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RandySF

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Tue Sep 10, 2024, 06:08 PM Sep 10

DeSantis allies plot another state attorney scheme Commentary

The scandal unfolding in the state attorney’s race — where Florida Republicans helped a GOP candidate win the primary, only to have that candidate drop out of the race after winning the nomination — obviously stinks.

It might also seem confusing — until you understand one very important thing:

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans knew they couldn’t win a race like this in Orange County in any kind of honest and above-board fashion. Not in the 2020 state attorney’s race. And not in this one. So they decided to scheme to accomplish what they couldn’t legitimately do at the ballot box.

Remember: Orange County is so dark blue that Republicans didn’t even bother fielding candidates for most of the key countywide offices here. They knew they’d lose.



https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/09/10/desantis-state-attorney-worrell-bain-hyman-feiter-maxwell/

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DeSantis allies plot another state attorney scheme Commentary (Original Post) RandySF Sep 10 OP
It still seems confusing JoseBalow Sep 10 #1
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