FL: Ron DeSantis chooses anti-gun running mate

[Matt Collins]

From an e-mail today about the FL Republican gubernatorial nominee:

Dear Gun Owner,

What a disappointment...

Republican candidate for Governor and current Congressman Ron DeSantis just chose termed-out Republican State Rep. Jeanette Nunez as his running mate.

As gun owners remember from earlier this year, Nunez voted for the largest gun control expansion in recent Florida history (SB 7026), and capitol insiders report that she was instrumental in whipping Republican support for the bill.

This only adds to the concerns that gun rights activists have with DeSantis.

After all, he voted in favor of adding the Feinstein-backed “Fix NICS” gun control expansion to the Omnibus spending bill in Congress this spring.

On top of that, he is flat out refusing to return his Florida Gun Rights candidate survey.

DeSantis seems more interested in appeasing the anti-gun establishment in Tallahassee than actually fighting for gun rights if he is elected the next Governor.

This is unacceptable.

The last thing Florida needs is another Governor like Governor Gun Control (a.k.a. Rick Scott) who talks a good game before in office, but then champions gun control once in power.

Let’s not forget what Rick Scott’s gun control law (SB 7026) contains and why it is so important for gun owners to keep the heat on DeSantis to publicly pledge to repeal it:

• Disarms adults under the age of 21, leaving them defenseless.


• Imposes mandatory government waiting periods on ALL firearms purchases.


• Bans certain firearm accessories, making it a felony to own a piece of plastic.


• Implements a “mental health” gun ban which could strip up to 3.5 million law-abiding Floridians of their rights WITHOUT due process.


• Creates Gun Confiscation Orders allowing government agents to strip gun rights from Floridians without due process.



By refusing to return his FLGR candidate survey, DeSantis is refusing to support the repeal of Rick Scott’s gun control, meaning that it appears that it would be more of the same if DeSantis got into office.

It’s already bad enough that the Democrats nominated rabid anti-gunner Andrew Gillum as their candidate for Governor.

Gillum made headlines in recent weeks by calling for the full repeal of Stand Your Ground, in addition to his vocal support for bringing California-style gun control to Florida.

Gillum just announced Chris King as his running mate, another rabid anti-gunner openly hostile towards gun owners.

No one who is paying attention is surprised by this.

But to have a Republican ticket that is ambivalent towards the concerns of gun owners is deeply troubling and is sure to be a recipe for disaster for our gun rights.

That’s why it is vital for you to turn up the heat on Ron DeSantis by calling him at 407-796-1441 and urge him to return his Florida Gun Rights candidate survey 100% pro-gun.

Now is the very best time to lobby candidates for office like DeSantis, when they are most sensitive to public opinion.


The future of our gun rights depends on it.

For Freedom,



D.J. Parten
Director of Legislation
Florida Gun Rights

P.S. Republican candidate for Governor and current Congressman Ron DeSantis just disappointed gun owners by picking an anti-gun Republican State Representative as his running mate.

Jeanette Nunez not only voted for Rick Scott’s gun control law (SB 7026), but capital insiders report that she was instrumental in getting it through the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

On top of that, DeSantis is refusing to return his Florida Gun Rights candidate survey and thus refusing to support repealing largest gun control assault in recent Florida history.

And with two known gun grabbers on the Democrat ticket for Governor, our gun rights have never been more in danger as they are now.

That’s why it is vital for you to turn up the heat on Ron DeSantis by calling him at 407-796-1441 and urge him to return his Florida Gun Rights candidate survey 100% pro-gun.

[phill4paul]

From an e-mail today about the FL Republican gubernatorial nominee:

Pick who you want. Not sure Gillum would do better. Pretty sure would do worse.

[Anti Globalist]

I would never choose an anti-gun person as my running mate. I'd want him or her to love the 2nd amendment just as much as me.

[Aratus]

He's buttering both sides of the bread to cut into his opposition.

