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Unfortunately, you read that right. And despite our best efforts, Governor DeSantis’ unprecedented, partisan gerrymandered congressional map that he and his office wrote themselves passed the Florida legislature. This map officially whittles down a 50-50 state to 20-8 and cuts Black representation in Congress IN HALF .
It's simple. This map is designed to help DeSantis raise money in California and New York and solidify his eventual primary chances against Donald Trump, and he's willing to put Black voters in Florida under the bus to do it.
And if the ramming through of this bill weren’t bad enough, after my Black Democratic colleagues staged a peaceful protest on the House floor, Republican leadership did the following:
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Had
the
Wi-Fi
cut
off
in
the
Chamber
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Stopped
The
Florida
Channel
public
broadcast
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Cleared
the
gallery
of
people
watching
the
floor
debate
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And,
wait
for
it…
removed
reporters.
Once again, you read that right. And no, this isn’t a news story from 1965 or out of an authoritarian country. This happened yesterday, in the year 2022, in the “free state of Florida.”
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