Ag commissioner rips DeSantis over election bill Agriculture Secretary Nikki Fried at a news conference May 6. (Source: The Florida Channel) By Jim DeLa | May 6, 2021 at 12:32 PM EDT - Updated May 6 at 12:32 PM
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried railed against Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday morning over his signing of a controversial election reform law.
Fried, a Democrat who is widely expected to run against DeSantis for governor next year, called DeSantis a “authoritarian dictator” and described his administration as “borderline fascism.”
DeSantis signed Senate Bill 90 yesterday in front of live Fox News cameras. The bill was touted as a measure to bolster election security and reduce the chance of future voter fraud.
Florida Hit With Lawsuit Minutes After Ron DeSantis Signs New Voting Bill
On 5/6/21 at 3:07 PM EDT
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a controversial election reform bill into law on Thursday morning, and minutes later a lawsuit was filed against state Republicans that claims the legislation violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
The voting bill adds more limits to voting in Florida similar to legislation in other states, where critics say GOP leadership are pushing an agenda connected to former President Donald Trump s widely disproven claims of election fraud. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the opening of the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Hyatt Regency on February 26, in Orlando, Florida. A group of civil rights and voting rights advocates filed a lawsuit after DeSantis signed a new voter law.
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