As FL closes the door on its most anti-LGBTQ legislative session in history, a reminder of my message to the US House Oversight Committee in December:
Relentless bigotry has consequences. Real people pay the price.
“This is the first time in my adult life where there's been an issue that's come up that I feel like is going to directly impact me,” says Dave Lowe, a lifelong conservative Republican who lives near a proposed data center in Texas.
Dengue is known as bone-break fever bc it is so bad, your bones hurt.
There is no vaccine - no real treatment. You take an aspirin.
Only prevention is mosquito abatement—& Florida’s mosquito control boards are funded by property taxes, & will get decimated by Amendment 3
What happened in Virginia is wrong for communities. This will never happen in Florida on my watch.
That’s why I will uphold Florida’s law signed by Governor DeSantis that does 3 things:
1. Protects local control. Communities have the final say.
2. Utility bills for Floridians will not go up for a data center.
3. Requires water use permits to protect Florida’s drinking water.
I will also sign a bill to add proximity protections — I don’t want one near my house or yours.
See you at the debates.
@Aristotle1964@ORDems But DeSantis will assure you that you’re just one more banned book, one more unconstitutional law that costs taxpayers a fortune to litigate (and lose), one more Confederate statue, one more act of government censorship, one more chaotic culture war from utopia.
@Aristotle1964@ORDems We have homelessness and rundown areas, I promise.
After 30yrs of GOP rule, our property insurance has exploded, costs are high & wages are low, we have crushing rates of people with no health insurance, & 47% of Floridians can’t pay for basic necessities — top 5 in the nation.
DISTURBING: Reports are exposing Marshall Rawson, GOP candidate for the Florida House, for his vile antisemitism, cozy relationships with white supremacists, and applauding the murder of LGBTQ people.
NEW: Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) just rolled out a straight to camera ad breaking with Trump.
"Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far....The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today"