Last month, Governor Ron DeSantis spent 60% of his time campaigning outside of the state he was elected to serve, while collecting 100% of his taxpayer-funded $141,000 salary. So far in the month of July, the Governor has spent almost half his time outside of Florida as well, while his constituents back home continue to suffer under a collapsing property insurance market and the highest inflation in the nation.
In order to highlight Ron DeSantis’ dereliction of duty as Governor, DeSantis Watch, a project of DW PAC, has released a new video entitled “Taxpayer-Funded” that calls on him to stop using his constituents’ tax dollars to campaign for president and solve the real problems facing Floridians.
“Thanks to Ron DeSantis, Floridians are working longer and harder than ever just to keep a roof over their head and food on the table,” said DeSantis Watch Constituencies Director Natasha Sutherland. “But Florida’s Governor couldn’t care less. Ron DeSantis is too busy flying around the country on our taxpayer-funded private jet and collecting his $141,000 a year taxpayer-funded salary as he continues his failing campaign for president. Floridians deserve a Governor who will show up for his job and fix the crises his corporate donor driven policies have fueled back home, instead of one worrying about his cratering poll numbers in Iowa or New Hampshire.”
Full Transcript of Ad:
Narrator: We work hard and deserve a Governor who works hard for us.
As Floridians struggle with an affordability crisis created by our Governor, Ron DeSantis collects his $141,000 taxpayer-funded salary and uses the state’s taxpayer-funded private jet to travel the country to campaign for president instead of focusing on the real issues impacting the people he was elected to serve.
It’s time the Governor showed up for his job, just like the rest of us.