Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation To Fight Anti-Semitism At Celebrate The Faces

JUST IN: .@GovRonDeSantis just signed HB 269 Into law while in Israel.

Just as I reported he would.HB269 criminalizes speech in Florida & makes leafleting “offensive” flyers punishable with a felony and 5 yrs in prison, along with other acts of constitutionally protected speech. https://t.co/d9MR2UQkAr pic.twitter.com/mC3QK8P48a

— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 27, 2023

Made a secret trip to JERUSALEM (!!!) with @RepMikeCaruso to deliver @GovRonDeSantis HB 269, the strongest antisemitism bill in the United States. To Florida’s Nazi thugs, I have news: attack Jews on their property and you’re going to prison. Never again means never again. pic.twitter.com/FYXNE5c5RU

— Rep. Randy Fine (@VoteRandyFine) April 27, 2023

Pick your poison.

Donald Trump, Joe Biden or Ron DeSantis.

Who do you want to put up with for the next four years?

Jerusalem Post:

“Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis signed an anti-hate bill that would strengthen his state’s ability to fight antisemitism at The Jerusalem Post and Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem Celebrate the Faces of Israel Conference in the nation’s capital on Thursday.

“We are doing what we can do in Florida to enhance the ability to hold people accountable when that really crosses the line into threatening conduct,” he said. “We are fighting back,” he stated at the conference that was also sponsored by The Museum of Tolerance. …”

WPEC:

“WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Rep. Randy Fine and Rep. Mike Caruso made a trip to Jerusalem to deliver antisemitism bill HB 269 to Governor Ron DeSantis, according to Fine.

On Twitter, Fine wrote, “To Florida’s Nazi thugs, I have news: attack Jews on their property and you’re going to prison.” …”

Florida Politics:

“Delray Beach Republican Rep. Mike Caruso is trying to crack down on a disturbing rise in antisemitism through new legislation that would make publicly displaying a swastika and other intolerant imagery a felony.

That classification would also apply to people who distribute materials “with religious or ethnic animus,” harass others for their religious or ethnic heritage, and “maliciously deface” or damage public or private property, namely cemeteries and schools.

Each would be a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.

The proposed new law would also allow for first-degree misdemeanor charges — punishable by up to a year in prison — to be filed against a person who publicly distributes flyers featuring any material, objectionable or otherwise, if the flyers lead to littering.

“I will not stand here and do nothing. I will not be complacent, and I will not sit around. With that attitude, are we just going to wait for these haters to start breaking the glass windows and storefronts of the Jewish store owners again, like they did in the past, before we wake up?” Caruso said at a Thursday morning press conference. …”

I have always been deeply skeptical of Ron DeSantis.

My first impression was negative: shortly after he was inaugurated as governor of Florida, he flew to Jerusalem to meet with Sheldon Adelson and sign a bill to fight anti-Semitism. He put on the yarmulke. He made a big theatrical display of signing that bill in Jerusalem.

At least for me, the central question of the 2024 presidential election has always been … is Ron DeSantis a compelling alternative to Donald Trump? I’m not voting for Joe Biden. I have no illusions about Trump, but I have never been able to get on the DeSantis Train. I don’t trust the people around him. I definitely don’t want to empower the Reaganite wing of the party either that is backing him

Anyway, this is a major red flag. Dump was the “most pro-Israel president ever,” but he also has a personal axe to grind against Bibi now due to how unfairly he was treated in 2020.