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A key member of Governor Ron DeSantis’ Florida GOP has been discovered in a trashed hotel room outside of the Walt Disney World Resort after having been reported missing for five days. This is yet another in the embarrassing series of high-profile scandals surrounding the DeSantis administration in the last year and unlikely to help the politician’s fallen image any.
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For a time, Governor DeSantis was touted as the future of the Republican Party on a national level. Despite his Ivy League education (which includes degrees from both Yale University and Harvard Law School) and a professional career almost entirely spent running for office, DeSantis adopted the public image of a working-class maverick, winning him two terms as governor. He also campaigned for the GOP nomination for the 2024 presidential election, eventually conceding to Donald J. Trump after a poor showing in the Iowa Caucus.
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In addition to the fallout of his failed presidential run, Ron DeSantis has also had to deal with his very public battle with the Walt Disney Company, which happens to be one of the single largest employers in his state and an enormously globally influential corporation. After a series of lawsuits between DeSantis, his Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board of supervisors, and Walt Disney World, things seemed to have settled down a little bit, just in time for another GOP scandal.
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George Riley, the executive director of the Florida GOP, was reported missing by his family on Friday (per South Florida Sun Sentinel) after he told his sister and father he was headed to a Hampton Inn on Centerview Boulevard in Kissimmee for a “business meeting.” Apparently, once there, he checked out of his room, booked a different room in the same hotel, and began an alcohol-fueled binge that eventually necessitated the presence of an Osceola Sheriff’s deputy and other Orange County deputies.
The assistant manager of the Hampton Inn reported that George Riley was “regularly purchasing alcohol, and he purchased so much from the store inside the hotel that he had to order more” and had “broken the electric blinds in the room and had urinated and vomited throughout.”
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He later asked to extend his stay but was denied ” due to [his] excessive drinking and damage caused to the room,” which necessitated extensive cleaning and repair. The GOP executive director was later discovered via his cell phone in B Resort & Spa in Lake Buena Vista outside Walt Disney World.
George Riley apologized for his actions to the Tampa Bay Times, saying, “I’m deeply sorry. I have been dealing with alcoholism and mental health issues. I will pay for any damages that were caused. I apologize to the employees for my bad behavior and I will be seeking help soon. I’ll be seeking help so I can be a better father, a better person, and a better all-around employee.”
Riley is an influential member of the Florida GOP, which is heavily dominated by Ron DeSantis, making his a de facto close ally to the politician. Riley previously served as the Florida GOP executive director from 2016 to 2019 and has since acted as Executive Director for Conservatives for Clean Energy-Florida and as a Senior Advisor to the Party.
He was re-appointed to the position by GOP Chairman Evan Power, who, along with Governor DeSantis, is attempting to rehabilitate the party’s image in the wake of numerous battles with Disney and a nationally publicized sex scandal that seriously tarnished Republicans in the state.
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Former Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler and his wife, Bridget Ziegler, were central figures in a sex scandal with an unnamed woman who revealed she had been having trysts with both, despite their loudly proclaimed family-centered conservative politics. The unnamed woman also accused Christian Ziegler of sexual assault.
Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of the controversial activist group Moms for Liberty and a DeSantis appointee to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board, is also a close ally of the governor. She is also facing her own calls to step down from her positions but has refused.
Governor DeSantis has been signing a lot of new laws and working for the state of Florida, but it seems only a matter of time before the GOP embarrasses him again.
Do you think Governor DeSantis is responsible for the chaos of the Florida GOP? Tell us in the comments below!
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You liberal boneheads that don’t appreciate what our governor is doing for the great state of Florida need to know that I 95 runs in both directions, so please load yourself and your liberal Ways up in your car and go back to New York!
Love Gov Ron! The rest of you with obviously lefty comments, go back where you came from. We real people of FL appreciate him. If one of his staff, or yours if you have a business, has a drinking or drug issue, then it is on the person, not their employer. Many people are under great stress theses days, due to the Biden Administration!
Keep politics out of it, always biased and reported as you see it. Your reality is different from mine.
Why do we care if someone our Governor knows goes on a drinking bing? We should be more concerned about the millions Hunter Biden, the actual family of our so called President has been paid from foreign governments!
So a guy in Chicago who writes for a rag about Disney opines on Florida politics. And their audience reacts. Brilliant. When there are legions dedicated to your downfall, it usually means you’re doing it right.
Plain and simple: Ronnie SUCKS! You do too if you believe in him!
Only lib/dems have no clue what a good gov or pres is.
You can only account for your own actions .not so much others! I see you have some left wing hatters/hipocrates…
Just another example of the corrupt polical system in all states, localities and federal government. Dugs, alco, sex, blackmail equals control. Wake up folks. Do not trust politicians. They will shake your hand while stabbing you in the back!
Gov DeSantis doesn’t have anything to do with other people’s actions. He has done a terrific job here in Florida and people who don’t like him are the ones who think Biden is doing a good job! If you don’t like our governor leave the state!
Typical responses by nutty extreme right wingers. DeSantis, Scott and Gaetz are all corrupt politicians. DeSantis is passing laws that are already on the books and some very hard to
enforce anyway. For example, motorists can only pass on the left. That’s already a law and part of the drivers test to get your license. And it’s difficult if not impossible to enforce. How many Floridians have seen this enforced. And a law that people cannot be squatters in other peoples homes. That’s also a law on the books. In fact, before this latest law was passed, a family decided to become squatters in a neighbors home as the neighbor has two homes. He was notified who in turn notified the police and the squatters were evicted. What has DeSantus done for Florida? How about high taxes and the highest home insurance rates in the country. Our car insurance rates are also amon the highest. And he turned down Federal government funds to expand our rail system. Has anyone tried driving to Tampa lately. And most people who have been moving to Florida is because of the weather and mostly wealthy Northerners. Retirees are moving out. I likewise moved here because of the weather. As far as political leaning, ultra conservatives can stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. It’s every person’s right to lean in a political direction they like. Maybe liberals don’t like your leannng and you’re free to leave the state.
While this adult has demonstrated less than ideal behaviors, his actions clearly are not linked to the governor in any way, shape or form. Concentrate more on the destruction of family values proliferated by the current Presidential administration and the child predator behaviors of the some Disney employees and less on the legal actions of an adult. Speak more to the illegal, inappropriate actions of the sex traffickers and child predators and serious issues facing this country and less to the inconsequential actions of one person. Nice try, move along and do more to be the positive changing in people’s lives.
Be kind and spread positivity.
Butter, he has bottom
I wonder what the loonie lefties can come up with to blame our Governor next. Let’s see, if it rains tomorrow let’s blame DeSantis.
Well, here are two of his people being caught in less than conservative behavior. What is done in the darkness will eventually be brought to the light of day. 🙁
So according to the narrative of this cheap hit piece President Biden should be responsible for the actions of his crack head son. Were any prostitutes found in this Disney Hotel? And if you really want to be picky about it, Disney should be responsible for this person being in that room in the first place if association is really the factor. Nice try, but that dog won’t hunt. DeSantis is the best governor we’ve ever had.