[RonZeplin]

Nancy Argenziano Joins Darcy Richardson on Reform Party Gubernatorial Ticket

August 30, 2018 - 9:15am

Nancy Argenziano and Darcy Richardson

Former state Sen. Nancy Argenziano is joining the Reform Party’s gubernatorial ticket as the running mate for Darcy Richardson.

The Richardson campaign announced on Thursday that Argenziano was being added to the ticket. First elected to the Florida House as a Republican in 1996, Argenziano moved to the Senate in 2002 and was appointed by then Gov. Charlie Crist to the Public Service Commission (PSC) which she chaired in 2009. In 2010, she left the PSC to campaign for state CFO Alex Sink and against Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Scott. She ran for Congress without party affiliation at the start of the 2012 election cycle but opted to run for the state House instead that election cycle, running wit no party affiliation but losing against Republican Jimmie Smith.

On Thursday, Argenziano weighed in why she was joining the Reform Party ticket.

“Given the state of our democracy, is there any question we need to make major reforms? I am certain Darcy is up to the task,” said Argenziano. “When Darcy asked me if I wouldn’t mind getting back in the trenches, given the state of America and Florida in particular, I said yes -- of course!”
“Nancy’s record speaks for itself, she has been a champion for Florida consumers and is going to be an incredible asset for our campaign," said Richardson. “Cleaning up the corruption in Tallahassee is no small job. As our next lieutenant governor, Nancy Argenziano will be the special interests’ worst nightmare.

“I am deeply humbled that Nancy Argenziano has agreed to join the Reform Party ticket as our candidate for Lieutenant Governor,” added Richardson. “We are building a powerful coalition of former Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and independents to challenge the status quo. Together we are going to give millions of forgotten Floridians a fighting chance for a better future!”

“We have learned that the two‐party system just doesn’t work for most average Floridians anymore,” insisted Joseph Wendt, the chairman of the Reform Party of Florida. “Voters are tired of politicians that line their own pockets with lobbyist dollars. They are tired of candidates from the extreme right and the extreme left. The Richardson/Argenziano ticket represents a genuine opportunity for Florida voters to take back their state government.”

Richardson, who lives in Jacksonville,is a familiar name to many activists and political junkies across the nation. Besides serving as the campaign manager for former U.S. Sen. Eugene McCarthy’s, D-Minn., independent presidential campaign in 1988, Richardson is an expert on third-party politics, having written a multivolume history on them and he also writes in various media outlets.

In 2016, Richardson ran for the Reform Party’s presidential nomination but he came up short at the convention, losing to businessman Rocky de la Fuente who has run in more than a half dozen states in various U.S. Senate contests this year. On Tuesday, Gov. Rick Scott routed de la Fuente in the Republican U.S. Senate primary.

Back in 2010, economist and gubernatorial candidate Farid Khavari tapped Richardson as his running mate as they ran with no party affiliation. Richardson took on President Barack Obama in the 2012 Democratic primaries but ended up dropping out to support former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer’s short lived presidential bid outside of the major parties which included seeking the Reform Party nod.

From having backed Ross Perot, Roemer and Ralph Nader, Richardson is no stranger to the Reform Party . After Roemer ended his presidential bid in 2012, Richardson sought the party nomination and, after losing out to de la Fuente in 2016, he did encourage supporters to back the Reform Party.

The party had some highs back in the late 1990s with Perot almost taking 10 percent on its line in the 1996 presidential election and Jesse Ventura winning the Minnesota governorship as a Reform Party candidate in 1998. But party factionalism and in-fighting limited its impact as the party swang to the right to nominate Pat Buchanan in 2000 only to swing over to the left to back Nader four years later. Some of its more recent presidential candidates--Ted Weill in 2008 and Andre Barnett in 2012--each pulled in less than 1,000 votes but De La Fuente pulled more than 33,000 votes last time out.

On Tuesday, the Democrats nominated Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and the Republicans nominated U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., as their gubernatorial nominees.

[enhanced_deficit]

Florida is Trump country, his second 'White House' is there; don't think he would support candidates there who don't embrace some kind of gun control.

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[aGameOfThrones]

I have to pick my poison.