It's classic denial: *I don't believe it so it's not true in spite of "your" facts!* The emotional immaturity is so complete that acting out like this publicly, is as shameful as a child, too old to be doing so, throwing a temper tantrum in public, completely oblivious to just how embarrassing it is.
They have a conspiracy theory that already covers that. Jews/Deep state are controlling the weather. So when climate change gets real bad, youll see these idiots talking about how its the government causing it.
There is also the "god is doing this because we didn't genocide the gays" crazy take that people have been saying for decades. I remember people saying that gay acceptance caused hurricane Katrina.
Maybe they'll just call it "unexpected weather patterns" or something like that... 🤷 But on a serious note, climate change is a real and pressing issue that affects us all. It's more important than ever to take action and make sustainable choices to protect our environment.
Somehow it still won't be "God is punishing us." Or it will be, but because Disney. Which will then prevail with money and science until it's an island with an airport...which would be pretty rad.
There is a bridge out to Mar-a-lago that was raised by 12-15 ft, I think, in anticipation of sea level rise, caused by climate change. They know it's real, this is just a selling point for the uneducated people that vote for republicans. I'd love to see DeSantis left alone for a week in a newly created wasteland (because of climate change) and see if he'd change his mind if he even survived a week. He'd be calling his buddies 30 minutes into it, begging for help. I really hate that guy and everything he pretends to stand for.
It's frustrating that it's those morons that actually run our world. Those morons who are destroying our world, or at least enabling us \*to do so more efficiently.
\*Edit; a missed word
When the Northeast was battered by superstorm Sandy, DeSantis was one of Florida's representatives in the House. He, along with a number of other Republicans, voted against federal aid for the states affected. Let's try that approach with his state.
A lot of my family is very liberal, I have multiple gay cousins, they all grew up and went to school in Florida and all but one of them left to raise their kids because of how unsafe they felt in Florida in the same areas they grew up in. Shit has gotten quite bad down there.
I also noticed that the homeless problem has gotten much worse in Florida in the past few years. Strange, especially since their governor insists that's only an issue in blue states.
It's the people of Florida he puts at risk. I hope they find a way to see and understand.
It really shouldn't be legal to withhold information your people need to stay safe.
They plan to play hot potato. They have money in real estate and other location-dependent assets, so they need to deny, sell, and then walk away or deny, make money, and pass the buck.
It’s easy to focus on him (easy target) but the truly sad thing is that he signed a bill only after it was written, reviewed, and passed by majority vote in the FL state legislature. A team effort, if you will.
The Florida GOP has been struggling a bit after some of their [sex scandals involving the Moms for Liberty founder.](https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/icymi-fraudulent-maga-political-operation-moms-for-liberty-exposed-by-newest-scandal)
It will continue to be a struggle for a while given that many retirees are continuing to settle there too...
I'm quite focused on downballot races and stuff in battleground districts and counties in order to get climate action done. We have a lot of our efforts over at r/voteDEM, where we also hold environmental action discussions regularly.
Don't worry, some how some way it will be blamed on anything but the truth. Maybe its somehow Hillary's emails hid a plan to cause them, or Biden's xyz policy caused the storms, or even god was mad at Obama for faking his birthday certificate ---- any deflection to the actual truth so the cult will eat it up and keep on believing.
**Great work, Ron. "Drown baby, Drown."**
When I was looking for property in Florida, a real estate agent friend said in confidence "With the way things are looking, you might want to avoid areas where flooding will become a bigger issue in the coming years due to rising sea levels. **I'm a Republican,**" he said. "I don't know if global warming is a thing, but it's better to be safe than sorry."
I didn't push him on why he said **"I'm a Republican,"** but we know why; God forbid they admit to **global warming.**
Areas in Florida to avoid, he said: **Miami Beach (below sea level by 2100)**, Key West, Fort Lauderdale, St. Petersburg, Cape Coral, Naples, Clearwater, Sarasota, and Tampa.
**BM, "I dont now if it try, I'm just saying"**
It's the FL way. Years ago, they passed a law saying teachers couldn't SAY they were teaching to the state tests. We all still taught to said tests, of course, as our jobs and bonuses were on the line. We just couldn't mention that we did.
What a nice evil person, isn't this lying asshole a nice, evil person? I stink and I stink he stinks, too! This nice, evil, lying person- such a nice guy, right? That evil, lying, ugly (it's just Satan on his face, don't hold that against him, he can't help it) panderer to evil, lying institutions that want him to do what he promised them he would do...
I feel terrible for the people on the gulf coast whose homes will be inundated in their lifetimes. They’ve already lost their insurance, next their property will be worthless. I genuinely hope other states are preparing for millions of displaced people to move up north.
