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OP wants criticisms backed up with "facts and citations" (though I'm sure actual facts will be conveniently ignored), so please allow me!
Ron DeSantis is a fascist, full stop.
Early Signs of Fascism
Credit: U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: https://news.yahoo.com/sc-campaign-stop-ron-desantis-235300263.html
Disdain for Human Rights: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/15/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard
Identification of Enemies as a Unifying Cause: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/01/04/desantis-republicans-woke-big-business-war/10947073002/
Supremacy of the Military: https://thebradentontimes.com/house-seeks-to-expand-desantis's-state-guard-p26177-158.htm
Rampant Sexism: https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/17/politics/desantis-signs-anti-trans-bill/index.html
Controlled Mass Media: https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-2024-book-bans-libraries-republicans-9f3c944117e58bb5a3e4c9fef0d3b0e0
Obsession with National Security: https://apnews.com/article/florida-texas-national-guard-desantis-986db9ff82c92e49890173ab4ba9da12
Religion and Government Intertwined: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/09/12/what-message-is-desantis-sending-with-religious-full-armor-of-god-rhetoric/
Corporate Power Protected (He's turned this one on it's head! Rather, it's stripping power from corporations who don't toe the line): https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/28/florida-gov-ron-desantis-legal-feud-with-disney-world-explained/70361872007/
Labor Power Suppressed: https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-signs-anti-union-bill-into-law-calling-it-paycheck-protection-34156024
Disdain for Intellectuals and The Arts: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-02-05/florida-liberal-arts-college-gov-ron-desantis-wants-to-take-over
Obsession with Crime and Punishment: https://www.wesh.com/article/desantis-news-conference-monday/43753550
Rampant Cronyism & Corruption: https://www.aft.org/press-release/new-report-reveals-gov-desantis-role-florida-home-insurance-crisis-workers-and-allies
Fraudulent Elections (This is another one turned a bit sideways, if not on its head; prosecuting "fraudulent" voters who believed they were eligible to vote to deter others who might not be sure of their eligibility): https://www.aclufl.org/en/news/why-ron-desantis-voter-fraud-bust-already-falling-apart-court
I think you're correct, OP isn't going to like those DeSantis' facts. But maybe he'll join the conversation...
Spot on. Thanks for breaking out the receipts.