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William769

(58,832 posts)
Fri Dec 4, 2020, 09:55 AM Dec 2020

Remember the Florida Republicans who did nothing while Trump threatened American democracy [View all]

In the year 2020, when a United States president, for the first time in history, tried to hijack an American election, Florida’s elected leaders faced these options:

1. Aid the president’s wrongdoing.

2. Allow the hijacking to take place by remaining silent.

3. Denounce the hijacking and the damage it’s doing to democracy.

Here in Florida, a few — including the governor — aided Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the election. Most Republicans, like Florida’s U.S. senators, chose to remain silent and do nothing. You can count on one hand the prominent Republicans who spoke out against Trump’s efforts and the tactics of his legal team.

That’s how history will remember these Republican men and women of Florida, who chose party and power over a centuries-old tradition of Americans freely choosing a president, followed by a peaceful transfer of power.

Other states can point with pride to Republicans who defied President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine democracy.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/editorial-remember-the-florida-republicans-who-did-nothing-while-trump-threatened-american-democracy/ar-BB1bCTKd?ocid=msedgdhp

I am so over the shit our politicians try to get away with in our State.

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