's what his suckers donors are doing. Hell of a Bromance ya got going with Trump though.

When it comes to BILLIONAIRE Trump (that's not jealousy, it's a statement of fact) and his legal bills, he's a BILLIONAIRE(at least so he says) so he can pay his own damn bills and maybe since he always hires the best people    he might maybe think about that when it it comes to his defense attorneys, because he did just as bad with them as his cabinet choices

No when it comes to his legal bills the answer is

But you go right ahead and send him your money, that's your right and free choice.

[GtHawk]

@Hoodat

Your Class Envy is showing,bubba.

I guess you and the other DNC clones think the FACT that those legal bills are a result of your pals on the left filing bogus legal charges against him BECAUSE HE IS THE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT THAT THE LEFT FEARS THE MOST.

Good to see you people finally coming out of the closet and showing your support for the left,comrades!

SOSDD! Don't you have anything else in your repertoire? Childish insults and accusing anyone that doesn't genuflect at you altar of orange of being a communist? Or envious? The left may have feared Trump once, but not since they fine tuned their apparatus in 2020 and almost every day Trump says something stupid or really cringe worthy that his orange mafia ignores but drives more and more on the fence voters away.

[The_Reader_David]

@Hoodat

Your Class Envy is showing,bubba.

One doesn't have to suffer from any class envy to regard the abomination of the tax payer paying someone's legal bills to any degree beyond the support of a public defender's office as particularly galling when the intended beneficiary is wealthy.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Why should Floridians be on the hook for a billionaire’s legal bills????

Imagine if Democrats did something like this.

[sneakypete]

SOSDD! Don't you have anything else in your repertoire? 

@GtHawk

The truth hurts,huh?

[sneakypete]

One doesn't have to suffer from any class envy to regard the abomination of the tax payer paying someone's legal bills to any degree beyond the support of a public defender's office as particularly galling when the intended beneficiary is wealthy.

@The_Reader_David

Good to see you  come out of the closet and admit your class envy,Comrade!

[LMAO]

@The_Reader_David

Good to see you  come out of the closet and admit your class envy,Comrade!

So it’s your position that taxpayers should be responsible for the legal fees of a billionaire

[DefiantMassRINO]

Taxpayer dollars should not be going to help billionaires.

This is the type of crap George W. Bush pulled during the 2008/2009 Financial Crisis with the "Too Big To Fail" fraud.

[GtHawk]

@GtHawk

The truth hurts,huh?

Do you ever read anything you type before hitting post? But to answer you , yes it truthfully makes my head hurt reading your childish, repetitive
As I said you go right ahead and bankroll that's your right but you don't get to tell others that they should or accuse them of being democrats and communists because they won't or point out that hey Orange man's a billionaire and he can pay his own bills......if he is paying his own bills not the people who think they're donating to his campaign.

When it comes to a BILLIONAIRE and his legal bills?

[AllThatJazzZ]

To anyone on this thread who thinks Trump's legal bills should be paid by any taxpayer anywhere in the USA, please present your reasoned argument for your position, and kindly leave personal attacks out of that argument. I'm trying to understand, so please don't muddy it up with personal swipes and other earmarks of a flame war.

Thanks. 

[LMAO]

To anyone on this thread who thinks Trump's legal bills should be paid by any taxpayer anywhere in the USA, please present your reasoned argument for your position, and kindly leave personal attacks out of that argument. I'm trying to understand, so please don't muddy it up with personal swipes and other earmarks of a flame war.

Thanks. 

Not only what I like to hear the argument for why Floridians are responsible for Trump’s legal bills, but if the particular poster who doesn’t have a problem with that thinks the same should apply to Hunter and Joe Biden

[sneakypete]

Do you ever read anything you type before hitting post? But to answer you , yes it truthfully makes my head hurt reading your childish, repetitive
As I said you go right ahead and bankroll that's your right but you don't get to tell others that they should or accuse them of being democrats and communists because they won't or point out that hey Orange man's a billionaire and he can pay his own bills......if he is paying his own bills not the people who think they're donating to his campaign.

When it comes to a BILLIONAIRE and his legal bills? [/b]

@GtHawk

Class envy is never pretty,OR "classy".

And Trump would have never had those legal bills if he hadn't ran for President.

Not that you care about reality.

[libertybele]

@GtHawk

Class envy is never pretty,OR "classy".

And Trump would have never had those legal bills if he hadn't ran for President.

Not that you care about reality.

You are not making any sense @sneakypete  - the bills ARE Trump's.  He decided to run and what happens as a result of that he owns.

As for the class envy crappola -it's exactly that.  Genuine crappola!