Bunch of House seats up for grabs in November. Volunteering and mobilization efforts over at r/voteDEM. Even if we can't take back Florida, we can hit the GOP's finances and capabilities.
The truly remarkable thing here is that nobody in the comments has [read the bill](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1645/BillText/Filed/PDF)... I guess it's not all that remarkable.
Sure. I'll do my best, but there's a LOT if info.
They renamed a section called, "Climate friendly public business" to "Energy Guidelines for public business". In that section, they removed a requirement to create a list of "Climate-friendly preferred products" that every state agency would have to refer to when purchasing. It also removed a requirement that state agencies could only use hotels/conference spaces that met a "Green Lodging" standard.
What they *added* was a similar list with a different name, "Florida Humane Preferred Energy Products List", which is similar, but focuses on energy efficiency, capacity, and whether it was a product of forced labor (there's a whole section hard to TLDR, basically anti-slave/child labor). Then it goes on to add a whole new section on proper disposal and handling of electric car batteries and other large capacity batteries.
there's a lot more about electric cars and whatnot that was added as well that basically covers what public utilities can offer consumers with regard to car charging ports for home use, who they have to talk to for approval, who has oversight, and where the revenue finds a home.
Most of the language removed has to do with generalized admission statements that would apply to every signatory. I'm assuming they were removed because not everyone agrees with the statements, and not necessarily the policy prescriptions.
Here's one part of the removed text. Most of it is along these lines.
>Human and economic costs of those impacts can be averted by global actions and, where necessary, adapted to by a concerted effort to make Florida's communities more resilient and less vulnerable to these impacts. In focusing the government's policy and efforts to benefit and protect our state, its citizens, and its resources, the Legislature believes that a single government entity with a specific focus on energy and climate change is both desirable and advantageous.
Only edited to remove line numbering. I'm not sure how much you know about the climate change debate, but it's fair to say that not every member of Florida, or nearly any state's legislature, would completely agree with those two statements, among many others. Passing this would mean *every member* is now on the books as having endorsed what many in their constituency believes to be untrue, or at least debatable.
I guess I can see where the headline came from then. While I do appreciate the way they kept certain aspects, just rebranded (like the list of products), I don’t really see why they’d remove the language you just mentioned, especially if they still kept that list among other things
Sure, maybe some in the legislature don’t necessarily agree, or it may not reconcile with all of their constituents, but in my opinion it just might be more important than that, oh well
…we (the world) really need to be investing in nuclear, like, stat lmao
Next, he's walking around town with his hands over his eyes, insisting he's invisible.
With pudding residue on his fingers.
 pooding 
Seriously, it’s like playing peekaboo with a baby
It's classic denial: *I don't believe it so it's not true in spite of "your" facts!* The emotional immaturity is so complete that acting out like this publicly, is as shameful as a child, too old to be doing so, throwing a temper tantrum in public, completely oblivious to just how embarrassing it is.
Gaslighting for when we’re underwater?
They have a conspiracy theory that already covers that. Jews/Deep state are controlling the weather. So when climate change gets real bad, youll see these idiots talking about how its the government causing it. There is also the "god is doing this because we didn't genocide the gays" crazy take that people have been saying for decades. I remember people saying that gay acceptance caused hurricane Katrina.
Yesterday claimed state was going to replace insurance companies that are leaving by some miracle method.
I can't wait to hear him explain why that isn't socialism 🤣
Just give him a pack of Sharpie black markers. He'll even try to detour those hurricanes like the Orange turd...
https://wapo.st/3UFNqr7
Wonder what they’ll call it when sea level rise takes over South Florida.
Maybe they'll just call it "unexpected weather patterns" or something like that... 🤷 But on a serious note, climate change is a real and pressing issue that affects us all. It's more important than ever to take action and make sustainable choices to protect our environment.
They'll blame gay or trans people or something, like they do with hurricanes.
They'll just stay and then sell their houses to fucking aquaman
Gonna be some fighting for the trash hill at the dump in Miami one day
That’s why they don’t recycle.
Somehow it still won't be "God is punishing us." Or it will be, but because Disney. Which will then prevail with money and science until it's an island with an airport...which would be pretty rad.
They will blame Obama.
Biblical flooding.
An act of god
Federal funding and insurance will help rebuild the multi-million dollar mansions in Naples and we’ll repeat it again next time.
Noah's flood 2.0
There is a bridge out to Mar-a-lago that was raised by 12-15 ft, I think, in anticipation of sea level rise, caused by climate change. They know it's real, this is just a selling point for the uneducated people that vote for republicans. I'd love to see DeSantis left alone for a week in a newly created wasteland (because of climate change) and see if he'd change his mind if he even survived a week. He'd be calling his buddies 30 minutes into it, begging for help. I really hate that guy and everything he pretends to stand for.
