Florida GOP pushes ugly scheme to stop black people from voting
Republicans are happy to bring back Jim Crow if it helps Trump win.
By Oliver Willis - March 20, 2019Republicans are happy to bring back Jim Crow if it helps Trump win.
By Oliver Willis - March 20, 2019Democrat Andrew Gillum warned about racism and Gov. Ron DeSantis. He was right.
By Oliver Willis - January 24, 2019Although Florida voters voted to immediately restore the voting rights of felons who have served their time, governor-elect Ron DeSantis is trying to slow-walk it.
By Lisa Needham - December 14, 2018Andrew Gillum’s strong stance against the NRA and the racially biased ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is scaring right-wingers enough to launch a pathetic last-minute smear campaign against the Democratic nominee.
By Oliver Willis - November 06, 2018Florida could elect its first Democratic governor in almost 20 years, in no small part because Andrew Gillum is running against everything Trump stands for.
By Oliver Willis - November 05, 2018Trump’s handpicked candidates are coming up short in the polls in Florida, so he is visiting the state twice in one week to prevent losses that would be intensely embarrassing.
By Oliver Willis - November 02, 2018David Jolly voted for Democrat Andrew Gillum for Florida governor, despite serving in Congress alongside Ron DeSantis.
By Oliver Willis - October 31, 2018Ron DeSantis spewed anti-Semitism to a crowd of supporters just hours before a shooter killed 11 at a Pennsylvania synagogue.
By Oliver Willis - October 29, 2018Andrew Gillum called out his Republican rival Ron DeSantis for consorting with racists and echoing their message during his campaign for governor of Florida.
By Oliver Willis - October 25, 2018Florida lawmaker Manny Diaz Jr. voted to stop vulnerable people in his own district get access to affordable health care.
By Oliver Willis - October 24, 2018After a terrible debate performance, Ron DeSantis won’t meet with papers. His challenger, Andrew Gillum, still plans to meet the outlets.
By Oliver Willis - October 23, 2018Andrew Gillum exposed Ron DeSantis as a cheap Trump clone.
By Tommy Christopher - October 22, 2018Trump got smacked down when he tried to help Ron DeSantis’ racist campaign this weekend.
By Tommy Christopher - October 21, 2018A Republican dark money group has been misleading voters and using Facebook to smear Florida gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum.
By Oliver Willis - October 18, 2018Despite his role leading the charge to attack health care in Congress, Ron DeSantis has ignored the topic for his entire campaign.
By Oliver Willis - October 16, 2018Rep. Ron DeSantis’ racist comments are not keeping wealthy conservative donors away from his Florida campaign for governor.
By Bernie Dennler III - October 15, 2018Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum slammed Trump for his attacks on Tallahassee as the city faces down a deadly hurricane.
By Oliver Willis - October 10, 2018In addition to defending slavery, Florida Republican Ron DeSantis also railed against women’s rights and anti-discrimination laws.
By Caroline Orr - October 09, 2018Trump lashed out at Florida governor nominee Ron DeSantis for not standing by his wild attack on Puerto Rico.
By Eric Boehlert - September 19, 2018The GOP could risk losing toss-up races in Florida thanks to Trump’s hateful attacks on Puerto Rico.
By Eric Boehlert - September 13, 2018Ron DeSantis has a history of palling around with racists — and he’s running for governor against Florida’s first-ever black gubernatorial nominee.
By Eric Boehlert - September 10, 2018The same day Ron DeSantis used a racist dog-whistle to attack his opponent, the Florida Republican was exposed as a moderator of a virulently racist Facebook page.
By Caroline Orr - August 30, 2018Republican nominee Ron DeSantis somehow managed to be too racist for Fox News.
By Eric Boehlert - August 29, 2018Fox News was there to help one of Trump’s staunchest defenders in Florida.
By Eric Boehlert - August 29, 2018It didn’t take long for Trump’s media minions to come for Gowdy.
By Tommy Christopher - May 31, 2018Florida Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis defended his party for inviting convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza to a summit, even after D’Souza attacked the survivors of the Parkland shooting.
By Oliver Willis - May 08, 2018Shareblue has been covering the many aspects of the poorly received Republican Obamacare repeal plan. But as bad as that plan has already proven to be, there are many Republicans who want to do much worse. One of those Republicans is Florida Representative Ron DeSantis, who is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, which […]
By Tommy Christopher - March 09, 2017