Miami Independent By Eduardo Vidal
Doral, Florida – At the beginning of last year, approximately 90% of Republican legislators in Florida endorsed the Presidential campaign of Governor DeSantis. Republicans hold a super-majority in each chamber of the legislature. This endorsement showed their opposition to the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, which prevailed with a crushing victory over DeSantis in the Iowa caucuses around a year ago. Since then, Governor DeSantis has mostly lined up behind President Trump, but now most of those legislators have rebelled against the Governor.
This year the Governor called for a special legislative session to consider immigration enforcement and election integrity measures. In response, Senate President Albritton and House Speaker Perez labeled the Governor’s call “premature.” They gaveled in and out, inside a couple of minutes, his special session, and instead gaveled in their own special session. There they passed their own bill, which was weak on immigration enforcement and also on election integrity.
The biggest surprise in the legislature’s bill, however, is that as Chief Enforcement Officer, they designated not the Governor or any member of his administration, but Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson. Simpson has a track record of being weak on immigration enforcement (representing agricultural interests) and non-existent on election integrity. He also authored the Red Flag anti-gun legislature when he was a State Senator. However, he has an interest in running for governor next year. In effect, the legislative leaders endorsed Simpson for governor next year!
They have followed up this endorsement by opposing the Governor at every turn, and calling out his lame-duck status because he is term limited. For example, the legislative leaders have opposed the governor’s call for the elimination of property taxes. Instead, the House Speaker has called for the reduction of sales taxes, and the Senate President has called for no tax cuts at all…
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