In A State Facing Sea Level Rise That's Already Hitting Real Estate Values, The Majority Chose Lies

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Despite coastal flooding, more severe hurricanes, and longer, hotter summers attributed to climate change, the majority of Florida voters on Tuesday chose the presidential candidate who calls climate change a hoax. Florida incumbents in state offices who support efforts to curb climate change fared well enough, according to state election records, but they remain in a minority largely ignored by Republicans who control the House, Senate and governor’s office.

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At the state level, one of Florida’s leading climate activists, Democratic Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez, is in a nail-biter race likely to be decided after a recount. With 215,411 votes counted, Republican challenger Ileana Garcia led Rodriguez by just 21 votes, with provisional ballots and ballots mailed from overseas yet to be counted. A third candidate, Alex Rodriguez, running under no party affiliation, garnered 6,366 of those votes. Since being elected in 2016, Sen. Rodriguez has worn rain boots in the Capitol emblazoned with the hashtag #ActOnClimateFL to rally support for action to slow down climate change that is causing seas to rise, flooding coastal areas of south Florida. He represents part of Miami-Dade. This year, he became the first Florida lawmaker ever to have legislation related to climate change pass in the Legislature.

Incumbents outspoken about climate action who were reelected Tuesday include state Sen. Linda Stewart of Orlando, Rep. Anna Eskamani of Orlando, and Rep. Loranne Ausley of Tallahassee, all Democrats.

At the federal level, Congresswoman Kathy Castor, a Hillsborough County Democrat, was reelected and so will continue to chair the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. Also reelected was pro-climate Congressman Ted Deutch, a Democrat who serves parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties. Defeated was Congresswoman Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, a Monroe County Democrat who championed conversion of the Sunshine State to a green, non-polluting economy that would slow sea level rise and the intensification of hurricanes affecting her constituents.

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https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2020/11/04/a-majority-of-fl-voters-chose-the-presidential-candidate-who-calls-climate-change-a-hoax/

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1. Let Florida become a refuge...

for climate denying Republicans. When climate reality strikes them, watch as they go broke paying insurance premiums, and eventually move into total bankruptcy when the rising water table rolls into their living rooms.

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2. Kill the massive flood insurance subsidy

If we make people pay the real cost of flood insurance we will save taxpayer dollars and the mostly affluent beneficiaries will pay their fair share of insurance costs.