Florida groups warn America of danger from 'dictator' Governor DeSantis
This is chilling!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/25/florida-groups-america-white-house-ron-desantis
Minority and activist groups say Florida is ‘canary in the coalmine’ and warn rights will be trampled on if governor becomes president.
Minority groups and others in Florida trampled by Ron DeSantis during his march to a White House run are warning of democracy in peril at a national level.
The rightwing Republican governor’s announcement on Wednesday that he was seeking his party’s 2024 presidential nomination provoked anger and a renewed promise of resistance from transgender rights advocates, immigrant organizations, and civil and voting rights groups in Florida, who have borne the brunt of his extremist policies and legislation.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Utah Republican Party Organizing Convention at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Saturday, April 22, 2023. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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One prominent Democratic state congresswoman called Florida “the canary in the coalmine” for the wider US as DeSantis prepares to hawk his hard-right brand on the national stage.
“It will only get worse if Governor DeSantis gets anywhere near the White House,” said Anna Eskamani, who represents central Florida. “We’re here to not only hold the line and fight back, but to be that canary in the coalmine, reminding the people of this great country how dangerous Ron DeSantis really is.”
The “Florida blueprint” that is DeSantis’s vision for the future of the US is, they say, a culture-war bible peppered with extremist policies such as the six-week state abortion ban recently signed into law, and a mandate to pursue nationwide the same minority targets he went after in Tallahassee.
“Let our struggle be a warning to the nation. If you give Ron DeSantis the keys to the Oval Office, you will find yourself in the crosshairs too,” said Brandon Wolf, press secretary of Equality Florida.
“He will ban books about your families. He will strip your children of the healthcare that they need. He will put himself between you and your doctor when you’re making difficult decisions about your own body.
“He will empower his rightwing base to terrorize you in public restrooms and yes, he will also punish your business if you so much as whisper your disagreement into your pillow if we do not stop him.
“His plan to make America Florida will imperil civil liberties from coast to coast. DeSantis’s assaults on freedom are not simply a Florida fight, they are an impending national crisis and everyone has now been inducted into the resistance against him.”
And in Florida you can be denied ALL healthcare if LGBT including insurance coverage.
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