A group of Florida Democratic state lawmakers was blocked from entering the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention facility in the Everglades Thursday, despite citing legal authority for an official legislative site visit.
Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried issued a statement following the incident, saying, “Lawmakers on the ground were just blocked from entering a state-funded detention site because of so-called ‘safety concerns.’ This is a taxpayer-funded facility, run by the State of Florida. Our elected officials have every legal right to walk through those gates.”
Fried added, “What are Ron DeSantis and his administration trying to hide? If it’s unsafe for lawmakers to visit, how is it safe for anyone inside?”
Cowards, along with their voters who allow this feckless posturing.
Korean lawmakers were climbing fences and grabbing guns out of the hands of law enforcement in response to something not even half as serious.
Show up armed or with an armed security force, you goddamn clowns. This isn’t 2004 GWB shit. You’re standing up to Nazis, or you aren’t.
The SK soldiers’ hearts were not in it. They were given orders, but nobody was actually going to do anything to stop the Parliament from getting in, and everyone knew it.
MAGA thugs are absolutely willing to use violence against Democrat lawmakers. They already have.
Given your post history, I already know what your reply will be, but post it anyway.
They say that, but MAGAs are cowards at their core. Let’s see if they will actually fire on elected officials who are simply doing their jobs. I doubt they will.
A dude in my state executed his neighbor because he thought his neighbor might vote for a Democrat. It wasn’t some aggravated argument, the neighbor was just out mowing his grass.
I absolutely believe the thugs who are going around kidnapping people would have no qualms with smashing a boot into a democrats face or straight up mag-dumping the second the person tries to force their way inside.
Time to mag-dump right back then, bring the NFAC with banana mags and full auto rifles.
They need to stop doing this type of thing. Maybe it’s time they show up with their own armed security and force their way in. I don’t know. Something.
Democrat leaders showing up and getting arrested or sent away is not a good look. It’s like instilling learned obedience. They need to actually do something instead of showing up knowing they’re going to get punched in the face just so they can highlight how mean the Republicans are. If they are showing up to inspect then they need the legal knowledge and have the power to see it through.
The Republicans backed by legal minds at groups like heritage foundation are leveraging the law. Do these Democrats not have their own legal teams and groups researching how to get things done?
It’s leaving me feeling like this is all theater
