Ron DeSantis

Military personnel blocked a Democratic activist from a public event held by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday.

Thomas Kennedy, a Miami-based activist and member of the Democratic National Convention, said he was stopped by uniformed service members at a press event held at a National Guard armory.

Appearing on MSNBC on Sunday afternoon with host Alex Witt, former Rep. David Jolly (R-FL) said that, although Donald Trump is still in control of the GOP, his speech in North Carolina on Saturday night revealed a man in decline which is good news for Republicans who want to take him on.

According to Jolly, "I think unfortunately Donald Trump is still relevant for a couple of very important reasons. First, he is still the leader of the party until somebody replaces him, right? He has not receded into the shadows. Secondly, he's very relevant because as leader of the party he continues to stoke the big lie, he continues to stoke this anti-democratic, illiberal attack on our democracy, if you will. that's a very dangerous moment we're living in."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R) COVID vaccine passport ban will have dire consequences for the state and its residents, the Miami Herald editorial board argues.

On Saturday, June 5, the board released a scathing piece that laid out its assessment of DeSantis' vaccine passport ban and how it could potentially cripple the state's already-ailing cruise industry. The board offered a brief timeline of DeSantis' power move taking aim at the U .S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) could be on a collision course in 2024, Politico's Florida expert explained on MSNBC on Thursday.

Joy Reid interviewed Marc Caputo about the latest in the Gaetz scandals, including his report that the Florida Republican could be facing an obstruction of justice investigation in addition to the child sex trafficking investigation previously reported.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been a vehement critic of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which the far-right Republican and ally of former President Donald Trump has slammed as "Washington as its worst." But Steve Benen, in an op-ed published by MSNBC's website on June 3, stresses that there is a major problem with DeSantis "railing against" that bill: his willingness to accept almost $9 billion in Rescue Plan funds from the federal government.

Benen explains, "Yesterday, as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed his state's budget, there were plenty of smiles, with the governor announcing $1,000 bonuses for teachers, principals and first responders. 'We're proud that we got the bonuses through,' the Republican boasted. There was a detail, however, that DeSantis didn't mention."

Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel Wednesday evening posted a tweet wishing the LGBTQ community "Happy #PrideMonth."

It did not go over well.

As Pride months gets underway, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) vetoed two bills intended to support the LGBT community in Orlando, Orlando Weekly reports.

DeSantis cut $150,000 in funding for The LGBT+ Center in Orlando, which would have gone towards mental health and counseling services for survivors of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed legislation that prohibited transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.

Democratic Florida state lawmaker Carlos Smith issued a blistering response to the legislation by hammering DeSantis and Florida Republicans for making an anti-transgender bill law on the first day of LGBTQ Pride Month.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) woke on Memorial Day morning to find that the Miami Herald editorial board slammed him for his irresponsibility during the COVID-19 pandemic before they bluntly accused him of "not caring one bit" about the health crisis he made worse.

Noting that the Republican governor -- who is eyeing a 2024 presidential run -- has new problems with one of his top critics receiving whistleblower status as she attempts to expose his administration's malfeasance during the past year, the board called him out for attempting to silence Rebekah Jones.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the embattled conservative firebrand who is the subject of a thus-far-inconclusive Justice Department investigation into an alleged pattern of sexual misconduct that may include statutory rape, says he's eyeing a presidential bid in 2024 — but only if Donald Trump decides not to run.

"I support Donald Trump for president. I've directly encouraged him to run and he gives me every indication he will," Gaetz wrote in a Thursday text message to the New York Post. "If Trump doesn't run, I'm sure I could defeat whatever remains of Joe Biden by 2024."