DeStupid's blatant attempts to somehow remain relevant, shore up his flagging anti-woke screeds, and find an enemy beneath every bed and in every closet are increasingly cringe-worthy. Despite the best efforts of Florida Politics to somehow place him in the 2028 presidential running, the rest of us can see that DeStupid will never be relevant again. Anywhere. For any reason.
Maybe he is not wrong to be "anti-woke". When I was a young adult and was close to Black members of the Black Liberation Movement (such as the Black Panthers), 'woke' was a designation that a person recognized and understood the oppression of the capitalist system. As such, predators like DeSainthood recognize their class enemy.
At first I thought that the article was meant as a joke. CAIR as a "civil rights" organization??? I guess if it's "civil rights" for jihadis. Obviously they have problems with Gov. DeSantis. He doesn't stand for their BS.
I cannot stand DeSantis, but CAIR, while not a terrorist organization, has given support to Muslim Terrorist Organizations.
The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) was a U.S.-based charity convicted in 2008 of funding the terrorist organization Hamas. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, was named an unindicted co-conspirator during the HLF trial and has faced scrutiny and disassociation from some government agencies and politicians as a result of alleged ties to HLF and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Founded in 1994, the organization ostensibly focuses on responding to the proliferation of anti-Muslim incidents and sentiment nationwide, but key CAIR leaders often traffic in openly antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric. Some of CAIR’s leaders, such as Nihad Awad, CAIR’s executive director, were previously involved in a now-defunct organization that openly supported Hamas and, according to the U.S. government, functioned as its “propaganda apparatus.”
Awad also met with several members of the Muslim Brotherhood as recently as 2022. In an April 2024 Facebook post, Awad eulogized the late Sheikh Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, who the U.S. and UN designated as a recruiter and fundraiser for al-Qaeda. According to The New York Times, al-Zindani was a “one-time mentor of Osama bin Laden.” The U.S. Treasury designated him a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2004, accusing al-Zindani of recruiting for al-Qaeda training camps.
Following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, many of CAIR’s leaders defended or justified the unprecedented terror assault, and argued it was a “legitimate right” of the Palestinians to “resist the occupation.” Awad claimed that Israel did not have a right to defend itself after the attack and that he had been “happy” on October 7 “to see people breaking the siege.”
Over the years, some of CAIR’s leaders have also cultivated suspicion among the public toward a wide array of American Jewish institutions. For instance, Zahra Billoo, CAIR San Francisco Bay Area Executive Director, declared that “Zionists” are “your enemies.”
She warned followers to “pay attention” to “Zionist synagogues,” Hillels (the premier U.S. Jewish student organization) and Jewish Federations. When Billoo faced criticism for her remarks, CAIR National released a statement in support of her comments.
On October 7, as the scale of the assault was not yet clear, Billoo minimized the atrocities of the Hamas attack and said the world was “witnessing decolonization.”
Awad has often engaged in similar antisemitic rhetoric, claiming that “Zionist organizations” are “enemies of the Muslim community” and that “Zionist organizations make up the core of the Islamophobia network in the United States.” He has also alleged that pro-Israel groups have “corrupted” the U.S. government and that Israel’s existence has no legitimacy.
Following Hamas’s attack on October 7, he further engaged in antisemitic tropes, such as denouncing the “Zionist lobby.”
CAIR leaders have also posited that pro-Israel organizations are responsible for U.S. police brutality, and that “Zionists” and Israel are analogous to the Ku Klux Klan and ISIS. Billoo has expressed support for Hamas firing rockets at Israel, and has called for “Zionists” — the vast majority of Jews, who believe Israel has a right to exist — to be banned from antiracist, interfaith and LGBTQ+ work. Such rhetoric is an affront to the vast majority of American Jews, as well as to the vast majority of Jews around the world, for whom a connection to Israel is integral to their Jewish identities. (ADL defines Zionism as the movement for self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.)
CAIR has also drawn controversy for its stances on LGBTQ+ issues, including its opposition to pro-LGBTQ+ materials in public school classrooms.
