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If only something could explain this very Florida-centric moment in time and the DeSantis-Trump relationship that's driving it
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Matt Dixon
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Matt Dixon
@Mdixon55
National politics reporter, @NBCNews. Wrote a book about the relationship that changed modern politics for @LittleBrown. Order in attached link. #GoPackGo
- Those arrested DeSantis' voter fraud crackdown were registered and were sent voter cards. The government told them they could vote, so they voted One man was arrested by armed SWAT team at 6 a.m. He was in his underwear and was taken to jail that way
- Replying to @Mdixon55People arrested were able to register, their registrations were reviewed by the state, and the fact that they were ineligible to vote was not relayed to at least 2 of the 5 counties where arrests happened The government told most of these people they could vote, so they voted
- Gov. Rick Scott, in his role as Senate candidate, last night asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate local election offices. FDLE said it would. On Friday, though, it found no allegations of voter fraud. There is no investigation politi.co/2qCedqD
- Replying to @Mdixon55All the people on the list were convicted of big time crimes that made them ineligible to vote. That's without dispute But each did the sentences they were given. Now they are back in the criminal justice system w/few resources b/c they voted after they were told they could vote
- Republican Sen. Travis Hutson voted against a budget bill that would give the state two new planes, giving @GovRonDeSantis a new plane. Would boost planes from two to three "I don't think the state should have three planes," Hutson said
- Replying to @Mdixon55Elections offices in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties said it's the state's responsibility to review registration applications and let the counties know when someone is ineligible. “We were not notified by the state prior to 2022 that these individuals were ineligible,”
- DeSantis admin staff on the official, not political, side are soliciting lobbyists for campaign $ for his presidential bid 10 gop lobbyists NBC News talked to said they’ve never seen anything like it and are feeling pressure to give to save priorities
- Replying to @Mdixon55
- I asked for complaint from Sarasota PD this morning. They said it is in process of being redacted and should be released today "Florida GOP Chair Christian Ziegler, husband of a Moms For Liberty cofounder, accused of sexual battery by alleged menage a trois lover"The moral high ground just had a devastating earthquake. flcga.org/florida-gop-ch…
- Replying to @Mdixon55Court documents indicated that most of the people have arrested had little education, including a woman who told FDLE she could not really read or write. Weeks after that interview, she was arrested like the others
