Florida governor removes elected opposition official, replaces with political ally
‘Fascist’ and ‘tyrant’ DeSantis under fire after removing another black elected Democratic state attorney
A black, democrat, elected official.
No agenda here.
How the frick is this legal?
From a CNN article:
The Florida constitution allows a governor to remove an elected official for “malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, habitual drunkenness, incompetence, or permanent inability to perform official duties.” No previous Florida executive has interpreted that power as broadly as DeSantis. The state Senate can reinstate Worrell, but the chamber is controlled by Republicans closely aligned with DeSantis and have rarely stood in his way.
Warren’s attempts at reinstatement have failed. A federal judge ruled DeSantis had acted unconstitutionally in suspending Warren, writing that there was “not a hint of misconduct by Mr. Warren” in the trial record, but he ultimately dismissed the case saying he did not have the power to intervene on a state matter. The state Supreme Court tossed Warren’s lawsuit in state court earlier this summer.
Monique Worrell was the attorney recently dismissed and Andrew Warren is the one who was dismissed last year.
Things like this always make me wonder if a state could legally turn into a dictatorship.
Could Florida legally change it's constitution to say "All governing power rests entirely in Ron DeSantis" and dissolve it's representative bodies? Obviously it would still be beholden to voters for national elections (representatives and senators), but statewide there could be nothing.
The state Supreme Court tossed Warren’s lawsuit in state court earlier this summer.
Why the fuck? You know, besides the fascism...
Thank you for providing an actual answer!
More importantly, who is going to stop them?
It's not...but unless someone actually stands up to him, it's just another crime our politicians get away with.
Rubber-stamp legislature that will refuse to hear any complaints.
He will make it legal. (prequel reference, had to do it!)
Yeah why did he even run for that job just to immediately turn around and run for another? How is that ok?
He had the super majority change the goddamn rules just for him. Because Florida doesn't need a governor? He is a royal Asshole
Florida: Where Fascism Goes to Flourish.
Ron DeSantis probably has a massive amount of hours logged for the game Tropico.
Watch a dem do the same and have every maga POS tripping over themselves to call them out.
Dems have to start fighting fire with fire.
That's a problem when you have one group trying to do what is remotely morally right and another who doesn't care and wants to "win" at any cost.
When they go low, kick
They've gone through all the effort of putting their teeth closer to your boots, it'd be inconsiderate to not let them meet.
They need to, but they won't.
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They need to actually have an airtight cause to remove them - plus I am not sure if this is a Florida Governor power or if other governors have similar powers. Midwestern Dems are using their political power though, such as the new Wisconsin Democrat-controlled Supreme Court: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dfKZzOeAJs
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I feel like im never goin to disney world at this rate
Absolutely not, not if it’s like this, I’ll just go to the one in California instead
i really want to go to kennedy sc but not with all this crap happening in florida.
I've never been and will probably never go. We'll just settle with the other one in CA.
Same for me. I grew up in Florida and lived there for decades. I haven’t been back since 2018 and I don’t know if I ever will, which is a kind of sad feeling tbh.
I have to go to a wedding at WDW next year and I hate that I do.
It’s about time we start thinking about the plan where he is removed by a “candidate” who has nothing to live for
At this rate, he can handpick the Secretary of State who can rig the governor vote in his favor and he will never lose any election
Like in Georgia where the secretary of state didn't recuse themselves from the responsibility of managing the election then ran for governor. Cities get hours long waits and rural areas have no problems. Also sending voting machine to black districts without power cords.
That is exactly what the fuck I was referring to Brian goddamn Kemp
I agree that he's a cancer to society and the US would be better off with him out of office.
However, "removed by a "candidate" who has nothing to live for" sounds an awful lot like advocating for violence which I absolutely disagree with.
Vote, get others to vote, advocate, protest, donate if able, and don't give clicks to articles/platforms on fascists.
Soap box
Ballot Box
And the other box
This is a…thought… if “ballot box” doesn’t work and the election is rigged
This is what fascism looks like folks.
This is what the Republicans want, to concentrate power in the hands of the executive so they had ignore the people
This shouldn't happen in America. And the guy who did it shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the White House," said David Rothkopf, a noted foreign policy, national security and political affairs expert and commentator.
I agree that this shouldn't be happening, but it is. It's a clear indication of the GOP wanting to operate as a fascist party, and this needs to be taken seriously. I hope that happens.
Florida is the capital of the New Confederacy that liters nobody wants. If you just stop giving money to the crooked catholic shitcunt church and the evangelical shitcunt church then we probably wouldn’t have this problem.
The state has 56 white supremacy groups. What do you think goes on down there?
Was there even anything for him to backup removing her other than "for neglecting her duty to faithfully prosecute crime in her jurisdiction"? Sounds pretty fascist to me but that is the Republican dream isn't it?
Now imagine all of America if he actually got elected POTUS in 2024.
Fortunately he is failing hard.
This fucking asshole Nazi...that's not how democracy works.
The American right-wing doesn't care about Democracy. It only supports democratic institutions when the demographics benefit them. While it feels out of place, this sort of behaviour is in my view, more in line with American history than you'd think. It took the Supreme Court multiple times to get the states to follow it whenever it ruled in favour of people, rights, and freedom in the 1800s, but whenever it ruled that slaves weren't people, those rulings were of course respected.
The news article name is:
‘Fascist’ and ‘tyrant’ DeSantis under fire after removing another black elected Democratic state attorney
You don't need the quotation marks.
I agree with what you mean, but they do need them as the easiest defense against a slander suit.
The quotation marks are precisely why I changed the headline to something that doesn't need quotes but is still accurate and won't open up slander/libel.
If the shoe fits...
Technically the entire Nazi uniform fits, not just the shoes.
Yes, but the article puts each in quotes, meaning it's referring to what sources have said as opposed to making the statement itself - I wanted to use similar language as to how these events get reported on in US media when they happen outside of the country.