CAIR leaders’ antisemitic and inflammatory comments post October 7
Nihad Awad, national executive director, CAIR
On November 24, 2023, Awad made controversial statements at an American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) conference that were criticized by the White House and Jewish groups. He later said the comments were taken out of context:
“The people of Gaza decided to break the siege, the walls of the concentration camp on, October 7th. And yes. I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land and walk free into their lands that they were not allowed to walk in. And yes, the people of Gaza have the right to self-defense, have the right to defend themselves. And yes, Israel as an occupying power does not have that right to self-defense. And this is not me emotionally speaking. This is what the international law says, that occupier power has no self-defense from the territory it occupies.”
In February 2024, he invoked historic antisemitic tropes about Jewish control over political affairs and dual loyalty and charged that an immoral, corrupt "Zionist lobby" manipulated Congress into approving a $95 billion foreign aid bill that included $14 billion for Israel:
“The Zionist lobby, or the pro-Israel lobby, was able to influence the Congress and the Senate to pass resolutions that give Israel $14 billion, regardless of the massacres. What is the reason for this moral and political corruption? It is because some institutions have managed to amass money over the years, and buy the loyalty of those [lawmakers]. The solution is that we liberate their loyalty from political corruption."
On July 16, 2024, three days after Donald Trump was injured in a shooting at a rally in Butler, PA that is being investigated as an assassination attempt, Awad tweeted a link to a CNN story about the Secret Service being on high alert in the weeks before the attack due to a potential threat on Trump's life from Iran. Awad commented on the story, which did not mention Israel: "Are you sure this is not an Israeli plot to ignite another war between the US and other countries in the Middle East at its behest?"
What a biased article. Yall want Muslims to take over America? Well, that is exactly their plan. Research Minnesota. It can easily spread to every state in the Union. Whether you like him or not, DeSantis does his best to protect Florida.
No it's not a plan or even a thought. I don't know your religion but Muslims believe in Jesus so much so there religion says that Jesus will come down in the end. The only people who have a problem with them are the people who don't educates themselves with all religions. They are very much like Christians. Their holy Quran even states that they can't push people into their beliefs. Also it has never been rewritten like the other religions except for interpretations in respect that we all speak different languages.
No drugs but thank you. Does everyone you have a difference of opinion is on drugs?? That's so old you need another reason like the truth. You just disagree. Isn't that simple enough. If you're referring to the Taliban get a book and find out the reasons behind the Taliban and why/who they came to be. Same with al qaeda if you read and educate yourself you'll understand the truth of why/who they came to be. You can also go on Instagram and follow educators "professors" who explain things that we don't understand and they suggest books and after you read them you'll understand. Every religion has bad characters in it. One person or one group of people define the entirety of a religion or any small percentage of any group. Have a beautiful day
Living in Florida under this governor "the Florida free governor" is simply insane. He is so in the swamp. I don't know if he's human or reptile. I can't even watch him the way his tongue takes away from everything he's saying. 🦎
I just donated to CAIR last night only for the fact I believe everyone is entitled to have their backs in anything that a person is going to be labeled. So now that lizard thing has people talking about him he feels special he couldn't have the Texas governor be the only one in the spotlight. Always taking someone else's thought and rewriting it so it's the same topic but coming from him. On every channel, advertising, and platforms. First off by LAW the people who are being occupied have the right to resist.
There are good and bad musliums. To lead people their all good angels is clearly false and lethal. Look truthfully how they treat women for one, why would they treat you any better? One side is religious, the another is political. 13 billion worldwide leaves plenty on any sides, any backup. Their threats are real, their knowledge of the landscape and tactics is complete. Read intel not feel good bs. Friendly.. HotelDebai was trial. Tell the public words they choose to use. Intel says something very different. Unless you watch alliances shift not personalities, I'd stay off that topic. Look at Europe. Their done. Personalities over common sense got us here. Promoting false safety is their advantage. People need to be cautious, visual this holiday season.
DeStupid's blatant attempts to somehow remain relevant, shore up his flagging anti-woke screeds, and find an enemy beneath every bed and in every closet are increasingly cringe-worthy. Despite the best efforts of Florida Politics to somehow place him in the 2028 presidential running, the rest of us can see that DeStupid will never be relevant again. Anywhere. For any reason.
Maybe he is not wrong to be "anti-woke". When I was a young adult and was close to Black members of the Black Liberation Movement (such as the Black Panthers), 'woke' was a designation that a person recognized and understood the oppression of the capitalist system. As such, predators like DeSainthood recognize their class enemy.
