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Amid pandemic, Florida's Republican Legislature tilts hard right


Amid pandemic, Florida’s Republican Legislature tilts hard right
GOP lawmakers are fast-tracking a slate of politically-divisive proposals long-sought by the Legislature’s more conservative members.
 
 
Florida Senator Wilton Simpson, R- Trilby, left, greets Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, right, during a joint session of the Florida Legislature, Tuesday, January 14, 2020. [ SCOTT KEELER | TAMPA BAY TIMES ]
Published Feb. 3
TALLAHASSEE — Amid a global pandemic, dozens of people traveled to and gathered inside a Florida House committee room last week to protest a bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican leaders say is necessary to clamp down on violent protests.
It was a heated two-hour meeting. About 70 speakers lambasted the bill, which many of them said is an unnecessary attempt to squelch their right to peaceably assemble. ....

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