To hear Sen. Rick Scott tell it, he represents “the free state of Florida,” where people “like freedom.” The problem, as stevebenen writes, is with the Republican senator's definition of the word.
—the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group. The organizations have declared a state of emergency for Black Americans, immigrants, and LGBTQ+ individuals in Florida, citing Gov. Ron DeSantis’ aggressive campaign of anti-trans laws, a harsh new law on undocumented immigrants, and book bans.”
There are plenty of obvious problems with the senator’s ugly pitch. It’s inherently strange, for example, to see a statewide officeholder, representing many constituents who rely on tourism, publicly encouraging people not to even visit his own home state. It’s just as bizarre for a senator, who presumably knows better, to lump together socialists, communists, those who believe in “big government,” as if the labels were effectively interchangeable.
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