Screaming’ Florida Democrat lawmakers on Tuesday shut down the state House in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) redistricting map.
‘Screaming’ Florida Democrat lawmakers on Tuesday shut down the state House in protest of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s redistricting map.
The radical and rowdy lawmakers stood in the middle of the House floor and sang, “We shall overcome.” They alsoslogans like “we will occupy this floor” and “black votes are under attack” to prevent the maps from passing the House. The map passed the Senate on Wednesday. If the map passes the House on Thursday, DeSantis will sign it into law.
The Democrats also claimed the map “is the same as Russia Invading Ukraine,” according to state Rep. Anthony Sabatini , who was on the floor. “Screaming Democrats have shut down the Florida House of Representatives,” heDemocrat legislators protest as they halt debate on Senate Bill 2-C: Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State on the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday, April 21, 2022, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida.
Democrats reportedly oppose the maps because the districts are not shaped by race. The map proposes 20 red-leaning and eight blue-leaning congressional districts. The district lines will serve the state for the next ten years, shaping national politics.she was screaming because she was very unhappy about the map’s lines.
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