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Ron DeSantis just blasted these Republican lawmakers and says they are ‘An Embarrassment to the State of Florida’

Apr 12, 2025

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Florida had become a deep red Republican state.

But just having a majority of Republicans in the legislature does not mean all is well.

And Ron DeSantis just blasted these Republican lawmakers and says they are ‘An Embarrassment to the State of Florida.’

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis is wildly popular in the Sunshine State.

But he is currently feuding with members of his own party in the state legislature.

Failure to advance a conservative agenda

DeSantis is telling voters that the large Republican majorities in both chambers are failing to advance a conservative agenda in a number of important policy areas.

The Governor even published a video last week, pointing out that the lawmakers are “dismissing the urgency of property tax relief” in favor of “taking away office space from U.S. Senator Ashley Moody and regulating parking spaces at the state capitol building.”

DeSantis said legislators stripped the office from Moody, the former Republican attorney general who he chose to take the Senate seat once held by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, because she opposed their efforts to pass amnesty legislation for illegal aliens.

“How petty is this, that they’re trying to eject a U.S. senator from an office space that had been used for 15 years by Florida’s U.S. senator just because she did the right thing?” DeSantis said.

“It is an embarrassment to the state of Florida. It is an embarrassment to the Republican Party to see this type of behavior taking place,” he added. “Stop the pettiness now.”

Later the same day, DeSantis gave another example, highlighting a carbon sequestration bill, which had overwhelmingly passed the Florida House Natural Resources Committee.

“Is this Sacramento or Tallahassee?”

The bill, if passed, would establish a “task force” to offer “recommendations for the development of a statewide carbon sequestration program.” 

This refers to the process of capturing and storing carbon dioxide to mitigate so-called “climate change.”

“Is this Sacramento or Tallahassee?” DeSantis reacted on social media. “Absolutely embarrassing.”

DeSantis also blasted Florida lawmakers for not legalizing the open carry of firearms, according to a video posted by Luis Valdes, the Florida state director for Gun Owners of America.

“We have almost three-to-one Republicans in the House of Representatives. Have they passed open carry, which 38 states have?” an impassioned DeSantis asked.

“You ask them when they campaign, ‘Do you support it?’ They would all say, ‘Yes.’ And then somehow, it just magically doesn’t get done,” he added.


As far as the issue of property tax relief, DeSantis argued that property taxes “effectively require homeowners to pay rent to the government.”

He called on Republican lawmakers to immediately act on his property tax relief plan.

“If the Legislature acts on this plan now, we can get this done this year,” DeSantis said. “Let’s get this done for the people of Florida this session.”


Republicans currently hold 28 out of 40 seats in the Florida Senate, and 87 out of 120 seats in the Florida House.

Both of these numbers represent supermajorities, meaning the GOP could pass just about anything it wanted.

The ongoing battle between DeSantis and GOP leaders in the legislature comes even after the second-term governor oversaw substantial increases in Republican voter registration during his tenure, reversing Florida’s previous status as a swing state.

GOP members of the Florida legislature would be wise to follow the lead of their Governor, or risk losing everything.

DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Gun Owners of America Marco Rubio Republicans Senator Ashley Moody

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