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Hey folks, Katie Fang here. I wanted to00:00:02
go through some amazing amazing00:00:04
reporting from the Miami Herald. It came00:00:07
out before Christmas and again there's00:00:09
been so much going on and understandably00:00:11
so about the Epstein files, the you know00:00:15
vessel strikes, uh the the war against00:00:18
Venezuela. I mean, there's just so much00:00:19
going on that this probably didn't kind00:00:22
of register on your radar, but it's so00:00:26
egregious and it involves Governor Ron00:00:28
Death Santis that I felt like it was so00:00:30
important to share this information with00:00:31
you. And so, I wanted to get into the00:00:33
details. And again, my hat off to the00:00:36
Miami Herald, local journalism folks00:00:39
always support it. Our local journalists00:00:42
are telling us what is happening in our00:00:44
respective backyards. Um, it is00:00:47
invaluable reporting and I know that I00:00:50
am just preaching to the choir when I00:00:52
say that our local journalists, our00:00:54
papers, our publications, they deserve00:00:57
our support. While we're talking about00:00:59
support, if you haven't subscribed to my00:01:01
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to the Katie Fang News channel. So,00:01:16
let's get into this reporting. It's00:01:18
critically important. And here we go.00:01:20
And it is Governor Ron Dantis'00:01:24
administration diverted more than $3500:01:29
million in taxpayer funds as part of his00:01:35
agenda last year in 2024 to defeat two00:01:40
ballot amendments that he staunchly00:01:43
opposed.00:01:45
I'm going to say some of the key parts00:01:46
again.00:01:48
Dantis diverted $35 million00:01:53
in taxpayer funds. Taxpayers in Florida,00:01:57
your funds that were earmarked for00:02:00
specific agencies in Florida, for00:02:02
specific services for specific00:02:04
communities diverted to fight against00:02:07
two specific ballot initiatives that00:02:10
were on the ballot in November of 202400:02:12
that Dantis didn't like. And wait till00:02:14
you hear what they were. those ballot00:02:16
initiatives.00:02:18
According to the Miami Herald, much of00:02:19
that diverted money, much of that00:02:21
diverted $35 million was intended to00:02:24
assist needy Flidians, including00:02:28
children. Instead, it went to Dantis00:02:31
cronies, political consultants, lawyers,00:02:34
and thousands of advertisements that00:02:36
helped Dantis and his asskissers00:02:40
win at the ballot box.00:02:43
The two ballot amendments were the one00:02:47
that was going to basically um put into00:02:51
the Constitution of Florida the right to00:02:55
an abortion. It would have basically00:02:58
gotten rid of the idea that you have a00:03:02
six-w week fetal heartbeat abortion ban00:03:05
here in Florida. It basically would have00:03:07
um given Flityians this right. and the00:03:11
other one was to legalize marijuana.00:03:14
Now, here's the thing. In Florida, you'd00:03:16
have to get 60% of the vote. And in both00:03:19
instances, they came really, really00:03:22
close. The people that wanted to have00:03:23
these amendments passed. So, amendment00:03:27
three specifically would have legalized00:03:29
recreational marijuana and amendment00:03:32
four would have overturned the six-week00:03:34
fetal heartbeat abortion ban and both00:03:37
fell just short of the 60% that was00:03:40
needed to pass. So, think about this. If00:03:44
our elected officials like Dantis are00:03:46
supposed to be respecting the will of00:03:49
the voters and the voters are telling00:03:51
you pretty damn close to 60% that they00:03:53
want to legalize recreational marijuana00:03:54
and they want to provide the00:03:57
constitutional right to an abortion in00:03:59
the state of Florida, shouldn't you be00:04:00
listening to your voters? Shouldn't you00:04:02
be listening to them instead of actively00:04:04
diverting already earmarked taxpayer00:04:06
funds to the tune of $32 million to00:04:08
defeat those amendments? How about not00:04:10
putting your thumb on the scale?00:04:13
In addition, within that 32 million00:04:16
diverted misuse of funds, there's nearly00:04:18
$10 million00:04:20
that was the use of money from a charity00:04:23
called Hope Florida. So, in the Hope00:04:25
Florida charity scandal, which is the00:04:28
