Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FLA) on Thursday criticized the commemoration of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection as a ploy by Democrats and the media to damage former President Donald Trump and his supporters.
He went so far as to call it “nauseating” and a “politicized Charlie Foxtrot.”
Here’s a portion of what the Governor said pic.twitter.com/BPXjegLkcz
— Jay O'Brien (@jayobtv) January 6, 2022
That left many viewers wondering…what the hell is a Charlie Foxtrot?
Well, after that question was answered — Charlie Foxtrot is “military slang for a chaotic situation—that is, a clusterf*ck” — many were quick to point out the pot calling the kettle black.
How about we take this to the next level?
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No Traitor DeSantis. What Trump did to this country, which you helped, is a Charlie Foxtrot.
— Incognito Me (@bloomin3pa) January 6, 2022
The state of Florida is a Charlie Foxtrot and its Governor is a nauseating example to Floridians sick of COVID.
— Gaia’s Heart🌎 (@gaiasHeart) January 6, 2022
Getting covid and covering it up sure is a Charlie Foxtrot, you Mike Foxtrot.
— It’s Dee Time! (@Uosdwis) January 6, 2022
If Ron DeSantis wants to see a real Charlie Foxtrot he doesn’t need to look any further than an ICU in his own state.
— Rex Zane (@rexzane1) January 6, 2022
Charlie Foxtrot!?! As in Cluster Fuck? Isn’t that the code name for DeathSantis’ COVID plan? Also, is that his “Surgeon Genital” picking at his nose and face? Who’s the idiot smiling behind him? DeathSantis is a Charlie Foxtrot. https://t.co/Oiy3nTp4NA
— lieslikearug (@lieslikearug) January 6, 2022
If #DeathSantis wants to see a real Charlie Foxtrot he should go visit the closest covid ICU in Florida and see what his “policies” have produced#GOPDeathCult
— 🌊🇺🇸TrashRat🇺🇸🌊 (@trashytrashrat) January 6, 2022
Charlie Foxtrot is trending. For those of you who do not understand what this means, it’s this in a nutshell
👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/e2ijTJOh7v— 🤌🏼 Johnny Salami 🤌🏼 (@Mott_and_Hester) January 6, 2022
Charlie Foxtrot is a weird way to say domestic terrorism.
— Trenton Lee (@trentplaysbass) January 6, 2022
Charlie Foxtrot can be described as the way omicRON has handled the administration of Florida i.e. unemployment, Covid treatment, cruise line rules, voting rights, et. Al.
— Geoff Ball (@GeoffBall10) January 6, 2022
charlie foxtrot means cluster fuck. as in, ron desantis’ handling of covid has been a charlie foxtrot. pic.twitter.com/N5R1heA6qd
— #WeThePeople #WeWontGoBack #ForThePeople (@PeeOTUS_45) January 6, 2022
In the twelve months since the Jan 6 riots, 70 people from Florida have been arrested — more than any other state.
Meanwhile, DeSantis’ response to the pandemic has been widely criticized, including comments he made last year that people’s decision to remain unvaccinated “really doesn’t impact me or anyone else.”
Charlie Foxtrot, indeed.
Cam
This article also leaves out that DeSantis was visibly gasping and people think he has Covid and was dragged out to give the speech because people had been questioning where he was and why he was not responding to the latest issues in Florida.
James Hart
Hey, Cam:
He may have Covid-19, but I don’t know.
But after reading the comments about this article, is it any wonder that our political culture is so polarized?
I’m a registered Democrat who divides his time between New York and Florida. I agree with the Democrats on some issues and the Republicans on others. I’m one of the few truly open-minded commenters here. Neither Party has all the answers. I’m a moderate. I believe in personal and economic freedom. I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past. I voted for Biden in 2020 because Trump is an extreme narcissist and is insane, although I agreed with several of his policies – and still do.
It is centrists and independents who will decide the results of the next election in November. They will decide who wins control of the Senate, House, and state governments. The political extremes on the right and left will have no say.
The crazy Trumpists on the right and the loony leftists commenting here will have no effect on the results. That’s a fact.
Walking the Dog
This guy has the maturity of a 13 year old.
twomen4u
The ding-dong in Tallahassee is not my governor as he is only the head of a state. I do not have to respect him but I respect the office he holds. He lost me in his campaign blitz when he said his favorite words were as though he was reading out of a child’s story book were you are fired, you are fired. I don’t believe his children at the ages they were at the time would have been affected by their dad’s rant.
The best thing he could do for the State of FL would be resign as of yesterday and let the state get on with the business at hand.
cuteguy
What is wrong with Florida that they voted in Deathsantis? Get Stacey Abrams down there quick, so she can save that banana republic.
xrtzom
I have been asking myself throughout my 30 years here since I moved from Seattle and someone told me yesterday but it just doesn’t make sense.
The Republican Party has somehow convinced starting with the Cubans who moved here fleeing Castro, that Republicans would protect all the ideals they cared about but Democrats were socialists who believed in communism, words which many didn’t understand but reacted to the FEAR factor. This has now spread to many Latinos and it works in elections EVERY time! The Cuban woman who came over on The Mariel to escape Castro and myself do not understand the rationale; it must be fear mongering that Dems will take away their WHAT? All we can see is that these brainwashed, phone following zombies are voting for an autocrat like DeathSantis and a soon to be dictator like Trump. God bless you all. I am moving to Portugal, NO POLITICS, NO GUNS, NO BAD WEATHER, nice people!
