{"id":1794198,"date":"2023-01-03T17:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794198"},"modified":"2023-01-03T17:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:35:01","slug":"freedom-lives-here-ron-desantis-sworn-in-for-second-term-as-florida-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-lives-here-ron-desantis-sworn-in-for-second-term-as-florida-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Freedom Lives Here\u2019: Ron DeSantis Sworn In For Second Term As Florida Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffreedom-lives-here-ron-desantis-sworn-in-for-second-term-as-florida-governor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1794198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Florida Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> After defeating his Democratic opponent during the 2022 midterm elections, he was sworn into office Tuesday as 46th Governor of the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, 44, a former congressman and U.S. Navy veteran of the war in Iraq, became one of the nation\u2019s most high-profile governors in his first term, which secured his 2022 victory over challenger Charlie Crist with nearly 60% of the vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the Space Coast to the Sun Coast, from St. Johns to St. Lucie, from the streets of Hialeah to the Speedway in Daytona, from the Okeechobee all the way up to the Micanopy, freedom lives here,\u201d DeSantis claimed in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?525122-1\/florida-governor-ron-desantis-sworn-term\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inaugural address<\/a>This was delivered from the Historic Capitol in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, which lasted approximately 15 minutes, DeSantis boasted about his administration\u2019s first-term successes, which he said were made \u201cmore difficult by the floundering federal establishment in Washington, D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis talked about the successes that brought Americans to Florida, such as lowering taxes, reforming Education, and ending judicial activism. \u201cby appointing jurists who understand the proper role of a judge is to apply the laws written \u2014 not legislate from the bench.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past few years, as so many states in our country ground their citizens down, we in Florida lifted our people up,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cWhen other states consigned their peoples\u2019 freedom to the dustbin, Florida stood strongly as freedom\u2019s linchpin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the world lost its mind, and common sense suddenly became an uncommon virtue, Florida was a refuge of sanity, a citadel of freedom for our fellow Americans and for people around the world,\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Florida was the fastest growing state in 2022 with an increase in population by 1.9% per year. This resulted in a total population of 22,244,823.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile Florida has often been among the largest-gaining states,\u201d Kristie Wilder is a Demographer at the Census Bureau&#8217;s Population Division. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-lost-more-residents-than-any-other-state-in-2022-u-s-census-bureau\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> In a news release \u201cthis was the first time since 1957 that Florida has been the state with the largest percent increase in population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis blasted the federal government for adopting pandemic policy based more on ideology than sound science during his inaugural address Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this has eroded freedom and stunted commerce,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cIt is recklessly facilitated open borders making a mockery of the rule of law, allowing massive amounts of narcotics to infect our states, importing criminal aliens, and green-lighting the flow of millions of illegal aliens into our country \u2014 burdening communities and taxpayers throughout the land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor said, \u201cit has imposed an energy policy that has crippled our nation\u2019s domestic production,\u201d He said that this has increased the cost of energy and reduced national energy security.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis continued to criticize cities and states across the nation that embrace these values. \u201cfaddish ideology at the expense of enduring principles,\u201d The governor claimed that this harmed public safety and burdened taxpayers. He also imposed medical restrictions. \u201cauthoritarianism in the guise of pandemic mandates and restrictions that lack a scientific basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bizarre but prevalent ideology that permeates these policy measures purports to act in the name of justice for the marginalized, but it frowns upon American institutions,\u201d He said. \u201cIt rejects merit and achievement, and it advocates identity essentialism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe reject this woke ideology,\u201d He concluded. \u201cWe seek normalcy, not philosophical lunacy. We will not allow reality, facts, and truth to become optional \u2014 we will never surrender to the woke mob. Florida is where woke goes to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, who supported Trump&#8217;s predecessor, even though his popularity grew on the 45th commander, and Florida resident, has been cautious about his future plans. He did not mention any possible 2024 Republican presidential run during his speech.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/ron-desantis-inaugurated-second-term-florida-governor-rcna64068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0The outlet spoke to Republicans who suggested that it was more a matter when than if the governor would run for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis called the D.C. bureaucracy a sprawling, unaccountable, and out-of-touch authority looming over the American people, producing a dismal and pessimistic view of the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>However, Florida\u2019s governor said the Sunshine State \u201cis proof positive that We, The People, are not destined for failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecline is a choice, success is attainable, and freedom is worth fighting for,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hank Berrien contributed to this article.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was sworn in for a second term Tuesday as the 46th governor of the Sunshine State after defeating his Democratic opponent in the 2022 midterm elections last year. DeSantis, 44, a former congressman and U.S. Navy veteran of the war in Iraq, became one of the nation\u2019s most high-profile governors in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":429,"featured_media":1794201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6202,4980,5113,4439,4173,6175,4216,8679,5060,9095,6195],"class_list":["post-1794198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-daily","tag-desantis","tag-florida","tag-freedom","tag-governor","tag-here","tag-lives","tag-ron","tag-sworn","tag-term","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/429"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1794198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1794198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1794201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1794198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1794198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1794198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}