The re-election campaign of Gov. Ron DeSantis is rolling out a new ad reminding voters of his military roots.
The new “Honor, Courage, Commitment” ad, aired by the Republican Party of Florida, runs statewide and features the Governor’s former commanding officer in the U.S. Navy, Daniel Bean of Jacksonville.
“Gov. DeSantis is a true servant leader,” Bean proclaimed at the end of the spot, alluding to over a decade of history to back up his claim.
Bean met DeSantis when he was on active duty in 2009 as a Navy Commissioned Officer, and has nothing but praise for the Governor who appointed him to the JAXPORT board.
“When you’re advising Seal Team 1, you’re making life and death decisions every day,” Bean said, on what appears to be a Navy ship with flags flying behind him.
“And as someone who has served side by side with him, he is selfless and he will do what is in your best interest, not in his best interest,” Bean affirmed.
DeSantis “embodied the core values” of “honor, courage, and commitment,” Bean added, both on active duty and “every day as the Governor of our state.”
Of local interest: Bean was key to the effort that brought the USS Orleck to Jacksonville.
The sober-minded meditation on DeSantis’ military service is the latest callback to the Governor’s Navy days, coming after a summer in which DeSantis’ campaign apparatus found multiple ways to cash in on the summer blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick.” These culminated in an ad where he was locked in mortal combat with the corporate media.
DeSantis offered some interesting quotes about today’s Navy in the press tour promoting that ad.
“I take my son to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” right? And you’re proud of seeing the pilots and all that. Then in real life, what’s the Navy doing? They’re focusing on pronouns and all these other things, this woke garbage, while China’s laughing at us,” DeSantis lamented on the Aug. 13 episode of the The Glenn Beck Program.
See the new DeSantis ad below:
A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014. He is based in Northeast Florida. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski
Ron DeSantis raped a dead woman in Iraq. Vote for me…I’ll put Tom in the mental hospital.
DeSantis served and you are a P**** Boy. That’s the facts Jack.
You going to jail one of these days tough guy! And news flash… nobody gives a sht what anyone has ever done nowadays. Thank TRUMP!!!
“I like people who weren’t captured.”
You say that because you have never done anything of worth. Just typing on a message board, that’s your claim to fame. Most of us respect military officer’s. I guess you respect incompetents like Biden, Pelosi, etc.
@Impeach: You don’t know what anyone on here has done buddy. Just because someone doesn’t share your political views doesn’t mean they haven’t done anything significant. Your thought process is poop 😆
It would be awesome to see the DeSantis campaign subpoena Florida Politics for your IP address and then sue your ass for defamation. Although you are incredibly small potatoes with zero credibility so I guess it doesn’t matter in the long run.
You need to shut the hell up! You are slandering a good honest man, your the one that has skeletons in the closet. You have no chance in hell of becoming this great state of Floridas Governor.
@David: Not one GOP voter or politician has a bit of credibility after backing Trump and his attempts to overturn a free and fair election.
@Stephanie: Honest men don’t con immigrants into signing up for far right political stunts. Sorry…
Kiss my ass, you scum degenerate Joey. Go back to your incest with mommy and sister.
Ron talks a lot about children and sex and “grooming” in the same sentence.. Are his own kids at risk? Does a DCF report need to be made to protect the innocent children?
Thanks, I am the FP legend.
Thanks, I am the FP legend.
Legendary dumbass. You gonna rot in hell you SOB.🔥
““I take my son to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” right? And you’re proud of seeing the pilots and all that. Then in real life, what’s the Navy doing? They’re focusing on pronouns and all these other things, this woke garbage, while China’s laughing at us,” DeSantis lamented”
According to the US CIA, China spent $290b on defense in 2019. The US spent $730B.
Is ds trying to imply somehow that this type of sensitivity (however you feel about it), somehow puts our country in peril?
That is another great ad from the DeSantis campaign. DeSantis is a true leader on the straight and narrow with a proven track record of accomplishments that benefit Floridians. Crist is a flip flopper who will say whatever it takes to score a vote but won’t follow through on any of it.
👆 Sounding like a North Korean parade attendee..POW on television.
I don’t think that is actually Charlie Crist making those posts.
Post election, DeSantis will be very lucky to still have a seat in the Governor’s office. He will never be elected President.
REPUBLICANS ARE AMERICA’S PROBLEM! VOTE ALL REPUBLICANS OUT OF OFFICE!
Shut the hell up peter h. You are the last person, you are clueless. Lucky to have a seat?
America’s Gov. is the greatest Gov, the youngest chief executive in country. Newsom is afraid of him as are Dems.
He will be re elected, he has at least a 50% chance of presidential nomination. Not sure he will run.
You horses ass, you know nothing.
Why don’t you try correct structure and punctuation when you write? Are you seven years old or something? You should not be allowed to vote.
Go bang your mommy incest Joey.
Your brain is fried on far right propaganda. Is this because of crippled mind or because you are seven years old?
DeSantis’s pictures often remains me of Nathan Lane in Birdcage
No he’s a sick soros Manchurian bot, from tic toc. He has several aliases. Joey corsin, idiot Elliot offen, pastor Sandell, Jay Smiff, and a few others like Crisp.
Soros org has been found to funding chinese bots on tic toc. He’ is chinese bot, paid by soros associates funded by them. He is not in the USA,
His whole purpose is to attack Trump and DeSantis when called for. He is a crum. I have exposed him as a fraud. He can’t deal with facts. It’s all hysteria. I have crushed him many times. His petty attacks fail with me.
It’s despicable that FP allows him and his fraudsters.
👆This asshole has gone crazy. Should be behind bars or in the mental hospital.
Truth hurts, facts bury you pathetic Joey.
It’s a big mistake to respond to anything Tom posts. He’s an arrogant ignorant uneducated Trumpster hack simply looking for the attention he doesn’t get from friends or family. Tom is all about personal attacks and lying. Tom will never allow truthful facts get in the way of his continuous fake news story line! Tom makes stuff up as he types. Just like his hero figures Trump and childish Madison Cawthorn, Tom vacillates in a cesspool of absurd self-grandiose magical thinking. Do yourself and ALL OF US a big favor. Ignore all of his return comments. Maybe the internet troll will go away.
Thanks corrupt monitor, I am FP legend because of you and others!
Yeah legendary punching bag. Getting smacked around like a salami.
Still not a SEAL. He had a desk job. Ron’s “active duty” was carrying a briefcase and testing urine! Lawyer!
Mary hooch, midnight pool girl.
What you Dum Dems have ? Chameleon snd Dumings. LMAO.
Thank God for America’s Gov and the best legislator/Senator in Congress. Easy re elect!
@Tom: Dem dum ding dong ching chong ping pong….what are you drunk and on pills? By God you need a good smack!
Has he ever said he was a SEAL? Has he ever said he was a fighter pilot? The fact is he was a commissioned officer in the USN. Stop with your BS. Now tell us what branch you and Charlie Crist served.
Whoever voted for that far right, billionaire crook Donald Trump disgraced their service. Whoever did not condemn the phoney “Stop the Steal” scam disgraced their service. The idiot put down John McCain’s service and spread lies which led to an attack on the Capitol..free and fair election… democratic process. DISGRACEFUL!!!!
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