subject of a grand jury investigation00:04:30
involving who else? the first lady of00:04:32
Florida, Casey Dantis, and the current00:04:36
the current attorney general of Florida,00:04:38
James Utmire, who was the chief of staff00:04:41
at the time for Ron Dantis. Nearly $1000:04:44
million from a Medicaid settlement was00:04:46
steered to a political committee that00:04:48
was controlled by UTM and there is an00:04:52
allegation that there is the potential00:04:53
of criminal activity. That was a foot.00:04:55
Now, here's the thing. Dantis, remember00:04:59
in his failed vanity project to run for00:05:02
president, he had depleted funds and so00:05:04
he didn't have money to be able to00:05:05
combat these amendments, right? So he00:05:08
basically took money that was taxpayer00:05:11
money that was already earmarked to help00:05:13
Flidians to be able to try to do this00:05:15
allout media blitz which include like TV00:05:17
ads and radio ads and Facebook and etc00:05:20
etc. Right? So check this out. A00:05:23
professor named Kenneth Goodman,00:05:25
professor emeritus at the University of00:05:26
Miami, who for decades directed medical00:05:29
ethics at that school, said that Dantis'00:05:32
campaign, quote, "This is corruption at00:05:34
the expense of children." Not just00:05:36
children, by the way, but others. So,00:05:38
let's talk about what the Miami Herald00:05:40
and the Tampa Bay Times did because it's00:05:42
pretty impressive. And you know what it00:05:44
is? It's kind of like it's old school00:05:47
journalism. I mean, I'll say the word00:05:49
old school, but it's really journalism00:05:50
the way it it's supposed to be, right?00:05:52
So, the Herald Times, what they did was00:05:54
this. They looked into thousands of00:05:58
pages of emails, vendor receipts, ad00:06:00
records, and state payments. They went00:06:02
into the state of Florida's accounting00:06:03
and budgeting system. It traces the00:06:06
source of every penny in last year's00:06:08
$116.5 billion state budget. Of 36.200:06:13
million in taxpayer money tapped by the00:06:14
Dantis administration, the Herald Times00:06:17
analysis shows that at least $21.2 $200:06:20
million moved through an intricate web00:06:22
of financial transactions across five00:06:24
state agencies to just a handful of00:06:27
vendors. Now, of course, we as00:06:30
Floridaians and you as concerned00:06:32
Americans, you don't really get the full00:06:34
transparency. Why? Because the state00:06:37
refuses to turn over key documents that00:06:39
were requested by the Herald Times as a00:06:41
part of their story. But what is clear00:06:43
is in order to pay for these campaigns,00:06:46
Dantis tapped into funds that were00:06:47
otherwise again earmarked flooridians.00:06:50
I'll give you an example. The DCF had00:06:52
$1.1 million taken from its child00:06:55
protection program to place ads to fight00:06:58
against these amendments. That money had00:07:00
originally come from federal grants, and00:07:02
it mostly was supposed to go to00:07:03
organizations that were helping kids00:07:04
that were in foster care or to offer00:07:07
services and counseling to parents so00:07:08
that they didn't lose custody of their00:07:10
children. And you want to know how it00:07:12
was invoiced? You know how it was00:07:13
booked? Ads for quote mothers, babies,00:07:17
and children. End quote. But let me be00:07:19
clear. They were ads to make sure that00:07:22
people like you and me didn't have the00:07:24
constitutional right to an abortion in00:07:26
Florida. The Dantis administration took00:07:29
$4 million from an opioid settlement00:07:31
trust fund and directed towards these00:07:34
anti- ballot initiative campaigns. That00:07:37
money was won in 2022 from suing drug00:07:40
makers and distributors and it was00:07:42
supposed to help drugaddicted Flidians.00:07:44
The Florida Department of Health00:07:46
$970,00000:07:48
was redirected from its community public00:07:50
health promotion cam program to campaign00:07:53
ads. Kind of crazy, right? And that $1000:07:56
million that we just talked about. Yeah.00:07:59
That was money that a Medicaid00:08:02
contractor named Sentine, it had donated00:08:05
that to the Hope Florida Foundation as a00:08:06
part of a big legal settlement in00:08:08
September of 2024. And instead 8.500:08:11
million of it ended up in a political00:08:13