I cannot wait until DeSantis is completely irrelevant, and we can re-establish an atmosphere where Florida is again the state everyone is proud to be.
At first I thought that the article was meant as a joke. CAIR as a "civil rights" organization??? I guess if it's "civil rights" for jihadis. Obviously they have problems with Gov. DeSantis. He doesn't stand for their BS.
As a native Floridian It is an embarrassment to have him as our Governor
Great article! Desantis is such a hater! All the man does is foster hate and disenfranchisement of any group that isn't of the dreaded T word.
I cannot stand DeSantis, but CAIR, while not a terrorist organization, has given support to Muslim Terrorist Organizations.
The Holy Land Foundation (HLF) was a U.S.-based charity convicted in 2008 of funding the terrorist organization Hamas. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group, was named an unindicted co-conspirator during the HLF trial and has faced scrutiny and disassociation from some government agencies and politicians as a result of alleged ties to HLF and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Founded in 1994, the organization ostensibly focuses on responding to the proliferation of anti-Muslim incidents and sentiment nationwide, but key CAIR leaders often traffic in openly antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric. Some of CAIR’s leaders, such as Nihad Awad, CAIR’s executive director, were previously involved in a now-defunct organization that openly supported Hamas and, according to the U.S. government, functioned as its “propaganda apparatus.”
Awad also met with several members of the Muslim Brotherhood as recently as 2022. In an April 2024 Facebook post, Awad eulogized the late Sheikh Abdul-Majid al-Zindani, who the U.S. and UN designated as a recruiter and fundraiser for al-Qaeda. According to The New York Times, al-Zindani was a “one-time mentor of Osama bin Laden.” The U.S. Treasury designated him a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in 2004, accusing al-Zindani of recruiting for al-Qaeda training camps.
Following Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, many of CAIR’s leaders defended or justified the unprecedented terror assault, and argued it was a “legitimate right” of the Palestinians to “resist the occupation.” Awad claimed that Israel did not have a right to defend itself after the attack and that he had been “happy” on October 7 “to see people breaking the siege.”
Over the years, some of CAIR’s leaders have also cultivated suspicion among the public toward a wide array of American Jewish institutions. For instance, Zahra Billoo, CAIR San Francisco Bay Area Executive Director, declared that “Zionists” are “your enemies.”
She warned followers to “pay attention” to “Zionist synagogues,” Hillels (the premier U.S. Jewish student organization) and Jewish Federations. When Billoo faced criticism for her remarks, CAIR National released a statement in support of her comments.
On October 7, as the scale of the assault was not yet clear, Billoo minimized the atrocities of the Hamas attack and said the world was “witnessing decolonization.”
Awad has often engaged in similar antisemitic rhetoric, claiming that “Zionist organizations” are “enemies of the Muslim community” and that “Zionist organizations make up the core of the Islamophobia network in the United States.” He has also alleged that pro-Israel groups have “corrupted” the U.S. government and that Israel’s existence has no legitimacy.
Following Hamas’s attack on October 7, he further engaged in antisemitic tropes, such as denouncing the “Zionist lobby.”
CAIR leaders have also posited that pro-Israel organizations are responsible for U.S. police brutality, and that “Zionists” and Israel are analogous to the Ku Klux Klan and ISIS. Billoo has expressed support for Hamas firing rockets at Israel, and has called for “Zionists” — the vast majority of Jews, who believe Israel has a right to exist — to be banned from antiracist, interfaith and LGBTQ+ work. Such rhetoric is an affront to the vast majority of American Jews, as well as to the vast majority of Jews around the world, for whom a connection to Israel is integral to their Jewish identities. (ADL defines Zionism as the movement for self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.)
CAIR has also drawn controversy for its stances on LGBTQ+ issues, including its opposition to pro-LGBTQ+ materials in public school classrooms.
CAIR leaders’ antisemitic and inflammatory comments post October 7
Nihad Awad, national executive director, CAIR
On November 24, 2023, Awad made controversial statements at an American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) conference that were criticized by the White House and Jewish groups. He later said the comments were taken out of context:
“The people of Gaza decided to break the siege, the walls of the concentration camp on, October 7th. And yes. I was happy to see people breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their own land and walk free into their lands that they were not allowed to walk in. And yes, the people of Gaza have the right to self-defense, have the right to defend themselves. And yes, Israel as an occupying power does not have that right to self-defense. And this is not me emotionally speaking. This is what the international law says, that occupier power has no self-defense from the territory it occupies.”