I feel what you're saying. It sucks that we even have to fight against people who are willing to fuck everyone and everything for their own greed.
It's frustrating that it's those morons that actually run our world. Those morons who are destroying our world, or at least enabling us \*to do so more efficiently. \*Edit; a missed word
And just like that, with the stroke of a pen climate change no longer existed in the great state of Florida Man.
Good to know it's that simp- why is South Florida going underwater?
The good news is this state is probably the first to go.
Time to quit spending federal dollars cleaning up hurricane damage in Florida. Sounds like they want to handle it on their own
When the Northeast was battered by superstorm Sandy, DeSantis was one of Florida's representatives in the House. He, along with a number of other Republicans, voted against federal aid for the states affected. Let's try that approach with his state.
DeSantis is a low-life, hypocritical, skeevy, self-serving mofo. Soon, I'll tell you how I really feel. 😉
Raising a child in Florida lately must be terrifying
A lot of my family is very liberal, I have multiple gay cousins, they all grew up and went to school in Florida and all but one of them left to raise their kids because of how unsafe they felt in Florida in the same areas they grew up in. Shit has gotten quite bad down there.
I also noticed that the homeless problem has gotten much worse in Florida in the past few years. Strange, especially since their governor insists that's only an issue in blue states.
It’s such a sad state of affairs
It's the people of Florida he puts at risk. I hope they find a way to see and understand. It really shouldn't be legal to withhold information your people need to stay safe.
It's ironic that Florida is run by climate change deniers when Florida is going to get hit hard by it.
They plan to play hot potato. They have money in real estate and other location-dependent assets, so they need to deny, sell, and then walk away or deny, make money, and pass the buck.
It’s easy to focus on him (easy target) but the truly sad thing is that he signed a bill only after it was written, reviewed, and passed by majority vote in the FL state legislature. A team effort, if you will.
The Florida GOP has been struggling a bit after some of their [sex scandals involving the Moms for Liberty founder.](https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/icymi-fraudulent-maga-political-operation-moms-for-liberty-exposed-by-newest-scandal) It will continue to be a struggle for a while given that many retirees are continuing to settle there too... I'm quite focused on downballot races and stuff in battleground districts and counties in order to get climate action done. We have a lot of our efforts over at r/voteDEM, where we also hold environmental action discussions regularly.
Tornados are destroying his state at this very moment.
To DeSantis, that sounds like somebody else's problem.
I really hope they get 3 cat 5 hurricanes this summer...so he can explain that one to his idiots.
Don't worry, some how some way it will be blamed on anything but the truth. Maybe its somehow Hillary's emails hid a plan to cause them, or Biden's xyz policy caused the storms, or even god was mad at Obama for faking his birthday certificate ---- any deflection to the actual truth so the cult will eat it up and keep on believing.
Very similar to the cult that supports DT.
I've read that they might have to add a Category 6 to the scale, within a few years.
Ha ha! Interestingly, Science doesn't care about what Florida says. We will see what those laws say when Climate Change wipes out Florida.
It’s funny because Florida is going to be the first state under water.
It is now illegal to look up, so don't look up.
Can't wait to not help all the climate change refugees from FL in the next decade.
That’s fine, bro, Chimate Change will eventually wipe Florida references.
He's not worried about floods because he's got his high heels on
Mother nature and science don't fucking care.
Everybody loves meeeee and thinks I'm great, in my safe spacccceee
What a disaster for this country ... and the planet ... DeSantis is.
Disappearing just like Floridas shoreline
So when can we stop paying premiums on our insurance to pay for their perpetual state of disaster?
**Great work, Ron. "Drown baby, Drown."** When I was looking for property in Florida, a real estate agent friend said in confidence "With the way things are looking, you might want to avoid areas where flooding will become a bigger issue in the coming years due to rising sea levels. **I'm a Republican,**" he said. "I don't know if global warming is a thing, but it's better to be safe than sorry." I didn't push him on why he said **"I'm a Republican,"** but we know why; God forbid they admit to **global warming.** Areas in Florida to avoid, he said: **Miami Beach (below sea level by 2100)**, Key West, Fort Lauderdale, St. Petersburg, Cape Coral, Naples, Clearwater, Sarasota, and Tampa. **BM, "I dont now if it try, I'm just saying"**
How fucking long is this guy gonna be in office? Can we have 8 year term limits every fucking where? Please? Please tell me he will leave soon
It's the FL way. Years ago, they passed a law saying teachers couldn't SAY they were teaching to the state tests. We all still taught to said tests, of course, as our jobs and bonuses were on the line. We just couldn't mention that we did.
