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[–] 178 points 3 years ago (3 children)

The news article name is:

‘Fascist’ and ‘tyrant’ DeSantis under fire after removing another black elected Democratic state attorney

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    You don't need the quotation marks.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I agree with what you mean, but they do need them as the easiest defense against a slander suit.

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    [–] 163 points 3 years ago

    A black, democrat, elected official.

    No agenda here.

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  • [–] 113 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    How the frick is this legal?

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  • [–] 81 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Technically, no. The Constitution says "the United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government," but "republican" has historically been very loosely interpreted. Technically, China and North Korea are both republics.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    They're not technically republics, they're nominally republics.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Well part of the problem is that there isn't total agreement on what a republic is. By some definitions it's basically anything that isn't a monarchy. Some medieval republics didn't have elections and instead chose their officials by sortition, which is essentially a lottery. China and North Korea do have elections, but they're total shams (and North Korea is basically a monarchy is a thin coat of republican paint, since by law they can't have any leader that isn't descended from Kim Il Sung).

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    [–] 78 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Florida: Where Fascism Goes to Flourish.

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  • [–] 67 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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.

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    [–] 57 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I feel like im never goin to disney world at this rate

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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    i really want to go to kennedy sc but not with all this crap happening in florida.

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  • [–] 51 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    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

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  • [–] 31 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    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.

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    [–] 47 points 3 years ago

    This is what fascism looks like folks.

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  • [–] 46 points 3 years ago

    This is what the Republicans want, to concentrate power in the hands of the executive so they had ignore the people

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  • [–] 42 points 3 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 years ago

    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?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    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?

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