In February 2024, he invoked historic antisemitic tropes about Jewish control over political affairs and dual loyalty and charged that an immoral, corrupt "Zionist lobby" manipulated Congress into approving a $95 billion foreign aid bill that included $14 billion for Israel:
“The Zionist lobby, or the pro-Israel lobby, was able to influence the Congress and the Senate to pass resolutions that give Israel $14 billion, regardless of the massacres. What is the reason for this moral and political corruption? It is because some institutions have managed to amass money over the years, and buy the loyalty of those [lawmakers]. The solution is that we liberate their loyalty from political corruption."
On July 16, 2024, three days after Donald Trump was injured in a shooting at a rally in Butler, PA that is being investigated as an assassination attempt, Awad tweeted a link to a CNN story about the Secret Service being on high alert in the weeks before the attack due to a potential threat on Trump's life from Iran. Awad commented on the story, which did not mention Israel: "Are you sure this is not an Israeli plot to ignite another war between the US and other countries in the Middle East at its behest?"
DuhSantis is a and always has been a raging RACIST!!!!
What a biased article. Yall want Muslims to take over America? Well, that is exactly their plan. Research Minnesota. It can easily spread to every state in the Union. Whether you like him or not, DeSantis does his best to protect Florida.
No it's not a plan or even a thought. I don't know your religion but Muslims believe in Jesus so much so there religion says that Jesus will come down in the end. The only people who have a problem with them are the people who don't educates themselves with all religions. They are very much like Christians. Their holy Quran even states that they can't push people into their beliefs. Also it has never been rewritten like the other religions except for interpretations in respect that we all speak different languages.
What drugs are you taking? In many Muslim countries, Christians are not allowed to openly practice their religion, and Jews are not allowed at all.
No drugs but thank you. Does everyone you have a difference of opinion is on drugs?? That's so old you need another reason like the truth. You just disagree. Isn't that simple enough. If you're referring to the Taliban get a book and find out the reasons behind the Taliban and why/who they came to be. Same with al qaeda if you read and educate yourself you'll understand the truth of why/who they came to be. You can also go on Instagram and follow educators "professors" who explain things that we don't understand and they suggest books and after you read them you'll understand. Every religion has bad characters in it. One person or one group of people define the entirety of a religion or any small percentage of any group. Have a beautiful day
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Ron deStinkass is just a wannabe and will NEVER be reelected. And he knows it.
He'll go down in flames just like the rest of these corrupt and delusional maga dipshits.
Why then am I the moron, you seem to be agreeing with me.
So, once law enforcement has a case that can be prosecuted bring and have a trial. Otherwise, this hate mongering has no place in a democracy.
If guilt by association applies to everyone else then it should apply to Trump and his minions.
Living in Florida under this governor "the Florida free governor" is simply insane. He is so in the swamp. I don't know if he's human or reptile. I can't even watch him the way his tongue takes away from everything he's saying. 🦎
I just donated to CAIR last night only for the fact I believe everyone is entitled to have their backs in anything that a person is going to be labeled. So now that lizard thing has people talking about him he feels special he couldn't have the Texas governor be the only one in the spotlight. Always taking someone else's thought and rewriting it so it's the same topic but coming from him. On every channel, advertising, and platforms. First off by LAW the people who are being occupied have the right to resist.
Have the day you deserve 💜
There are good and bad musliums. To lead people their all good angels is clearly false and lethal. Look truthfully how they treat women for one, why would they treat you any better? One side is religious, the another is political. 13 billion worldwide leaves plenty on any sides, any backup. Their threats are real, their knowledge of the landscape and tactics is complete. Read intel not feel good bs. Friendly.. HotelDebai was trial. Tell the public words they choose to use. Intel says something very different. Unless you watch alliances shift not personalities, I'd stay off that topic. Look at Europe. Their done. Personalities over common sense got us here. Promoting false safety is their advantage. People need to be cautious, visual this holiday season.
He should be more worried about ANTINA. 😼
And HEY a dear friend calls me Hot Wheels. That Texas Twatwaffle is Whiner on Wheels, thankyouverymuch.
Say hey to Miss Mingo for me!
Remove the name calling and hate ,you got propaganda
I meant to say: you CAN present facts without insults.