committee that was controlled by James00:08:16
Utmire. And that political committee was00:08:18
dedicated to defeat amendment three, the00:08:21
legalization of recreational marijuana.00:08:24
The Herald Times analysis found that of00:08:26
the $36.2 $2 million in taxpayer dollars00:08:28
spent on last year's campaign, 79% came00:08:32
from funds that were reserved for00:08:33
healthcare. So, Flidians specifically,00:08:36
I'm talking to you. If you think Ronda00:08:37
Santis or any of these Republicans give00:08:39
a [ __ ] about you, you're dead ass wrong.00:08:43
And let me tell you why I'm adding in00:08:44
other Republicans. Because here00:08:49
in Florida, you have to be able if you00:08:52
want to be able to check out if money is00:08:54
being used properly, you're supposed to00:08:56
be able to go to the Department of00:08:58
Financial Services, right? And they're00:08:59
the ones that going to sit there and00:09:00
figure out, hey, is the money being00:09:02
spent appropriately? Is it in compliance00:09:04
with state laws and the rules? Well, the00:09:06
Department of Financial Services at the00:09:07
time was headed up by the state's00:09:10
elected chief financial officer, who was00:09:11
a guy by the name of Jimmy Patronis, but00:09:13
he has since been elected to Congress.00:09:14
So when the Herald Times contacted00:09:17
Patronis to say, "Man, we're looking00:09:18
into this money. We want to know what's00:09:20
going on." He said, "You really need to00:09:21
talk to the current department head,00:09:24
Bla1 Enogia." Well, Bla1A is a former00:09:27
Republican state senator who was00:09:29
appointed by whom? Ron Dantis to his00:09:32
position at the Department of Financial00:09:34
Services. It's total total lackey backs00:09:39
scratching quid proquoing going on here.00:09:42
You're never going to get accountability00:09:43
when you have Republican governor,00:09:45
Republican AG, Republican state senate,00:09:47
and Republican state representatives,00:09:49
right? It's never going to [ __ ]00:09:50
happen, especially in a place like00:09:51
Florida. Now, look, there's this great00:09:53
chart that's included in this piece from00:09:55
the Herald, and it breaks down how $36.200:09:59
million in taxpayer dollars was spent to00:10:01
defeat last year's amendments three and00:10:03
four by the Deantis administration. And00:10:05
it's a clear chart. And if you look at00:10:07
it, it's five freaking recipients.00:10:11
Only five. Strategic Digital Services, a00:10:14
GOP aligned campaign firm. The Hope00:10:16
Florida Foundation, a state created00:10:18
charity. The Florida Pregnancy Care00:10:20
Network, which runs anti-abortion00:10:22
clinics. RSNH, a state engineering00:10:24
contractor, which then sent $150,000 of00:10:27
the almost $4.43 million it got to the00:10:30
Florida Association of Broadcasters. And00:10:32
then almost half a million dollars was00:10:34
spent on four different law firms having00:10:36
to defend the state of Florida from00:10:38
lawsuits that were brought because of00:10:41
these campaigns. Now, here we go. As I00:10:44
mentioned, the Department of Health,00:10:46
they diverted $2 million from grants and00:10:48
donations to the campaign against00:10:50
medical, excuse me, against marijuana.00:10:54
And the same legal exemption was00:10:56
apparently cided to every time questions00:10:58
were asked about the the healthcare00:11:03
agency spending money, right? Um because00:11:05
they were they were circumventing these00:11:07
competitive bidding requirements that00:11:08
were you have to do to be able to get00:11:10
these deals to get these contracts as00:11:13
vendors. And listen to this, right? The00:11:15
legal exemption that they cited to said00:11:16
that the ads provided quote health00:11:18
services involving examination,00:11:20
diagnosis, treatment, prevention,00:11:21
medical consultation, administration,00:11:23
end quote. What a croc of [ __ ] What00:11:25
a vague croc of [ __ ] Dantis'00:11:28
Department of Health has cited that00:11:30
legal exemption more than 5,000 times00:11:32
since 2020 to justify paying doctors,00:11:34
vaccines, health screenings, and other00:11:35
services to support Dantis policies.00:11:39
Go figure. Now, what I wanted to share00:11:41
with you is this. Remember how I00:11:43
mentioned that one of those five00:11:45
