Trump understudy Ron DeSantis makes a power move to center stage

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Thursday April 14, 2022 · 5:06 AM PDT

2022/04/14 · 05:06

Florida's Trumpist Gov. Ron DeSantis has made a bold power move to seize control of the state's congressional redistricting process from the state's benighted Republican legislature. He vetoed their maps and now seeks to impose a racist gerrymander of his own design that is unconstitutional under both federal and Florida law. It bolsters his power and his prospects for the 2024 Republican nomination for president if Trump is unable or unwilling to run, and it cements a 4 seat national Republican advantage in the 2022 midterms.

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Saturday June 22, 2013 · 4:17 PM PDT

2013/06/22 · 16:17

This week saw a convergence of Republican mendacity and incompetence in the failure of the Farm Bill to pass the U.S. House of Representatives. Additionally, a new and sinister threat has been revealed: Congressman Steve Southerland R-FL.

Southerland apparently has a different Bible than the rest us. Reading from the book of Ayn Rand, Republican Jesus said, “Blessed are they that starve the poor in the name of personal responsibility for they shall be re-elected by an avalanche of corporate money.” According to Bob Greenstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Southerland offered an amendment so cartoonishly evil and draconian that it cannot be exaggerated.

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Trump understudy Ron DeSantis makes a power move to center stage

Congressman Steve Southerland, Starving the Poor In The Name of Personal Responsibility