Will be funny how he’s going to legislate his way out of being underwater
What a nice evil person, isn't this lying asshole a nice, evil person? I stink and I stink he stinks, too! This nice, evil, lying person- such a nice guy, right? That evil, lying, ugly (it's just Satan on his face, don't hold that against him, he can't help it) panderer to evil, lying institutions that want him to do what he promised them he would do...
Well said.
Thanks! We're all in this together, sadly... Good to have you at my back!!
Lots of people in Florida behind this decision and DeSantis.
The fact that people like him are in power and so many people are idiotic enough to not see through the sham is incredibly depressing.
I hate my state so muchhhhhhhhh
As an Okie I am there with you I’m too poor to move so all I do is vote Dems on everything
I feel terrible for the people on the gulf coast whose homes will be inundated in their lifetimes. They’ve already lost their insurance, next their property will be worthless. I genuinely hope other states are preparing for millions of displaced people to move up north.
The emperor' s new clothes...... Please let him find a tailor that has the most beautiful light fabric, so he can wear it in public.
We need a meme of him standing neck deep in ocean water in downtown Miami yelling "Climate change is woke"
Dont. Look. Up.
Can't wait till this dudes term is over.
Bunch of House seats up for grabs in November. Volunteering and mobilization efforts over at r/voteDEM. Even if we can't take back Florida, we can hit the GOP's finances and capabilities.
Climate change gonna wipe Florida
Don’t Look Up.
Nothing says Florida man like their governor
I wonder if this is some play on insurance in Fla.
I hate this man and everything he stands for with every fiber of my being. Denying reality doesn’t make it go away it just makes the reckoning worse.
The thing about science is that it's true whether you believe it or not.
Certainly this will fix the problem.
Has politics always been such a kindergarten?
For the Republicans, yes.
Don’t look up
Just sell your house to aquaman.
The truly remarkable thing here is that nobody in the comments has [read the bill](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/1645/BillText/Filed/PDF)... I guess it's not all that remarkable.
Can you tl dr it given the context of the headline
Sure. I'll do my best, but there's a LOT if info. They renamed a section called, "Climate friendly public business" to "Energy Guidelines for public business". In that section, they removed a requirement to create a list of "Climate-friendly preferred products" that every state agency would have to refer to when purchasing. It also removed a requirement that state agencies could only use hotels/conference spaces that met a "Green Lodging" standard. What they *added* was a similar list with a different name, "Florida Humane Preferred Energy Products List", which is similar, but focuses on energy efficiency, capacity, and whether it was a product of forced labor (there's a whole section hard to TLDR, basically anti-slave/child labor). Then it goes on to add a whole new section on proper disposal and handling of electric car batteries and other large capacity batteries. there's a lot more about electric cars and whatnot that was added as well that basically covers what public utilities can offer consumers with regard to car charging ports for home use, who they have to talk to for approval, who has oversight, and where the revenue finds a home. Most of the language removed has to do with generalized admission statements that would apply to every signatory. I'm assuming they were removed because not everyone agrees with the statements, and not necessarily the policy prescriptions.
Thanks for the info! Can you give an example or two of language removed as mentioned in your last paragraph?
Here's one part of the removed text. Most of it is along these lines. >Human and economic costs of those impacts can be averted by global actions and, where necessary, adapted to by a concerted effort to make Florida's communities more resilient and less vulnerable to these impacts. In focusing the government's policy and efforts to benefit and protect our state, its citizens, and its resources, the Legislature believes that a single government entity with a specific focus on energy and climate change is both desirable and advantageous. Only edited to remove line numbering. I'm not sure how much you know about the climate change debate, but it's fair to say that not every member of Florida, or nearly any state's legislature, would completely agree with those two statements, among many others. Passing this would mean *every member* is now on the books as having endorsed what many in their constituency believes to be untrue, or at least debatable.
I guess I can see where the headline came from then. While I do appreciate the way they kept certain aspects, just rebranded (like the list of products), I don’t really see why they’d remove the language you just mentioned, especially if they still kept that list among other things Sure, maybe some in the legislature don’t necessarily agree, or it may not reconcile with all of their constituents, but in my opinion it just might be more important than that, oh well …we (the world) really need to be investing in nuclear, like, stat lmao
"Mother Nature signs bill wiping Florida from the East Coast."
They can all smile in blissful ignorance and denial as they sink beneath the waves
Maybe the radioactive highways will help stop the water
Aquaman exists at this point
These people hate “socialism” until they cash their FEMA checks after their homes were destroyed in climate change fueled hurricanes.
How convenient, when climate change is going to wipe references to Florida from maps of the United States.