Florida Republicans Upend DeSantis' Plans

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

State GOP legislative leaders abruptly ended a special session called by Ron DeSantis and are pursuing their own immigration proposal, sparking an intraparty battle.

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Ron DeSantis' waning influence was made clear when Florida Republicans rejected a special legislative session he called to address illegal immigration.

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... President Donald Trump's push to quickly overhaul the nation's immigration system is at the center of a civil war between Republicans in Florida, with Gov. Ron DeSantis facing off against the GOP-dominated state Legislature.

DeSantis earlier this month called lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special legislative session with the explicit purpose of aligning state law with an expected wave of immigration-focused executive orders from Trump.

But Republican leaders in both the state House and Senate, who had previously panned DeSantis' plans as "premature," abruptly ended the special session Monday morning and quickly called their own.

The move effectively killed all the legislation already filed by DeSantis' allies, and allowed Republican leadership to draw up their own immigration proposals, including language that puts the governor in a tricky political position. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-27 09:37 PM | Reply

State GOP legislative leaders abruptly ended a special session called by Ron DeSantis and are pursuing their own immigration proposal

Interesting bit of inside baseball there - the State legislature pursuing their own agenda perhaps because Desantis is a lame duck and the rest of the legislature have seats to maintain and credit to claim.

#2 | Posted by GOnoles92 at 2025-01-27 10:49 PM | Reply

Desantis is a lame duck

Someone put Gracie on suicide watch.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-01-27 10:51 PM | Reply | Funny: 2

seriously, hate to say it, but where are florida raids?

i hope they ban all such "round-ups," but start in florida if you must. < vomit emoji >

#4 | Posted by ichiro at 2025-01-28 05:26 AM | Reply

Fight fight fight...they're all a big bag of rats.

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-28 02:31 PM | Reply

Poor Rhonda. Maybe she needs higher heels.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-01-28 09:58 PM | Reply

The elected leaders should be focused on the real problems in this state whight up to thw water's edgeich are causing Floridians to lose their homes. 1. The stupidly writtn condo law inspired by the collapse of one building in a state with thousands of condo buildings in no danger of collapse but the engineering firms recommend unnecessary repairs thafor a tiny fraction of their actual worth, tear them down and build something taller on the same piece of land.t cost millions of dollars which only benefits developers who can buy the empty buildings. 2. The property insurance industry is disregarding the actual risk on the east coast of Florida which is very low and basing rates on the Gulf (of Mexico) Coast where the developers have been building right up to the water's edge which is a recipe for disaster but which gives them huge profits by overpricinf coverage in areas with li; but our Governor and Legislature are bought and paid for by the insurance industry.ttle or no risk.
Instead these ass****s pander to Trump and his racist agenda.

#7 | Posted by danni at 2025-01-29 01:37 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

DeSantis is no prize but neither is the Florida State GOPers. Cross your fingers that they don't try to do Trump one better.

Remember the Alamo . . . (opps) . . . I meant Covid 19.

#8 | Posted by Twinpac at 2025-01-29 06:08 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Gov Kinky Boots has all the sads now.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-01-29 08:05 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

@#1 ... ... DeSantis earlier this month called lawmakers back to Tallahassee for a special legislative session with the explicit purpose of aligning state law with an expected wave of immigration-focused executive orders from Trump.

But Republican leaders in both the state House and Senate, who had previously panned DeSantis' plans as "premature," abruptly ended the special session Monday morning and quickly called their own. ...

Whoa.

Let's take a step back here.

Gov DeSantis once ran for President on the basis that he would do to the United States what he had done to Florida.

And now, the GOP in Florida's legislature seems to be telling Gov DeSantis to effectively, go fornicate himself?

Do I have that correctly?

#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-01-29 09:41 PM | Reply

SO... Dick DeSantis Vetoed this measure from his own Republican House.

Can anyone guess why? Bingo! You are right.... because as cruel as it was, it was NOT CRUEL ENOUGH!

#11 | Posted by Corky at 2025-01-29 10:37 PM | Reply