recipients of money was one of those00:11:47
abortion agencies? Well, let's talk00:11:50
about what happened to them. Okay, so of00:11:53
that $36.2 million, nearly $5 million00:11:57
was sent to a a company called Florida00:12:00
Pregnancy Care Network. And the intent00:12:02
was for this network, the Florida00:12:04
Pregnancy Care Network, to run00:12:06
anti-abortion ads to fight back against00:12:09
Amendment Four, which again would have00:12:10
basically given the constitutional right00:12:14
well to Floridaidians to be able to get00:12:17
an abortion, right? So, the board of the00:12:20
Florida Pregnancy Care Network refused00:12:23
to run ads that explicitly targeted00:12:26
Amendment 4. Instead, they ran more00:12:30
quote neutral ads about that00:12:33
organization's services and about00:12:35
Florida's services to pregnant women and00:12:37
families as they led up to the November00:12:39
2024 election. Do you want to know what00:12:41
Dantis did? Cuz he got pissed. He then00:12:45
proposed stripping the network of00:12:46
funding because they refused to run the00:12:48
ads that explicitly targeted Amendment00:12:50
4. And don't forget, there were threats00:12:53
made to criminally prosecute TV stations00:12:55
if they didn't stop running ads that00:12:58
were yes on four, yes on amendment four.00:13:01
They were threatened to be criminally00:13:03
prosecuted. And it was so bad that the00:13:05
Department of Health's general counsel00:13:06
resigned because he's like, I can't be00:13:08
complicit in this. I mean, I want you to00:13:12
think about how much money was basically00:13:16
stolen from Floridaians, from taxpayers00:13:19
that would have gone to help them in00:13:21
various ways. And yet, these Republicans00:13:24
like Desantis, they do this without00:13:26
batting an eye. And it just goes to show00:13:29
why I've been harping so much here at my00:13:31
channel about paying attention to our00:13:33
local and state races because you have00:13:35
to care. You have to care about the00:13:37
people that are running for these races.00:13:38
not only just your governor, but your00:13:40
attorney general and your state reps and00:13:42
your state senators because they are the00:13:44
ones that more immediately impact you on00:13:46
a daily basis. They're the ones that are00:13:48
controlling the potholes that are in00:13:50
your front streets that [snorts] are00:13:52
messing up your car. They're the ones00:13:53
that are impacting the services that are00:13:55
being provided to you and your family,00:13:58
your schools, what's being read, what's00:14:00
not being read. I mean, these are the00:14:02
things that are important. And when you00:14:03
hear something like this that Dantis00:14:05
didn't like, Dantis didn't like these00:14:08
particular ballot initiatives and he00:14:10
diverted 36.2 million to defeat them.00:14:14
And what makes me really mad is it00:14:16
worked. It worked because we didn't hit00:14:18
the 60% threshold. So how many people00:14:21
were influenced because of this00:14:23
diverting of money and the skirting of00:14:25
these laws by Dantis and his lackeyis?00:14:30
I mean, talk about putting your thumb on00:14:32
the scale, right? In an unfair and00:14:35
clearly not legal way. Folks, pay00:14:38
attention to the stuff. I'm going to say00:14:39
what I said at the beginning. Support00:14:40
your local journalists. They are00:14:42
tracking down this stuff. They are doing00:14:43
the type of sleuththing.00:14:46
That is good investigative journalism.00:14:48
And so, my hat off again to the Meime00:14:50
Hill for doing this type of work and for00:14:51
highlighting and exposing this type of00:14:53
corruption because we all deserve to00:14:56
know the truth. Be Mabby outreach. Man00:14:57
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highinformation AmericaDescription:
Gov. Ron DeSantis diverted more than $35 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to defeat two ballot initiatives last year that would have legalized recreational marijuana & would have guaranteed a right to an abortion. Katie Phang with the Miami Herald’s blockbuster reporting and analysis on how the money was spent, cheating needy Floridians and children from their already-earmarked funds. Subscribe to Katie's Substack here: https://katiephang.substack.com/
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