Brian
a) They have a disproportionate number of elderly people, an age group that tends to vote Republican.
b) They have a disproportionate number of “snowbirds” and retirees with two or more homes who want to protect their wealth, so they vote Republican.
c) They have a disproportionate number of Cuban immigrants, who respond to the fear-mongering about “communist” Democrats like Ocasio-Cortez.
A lot of people will vote Republican no matter what. Even the “family values” crowd will vote for a rapist/pedophile like Trump just because of the party name.
Darryl R
Pretty much spot on on here is the whole statement:
So you know it’s interesting how everything in our society you know becomes very politicized and so this is today is gonna be I mean honestly I’m not gonna watch any of it. But but but you’re gonna see the D. C. New York media. I mean this is this is their Christmas January 6th okay they are going to take this and milk this for anything they could to try to be able to smear anyone whoever supported Donald Trump. And I just look back and compare when I was in Congress what event that that that we faced was the was the attempted assassination of republican members of Congress on the baseball game. I actually was on the field. This guy who was a big Bernie Sanders guy was definitely a politically motivated attack. Um you know, came up pulled his van and we didn’t think anything of it. We walked out to go to the car and and we we came in contact with him. He wanted to know if it was republicans out there, we get in the car leave and then we find out he shoots up a bunch of people. Energy not had the capitol police there, you probably would have had a dozen people assassinated. That was like a one day to day story. That was not something that the that the capital based press wanted to talk about. Why? Because it totally undercut their preferred narratives, January six allows them to create narratives that are negative about people that supported Donald Trump. Look if you obstruct the proceeding All about hold people accountable if you’re rioting, hold accountable. But let’s just be clear here when they try to act like this is something akin to the September 11 attacks. That is an insult to the people who were going into those buildings. And it’s an insult to people when you say it’s an insurrection and then a year later, nobody has been charged with that. People are being charged with disrupting proceedings or that. I think it’s very important, the fact that if this is what you said it was, why are you not charging people? So I think it’s gonna end up being just too politicized Charlie Fox Trot today. Um I don’t expect anything good to come out of anything that Pelosi and the gang are doing. I don’t expect anything from the corporate press to be enlightening. Um I think it’s gonna be nauseating quite frankly. Um and I’m not gonna do it, but I do think that if you have this January 6th committee, why do we not know some of the people who we know were really involved in orchestrating this? They got pulled off the most wanted list Christopher Wray was asked at the under oath what FBI was involved in that and he would not answer the question. And so I think that this is something that that has really been used uh for political narrative and posturing purposes. I don’t think it’s been effective, you know, people here in in Florida, they care about inflation and they care about gas prices and education and crime and all the key issues that are so important and that’s what that’s what they talked to me about. But there is an obsession with this amongst the D. C. New York uh journalist class. And again I think it’s because it allows them to spin a narrative um that that they want to spin, they did not care as much about what happened after 2016 when you had a false Russia collusion conspiracy theory that was put on for years because they were involved in doing it and how that may have damaged trust in institutions or all that. So um so I just think that it’s uh it is what it is but it’s not something that I’ve been concerned about in my job here because quite frankly it’s not something that most Floridians um have been have been concerned about. They’re concerned about uh their jobs education, inflation, gas prices, all those things. And I wish the Congress of the United States I would be concerned about those pressing issues as well sadly. Uh they’re not they’re going to use this to be able to get more tv time and some of them who are probably the most um allowed uh probably will end up vacationing in Florida at some point as well.
barryaksarben
I live in Florida and you like little ronny are full of it. FOX will politise this all day , all week. Terrorists attacked our nations capitol and all should be hung like the traitors they are
Mack
As usual just another Trump turd troll.
Cam
The Republican war on education has another victim.
James Hart
Darryl R:
I agree with several of your statements, and I do believe the FBI helped instigate and orchestrate this riot with agents as plants in the crowd. Plus, the Capitol Police did little to hold back the rioters, some even invited them in. If the Republicans win control of the House and Senate in November – which I believe they will because the left has overreached like they did in 1994 and 2010 – hearings will be held in the Senate and House and the truth will come out.
By the way, after reading the comments about this article, is it any wonder that our political culture is so polarized?
I’m a registered Democrat who divides his time between New York and Florida. I agree with the Democrats on some issues and the Republicans on others. I’m one of the few truly open-minded commenters here. Neither Party has all the answers. I’m a moderate. I believe in personal and economic freedom. I have voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past. I voted for Biden in 2020 because Trump is an extreme narcissist and is insane, although I agreed with several of his policies – and still do.
It is centrists and independents who will decide the results of the next election in November. They will decide who wins control of the Senate, House, and state governments. The political extremes on the right and left will have no say.
The crazy Trumpists on the right and the loony leftists commenting here will have no effect on the results. That’s a fact.
Essie
When he went missing for so long my guess was that he had COVID but then his people said he was “taking care of his wife” so I just said okay. Seems I was right all along. What a piece of sh!t. My sister is in a nursing home in Tampa and I haven’t been able to get down there to see her for two years and it doesn’t look like I will see her any time soon. At least she’s still alive, no thanks to this idiot.
lferg58
I have lived in Florida for almost 50 years. Once the GOP got their fangs in the state it has been charlie foxtrot for everyone. How people can continue to vote for them boggles my mind. Desantis is a liar and fool. I wish the Democrats would put up more of a fight. They roll over and play dead.
GrizzleyMichael
Die bitch die. That is what you get for killing innocent people in the state of Florida
James Hart
GrizzleyMichael”
Do you feel the same way about Governor Andrew Cuomo who permitted COVID-19 patients to be placed in NY nursing homes causing the death of 10,000 elderly New Yorkers?
If not, then you are just a crazy, left-wing troll who denies the truth.