In the early 1800s, it gained increasing recognition as a sign of disrespect and was used by music artists (notably more common among actors, celebrities, athletes and politicians most still view the gesture as obscene). Historically, it represented the phallus. The gesture dates back to ancient Greece and it was also used in ancient Rome. The gesture is usually used to express contempt but can also be used humorously or playfully. Many cultures use similar gestures to display their disrespect, although others use it to express pointing without intentional disrespect.
Extending the finger is considered a symbol of contempt in several cultures, especially in the Western world. It is performed by showing the back of a hand that has only the middle finger extended upwards, though in some locales, the thumb is extended.
The gesture communicates moderate to extreme contempt, and is roughly equivalent in meaning to "fuck you", "fuck me", "shove it up your ass/arse", "up yours", or "go fuck yourself". In Western culture, " the finger", or the middle finger (as in giving someone the ( middle) finger, the bird or flipping someone off) is an obscene hand gesture. In a recent op-ed published in Newsweek, Painter and Norman Eisen, who worked in the Obama White House as a special assistant to the president for ethics and government reform, wrote that DeSantis, more than Trump, seems to have mastered something called legal “avoision.” The term is a combination of “avoidance” and “evasion,” because it describes a combination of tactics to both legally and illegally skirt the law by operating in gray areas or banking on scant enforcement.For fingers in general see Finger, For other uses, see Finger (disambiguation). “There’s just absolutely no excuse for using a Texas state-owned helicopter to fly the governor of Florida around on his campaign,” he said. Bush, said DeSantis’ actions are a “serious concern.” Richard Painter, who was the chief White House ethics lawyer for President George W. “In fact, there were anecdotal indications that he actually encouraged it.” “What makes the Trump administration’s violations so egregious is there was never any accountability by the president,” said Canter, who was previously a White House associate counsel to Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. In 2021, federal investigators released a report on the Trump administration’s repeated violations of the Hatch Act, saying at least 13 high-ranking officials committed “flagrant and unpunished violations” amounting to a “willful disregard” for the law. DeSantis a clearer understanding of how Florida’s resources are being utilized along our southern border and see the challenges firsthand.” Ericka Miller, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, also told the newspaper that the agency conducted the aerial tour “to give Gov.
DeSantis’ office previously told The New York Times that he was visiting the border in a dual capacity, both as governor and a candidate. Neither DeSantis’ office nor his campaign responded to emails asking whether the campaign has reimbursed the state of Texas. In the photo, he is wearing a shirt that reads “Governor Ron DeSantis” on one side and features his presidential campaign logo on the other. Federal law requires presidential candidates to reimburse any noncommercial air travel for political purposes, while Texas state law also has prohibitions on state resources being used for political campaigns.ĭeSantis’ presidential campaign tweeted a photo of him standing in front of the helicopter to promote his campaign’s immigration platform. The Tampa Bay Times confirmed the helicopter’s ownership with its Federal Aviation Administration registration. Then late last month, the day before a Texas event at the U.S.-Mexico border hosted by his presidential campaign, DeSantis raised eyebrows again when he took a ride in a helicopter owned by the Texas state government, according to The New York Times. DeSantis has defended his staff, saying that they have the right to ask for donations in their “private time.”
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