Ron DeSantis event bans Black reporter and colleague from entering — but allows every other reporter in (video)

[vernonbird]

@Carla_Sinclair

Ron DeSantis decided he didn’t want Ty Rushing — a Black journalist…
…No further explanation was given.

None needed.

[edthehippie]

most very likely , perhaps , the burly security person was employed by the security firm , not by the depreciatory floridian , or what remains of his staff , directly

[danimagoo]

@Jay_Kay

I always wonder what these rent-a-douche military wannabees carry in their twenty pocket vest. Do they just puff them out with cotton balls so they look full?

Um…these were not rent-a-cops. These were Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies. This was actual law enforcement who prevented Rushing from entering the event. Which arguable makes the entire thing worse, especially since one of the deputies kept saying, “We’re just doing our job. They said they don’t want you here.” When law enforcement starts essentially saying, “We’re just doing what we were told,” that’s actual fascism.

[chgoliz]

And, they’re taking orders not from their own mayor or the taxpayers, but from a political candidate’s team from half a country away.

[knoxblox]

@edthehippie

most very likely , perhaps , the burly security person was employed by the security firm , not by the depreciatory floridian , or what remains of his staff , directly

But he knew who he was “protecting”, and likely the reasons behind what’s going on in Florida.

The below, in “air quotes”…

[smulder]

… the series that gif is from is also pretty fascist

I mean, even for a cop show

[kmoser]

You would figure every journalist worth their salt would boycott any fascist gathering, or at the very least report it for what it is, but mantras of “the public has a right to know” and “impartial reporting” seem to be set in stone.