Recall Ron DeSantis' Petition Doubles Support in 6 Days to 70,000

[marmar]

A petition to recall and remove Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has doubled its support in 6 days, amassing more than 70,000 signatures, as the sunshine state battles its highest daily COVID-19 cases on record.

On August 16, Florida recorded 56,036 new cases of COVID-19 as the Delta variant surged across the state.

According to CDC data, there were 13,703 people hospitalized in the state on average daily between August 8 and August 14, a 13 percent increase from the previous seven days. .........(more)

https://www.newsweek.com/recall-ron-desantis-petition-doubles-support-6-days-70000-1620120

[PortTack]

1. I saw somewhere they only needed 35,000 signatures to proceed..do you know, is that correct?

[hlthe2b]

4. Florida does not have a recall provision for Governor. See my post downstream.

[LenaBaby61]

12. Florida does not have a recall provision for Governor. See my post downstream.

This 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

But it's great that people are showing their displeasure with DeathSentences murdering no-mask mandate, and his monetary ties to Regeneron.

[hlthe2b]

13. Maybe displeasure will finally register with the all-too DeSantis-protecting media in FL

[MoonlitKnight]

2. Florida does not have a recall

Impeachment is the only option. And both houses are heavily Republican.

[hlthe2b]

3. That would be great if Florida was state whose constitution allowed for Recall of Gov... It does NOT

https://ballotpedia.org/States_with_gubernatorial_recall_provisions
States with gubernatorial recall provisions

See this color-coded map for states that do and do not allow recall of statewide officials, including Governors:
https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/TeCPb/3/

[malaise]

5. Get thee to the greatest page

RFN! This needs to be seen

[teach1st]

6. No recall in Florida, but here's the petition link anyway

https://www.change.org/p/florida-state-senate-recall-and-remove-florida-governor-ron-desantis

Governor Ron DeSantis and former governor Rick Scott have made filing for unemployment in Florida impossible. They care more about showing low unemployment numbers than they do if Floridians have enough to eat. Aside from this sad fact DeSantis waited until the last minute to issue a stay at home order which without a doubt caused the Coronavirus to spread much faster than necessary. The governor has also went directly against CDC guidelines and allowed churches to still have large gatherings. He is not fit to be our governor and needs to be removed as quickly as the constitution allows.

[rzemanfl]

7. I am going with holding my breath until I turn blue. It will do just as much good. n/t

[obamanut2012]

8. So tired of this - we cannot recall our governors

[hlthe2b]

14. LOL. This point has been posted multiple times yet no one seems to read them...

[Tommy Carcetti]

9. Unfortunately, while I share the sentiment, this is completely futile.

There’s no recall provision in Florida, and no internet petition is going to change that fact.

Thankfully we’ve got an election next year. Let’s put our efforts into that and getting rid of Ron then.

[LenaBaby61]

15. Let's put our efforts into that and getting rid of Ron then.

I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but that state is SO gerrymandered and rigged-right, that I don't see any way you guys can do anything to DeathSentence anytime soon, unless a scandal with him making money off Regeneron heats up, and that won't shame his murderous, square-built ass at all. Hell, even if he murders off his own base, he'll just "Find" enough votes to make-up for those he murdered in his own base so he makes sure he retains the governorship of that state 😑

The GQP/US Taliban have no shame at all. NONE. Look at Rick Scott, calling for Pres. Biden to resign, and that alien said that Pres. Biden should retire because he did such a horrible job with Afghanistan, yet he's nothing but a crook who went on to win the Florida Governorship, and the sad thing is that it appears that nothing will ever happen to him behind his massive Medicare fraud, and I really don't see Dems going after him enough because you can bet if he was a Dem, the so-called liberal media which doesn't exist and the GQP/US Taliban would be howling and hounding him out of office.


How Rick Scott Used Medicare Fraud To Build a Political Fortune.
Medicare fraud is unfortunately a major ongoing issue, in which healthcare providers, labs, or Medicare beneficiaries may deceive the U.S. Medicare system to unlawfully receive payment.

Some involved in Medicare fraud are fired or fined or jailed, or some combination therein. One man reportedly accused of Medicare fraud, Rick Scott, ended up becoming first the Florida governor, then a senator, and has now been tasked with co-heading up Republican healthcare legislation under the Trump administration.

Who Is Rick Scott?
Rick Scott is a Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, alongside Marco Rubio. He took this office in 2019, after 8 years as the governor of Florida. Scott has reportedly spoken in support of Trump since the 2016 primaries.

In 2017, Scott reportedly said he was already regularly working with Trump to come up with healthcare legislation and was unofficially tasked in 2019 to continue this work along with two other GOP senators, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who Trump said would “come up with something really spectacular.”


How Did Rick Scott Make his Money?
According to the New York Times, before he got into politics, Scott went to law school, served in the U.S. Navy, bought and revived a couple of doughnut shops, and became a law firm partner. He also co-founded Columbia Hospital Corporation, which later merged with HCA Healthcare to become Columbia/HCA and is now one of the largest for-profit hospital systems in the U.S.

But in 1997, Scott’s hospital reportedly became embroiled in an investigation conducted jointly by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Department of Health and Human Services due to concerns over potential Medicare fraud. The feds had search warrants for Columbia/HCA facilities, as well as on dozens of doctors they suspected were tied to the company in a major Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme.

Not quite months after the federal raid, Scott was reportedly pressured by the board of directors to resign as chairman and CEO.

Did Rick Scott participate in Medicare fraud?
In December 2000, the U.S. Justice Department announced what was then the largest government fraud settlement in U.S. history: Columbia/HCA had reportedly agreed to pay $840 million in criminal fines and civil damages and penalties.

The settlement reportedly revealed a number of things about the company’s practices while Scott was CEO.

Columbia billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal programs for tests that were not necessary or ordered by physicians.
The company attached false diagnosis codes to patient records to increase reimbursement to the hospitals.
The company illegally claimed non-reimbursable marketing and advertising costs as “community education.”
Columbia billed the government for home health care visits for patients who did not qualify to receive them.
A second series of claims, in a similar vein, was settled with the government in 2002, adding $881 million to the fine, bringing the total fine for Columbia’s healthcare fraud scandal to $1.7 billion.

As part of the settlement, Columbia/HCA pleaded guilty to at least 14 corporate felonies, incurring financial penalties but not jail time.

So how did Rick Scott make his money?
Some of it reportedly came from this healthcare fraud debacle. When Scott left the company about four months after the initial raid, he was paid a $9.88 million settlement. He also owned 10 million shares of stock in the company, then worth more than $300 million.

A Florida Democratic party spokesperson, Joshua Karp, said in a 2014 press release that Scott is the “ultimate Medicare thief.”

“Rick Scott’s company stole money that should have gone to health care for seniors,” Karp said.

https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/whistleblower/rick-scott-medicare-fraud

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. I'd have hoped that the numbers wanting him out were more like 7 million

It's hard to know why the 70,000 figure for a meaningless petition has any meaning itself.

[Maraya1969]

11. I don't know if this is the right petition but here it is. And for some reason they won't accept my

signature. It seems to be spinning very fast so maybe it is just hard to get your name in. IDK!


https://www.change.org/p/florida-state-senate-recall-and-remove-florida-governor-ron-desantis

[DjNzx]

16. This is is pointless put that energy into something useful like GOTV!

[Sunsky]

17. Where can I sign?

Even though it's merely symbolic, I'd like to register my displeasure as well.