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Florida Politics column faults Ron DeSantis for issuing campaign endorsement on Sept. 11
An opinion piece argued that the Governor should not have announced his backing of Alex Rizo on the anniversary of the attacks. The column also pointed to other campaign-related Sept. 11 posts.
An opinion column in Florida Politics criticized Ron DeSantis for announcing on Sept. 11 his endorsement of Alex Rizo for Senate District 39 in a Special Election that, according to the outlet, the Governor himself had not yet called.
The piece said the endorsement was posted at 3:11 p.m. that Friday and argued there was no deadline requiring it to be released that day. In the columnist’s view, the announcement could have waited until the following Monday rather than being issued during the commemoration of the attacks.
The article placed that decision within a broader complaint about campaign messaging on solemn dates. According to Florida Politics, many campaigns in recent years have moved away from placing campaign logos on imagery tied to Sept. 11, Memorial Day, D-Day or Veterans Day.
As part of that argument, the outlet also cited a post by Angie Nixon, identified as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, and another by Chip LaMarca related to a first responder event in Fort Lauderdale. But the column reserved its sharpest criticism for DeSantis, saying the political decision came from the Governor.
The piece added that Jim Boyd and Jay Trumbull also endorsed Rizo that same day, though it portrayed the broader move as driven by DeSantis and as another example of how, in the author’s view, the Governor has shaped Florida politics in recent years.
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About this piece. Written by El Notero with AI assistance, from reporting published by the outlet cited above. El Notero did no original reporting on this story.
