Congratulations to Honorable Monique Worrell, elected State's Attorney in Orlando. Yes, under Article IV, Section 7 of our Florida Constitution, the Governor has power to remove public offiials, pending Florida State Senate trial:
SECTION 7. Suspensions; filling office during suspensions.—Has our fetid fascistic failed Governor, our feculent former St. Johns County Congressman, Boy Governor RONALD DION DeSANTIS, abused his powers to make headlines?
Reckon the verdict of the voters is the last word, or will Governor DeSANTIS's hate-on for a black lady Democratic prosecutor continue to invest Orlando:
Progressive State Attorney Thumbs Her Nose At Ron DeSantis
Voters disagreed with DeSantis on this one.
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There weren’t a ton of bright spots for Democrats after yesterday’s election. Sure, the “Black Nazi” lost, we’re getting the first Korean American senator, and there’ll actually be two Black women senators, but the pallor cast by Donald Trump’s victory is nearly overwhelming. But, stepping away from the national stage, there were some reasons to cheer.
Like the fact that progressive Florida state attorney Monique Worrell got her job back. Last year, she was suspended from the position by Governor Ron DeSantis in a move criticized as “purely political.” In fact, Worrell went quite a bit further, calling it “tyranny” and “simply a smoke screen for Ron DeSantis’ failing and disastrous [presidential] campaign.”
Voters in Orlando resoundingly repudiated DeSantis’s call — Worrell picked up 57% of the vote, defeating Independent Andrew Bain, who had been appointed by DeSantis to fill the position. In a statement following her victory Worrell said, “Tonight’s results underscore the resilience of our democracy and a powerful message from the people: No governor’s petty political maneuvers and no amount of dark money can silence the voices of thousands who demand a fair, smart approach to justice over the failed, outdated policies of the past.” Worrell continued, “Despite a flood of over $2.5 million in Republican attack ads lying about my record, our community stood strong and united, declaring that enough is enough. We are ready to restore integrity and experience to the State Attorney’s office.”
Up until last month, it had been a three-candidate race. As reported byHuffPost, the political maneuvers that led to a two-candidate race resulted in a lawsuit.
The race came down to Worrell and Bain after the winner of the Republican primary, Seth Hyman, dropped out last month. Hyman’s primary challenger, Thomas Feiter, filed a lawsuit accusing Hyman of working with DeSantis and Bain — essentially, of dropping out to hand Bain the Republican vote.
Hyman and Bain have denied the allegations, and Worrell has called for an investigation.
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2 comments:
These right wing factional models are cheese balls, and they don't behave according to the values that they espouse. They go around harassing people and treading on everyone which is antithetical to rights, freedoms, liberty. The scam is un-noticed because of their constituents many biases and of course the irrational ideology that many of them engage in. The critical thinking function has been annihilated.
Mr "limited government" (so all the Republican crooks can get rich in the shadows) using what government he does have to bully people and behave like the Saudi Arabian morality police. Florida is a theocracy thanks Abu Bakr Al-Desantis.
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