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DeSantis Allegedly DEMANDED Cash From Florida University Trustees - YouTube
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is being
accused of something pretty devastating.
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And it has to do with campaign corruption,
campaign donations, which for the most
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part we've legalized that kind of bribery
and it's totally fine based on our laws.
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But, what he's being accused of doing
here is essentially pressuring members
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of university boards of trustees to give
him money or else he won't reappoint them.
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So this was an accusation that was
lodged against him by the current
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State Agriculture Commissioner,
Nikki Freed.
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She's planning on running against
him when he runs for reelection, so
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full disclosure on that, but it seems like
there's some truth to her allegations.
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She says this, our current boards of
trustees across the state were required
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to give a campaign contribution to
Ron DeSantis in the amount of $100,000.
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And if they didn't give him
the campaign contribution,
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they were not reappointed to the boards.
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That is what we are dealing with here in
the State of Florida with this Governor.
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Now again, it is unfortunately
perfectly legal to donate hundreds of
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thousands of dollars to
various politicians and
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then in return get all of
these appointments, right?
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But in this case threatening
various people with their positions
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unless they give you money,
that is not legal, okay?
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So Ron DeSantis' appointments
are stacked with his biggest donors,
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and the boards of trustees
are no different.
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DeSantis' corruption,
according to a campaign spokesperson for
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Freed, knows no limits, even when it
means compromising on Floridians schools.
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And is there any truth to this?
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Well, when you look at some of these
donations, it looks like there could be.
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For instance, at least nine current
members on boards of trustees across
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Florida's university system have made
donations to Ron DeSantis 2022 campaign.
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Or other state GOP, either in their
own name through their company or
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via spouse, according to state
campaign finance records.
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So I think the best example is the
University of South Florida's Leslie Muma,
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his wife actually gave $100,000 to
Ron DeSantis' campaign this year.
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>> Nicky Freed says he asked for $100,000,
and then look at that, he got a $100,000,
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probably a wild coincidence.
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So there's several layers of corruption
here in the case of the Ron DeSantis and
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he's done this many times.
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So when the vaccine first came out,
you remember the stories where
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he got it to communities
that had his largest donors.
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First, he went out of his way to make sure
they got the vaccine after his rich donors
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were vaccinated, he then turned around and
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said come on, who needs the vaccine and
the mass and stuff?
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Let's not take any precautions,
who cares, right?
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But after all of his donors were taken
care of and this whole system is corrupt.
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No, you shouldn't make the board of
trustees of universities weirdo, corrupt
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people who gave bribes to politicians
whether they're Republicans or Democrats.
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And now, of course, leave it to Ron
DeSantis to take it to the next level and
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go no, if you don't give it to me,
I'm gonna kick you off the board.
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Which, by the way,
you're such a knucklehead, that's illegal,
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you don't need.
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There's so many ways to get legal bribes,
but power corrupts and
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absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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>> Now here are some other examples,
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remember there were professors who
were supposed to testify in these
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lawsuits against the state's
handling of coronavirus data.
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And before they were set to testify,
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all of a sudden the university's
prevented them from doing so.
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In late October,
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it became public that multiple professors
from the University of Florida were
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restricted from participating in lawsuits
against the State University of Florida.
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Employees were told verbally not to
criticize Governor Ron DeSantis or
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University of Florida policies related
to COVID19 in media interactions.
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And now there's an investigation
in regard to that censorship, and
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we'll see where it ends up.
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But it is fascinating that these
professors were essentially told no,
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you're not allowed to
testify in these lawsuits,
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you're not allowed to
criticize Ron DeSantis.
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And honestly,
it really doesn't surprise me.
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And to be sure what we've seen with
Governor Ron DeSantis in the state
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of Florida is just this firm
grip on intellectual freedom.
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On the ability to get accurate and
critical information out there to people,
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so they can keep themselves safe
during the coronavirus pandemic.
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And while people are literally dying in
that state as a result of his corrupt
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leadership, he's deciding to focus all of
his attention on anti woke legislation,
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which we'll talk about in a bit.
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>> Yeah, he's done several things against
freedom of speech, they're Orwellian.
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They say our biggest issue
is freedom of speech,
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we wanna be able to say racist things.
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Then they turn around and
go COVID numbers,
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make sure the professor's shut up, they're
not allowed to talk about it at all, okay?
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And now on race, no,
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we're gonna send vigilantes after
teachers if they ever teach about racism.
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