joining us tonight do you remember this moment? what s going to be differen about florida s election i 2022 what are you about to sign right now, i have what we think is the strongest electio integrity measures in th country. i m going to sign it right here, it will take effect. [applause] there you go, the bill i signed there you go, the bill is signed that was florida governor ro desantis as he signed hi states voter suppression o back in 2021 as you saw there, governor desantis did not sign that controversial law in a small private ceremony in his office or even a big public ceremon at the state house the governor decided that he would make a big to do of th voter suppression bill b signing it live on fox and france friends. voter suppression bill signings are the type of stuff that fox puts on its morning shows, which is, okay for desantis, this was all par of his unapologetically anti woke persona, sign a controversial bill onl supported by hard-core conservative
between house republican leaders and senate republican leaders in terms of how they re responding. speaker kevin mccarthy yesterday was quick to put out a statement calling these charges unconscionable, saying it is a sad day for america and also vowing accountability for the doj, whether that s in the form of potentially investigating the investigators or even targeted the doj in the upcoming spending season. but over on the senate side mitch mcconnell and john thooun, the number one and two senate republicans have been silent. we are not expect to go hear from them at least until we see the indictment next week. there have been two notable gop senate voices we have heard from supporting former president donald trump, that includes john barrasso a member of the leadership team as well as steve d danes. he wants trump on his side not working against him when he tries to take back the senate next year. that s i m sure part of the motivation as well. this divide between the house and sen
woke persona, sign a controversial bill onl supported by hard-core conservatives and do it live o their favorite tv channel. now keeping all that fanfare i mind, contrast that moment wit how governor desantis announce his signature for florida s ne six-week abortion ban. there was no fox & friends rol out, no public ceremony. desantis announced his signature of florida s new six-week abortion ban with a tweet. signed the heartbeat protectio act which expands pro-life protections and devote resources to help young mother and families take a look at the time stam there, 11:04 pm eastern time no cheering crowds, no steve d you see, just a one sentence t a time when half the state contraband that is how much republica presidential hopefuls ar scared of their party position on abortion right now
will: this is a callback to earlier in the show. i don t like meghan markle [laughter] pete: come on in, special delivery from look at this man. will: he comes in on the weeken- rachel: carrying coffee to boot. pete: look at that. steve d.? steve doocy? will: it really is friends on fox & friends. look at that. rachel: that is the truth. pete: what an amazing guy. will: thank you, steve. pete: i think we ll see him later on in the show the. rachel: oh, we sure will. pete: it mels good in the smells good in the green room. will: he tonight just come in to bring us coffee? the. [laughter] pete: he s that kind of guy. rachel: he s producing on the side. will: gop lawmakers promising to take action after the latest twitter files reveal the fbi and the tech giant were operating like one big, happy family.