Florida House passes bills splitting up Black voters, eliminating Disneys district

They now head to Gov. Ron DeSantis desk for his signature.April 21, 2022, 9:10 PM – 6 minutes readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleFloridas Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted during a special session Thursday to send out two extremely questionable expenses– one that greenlights Gov. Ron DeSantis strategy to redraw the states 28 districts into a GOP-friendly setup that divides up Black citizens and another that would eliminate Walt Disney Worlds unique district– to the governors desk for signature.DeSantis map, if it survives predicted legal obstacles, would wipe out any gains by Democrats made throughout the national redistricting process by adding 4 Republican-leaning seats and removing 3 highly competitive seats from the previous map. That would leave the state with 18 Republican-leaning and eight Democrat-leaning seats and threaten the currently razor-thin bulk Democrats hold on the House of Representatives.It would likewise divide up Black citizens by slashing the number of Black-majority districts in half from 4 to 2 and revamping Floridas 5th District, which extends in North Florida from Tallahassee to Jacksonville and is represented in Congress by a Black Democrat– Rep. Al Lawson.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends to a joint session of a legal session, Jan. 11, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla.The measure that would get rid of Walt Disney Worlds status was put forward by Republicans after Disney pledged to help repeal Floridas highly-controversial Parental Rights in Education Law, dubbed by critics as the “Dont Say Gay” costs, which limits the mentor of gender identity and sexual orientation in class.”This is how Democracy passes away: with a round of applause,” composed Rep. Anna Eskami on Twitter minutes after the legislature authorized the redistricting map.DeSantis, a Republican, originally called the unique session after vetoing a GOP-backed version of redistricting maps passed through the Florida House and Senate, declaring that the conservation of districts that swelling voters together by race was unconstitutional.Earlier this month, DeSantis promised to submit a “race-neutral” map.