Posted on 03/06/2023 1:18:33 PM PST by conservative98
A Florida bill that would require bloggers who write about the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, to register with the state proved a step too far even for the godfather of far-right Republicanism, the former US House speaker Newt Gingrich.
“The idea that bloggers criticising a politician should register with the government is insane,” Gingrich wrote on Twitter.
“It is an embarrassment that it is a Republican state legislator in Florida who introduced a bill to that effect. He should withdraw it immediately.”
The bill was introduced by Jason Brodeur. It states: “If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must register” with the appropriate state office.
The bill defines “elected state officer” as “the governor, the lieutenant governor, a cabinet officer, or any member of the legislature”. As penalty for failure to comply, it posits fines of up to $2,500.
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Nonetheless, DeSantis’s press secretary told NBC the governor would “consider the merits of the bill in final form if and when it passes the legislature”.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Are blogs even a thing anymore? I thought they had been killed off by Twitter.
Does a Tweet count as a mircoblog and have to be registered?
Does a posting to FR?
This is so fake. A dumb bill written for the express purpose of letting Desanctimonius veto it for cred. What scum
Actually, that proposed law could do a LOT to smoke out the Federal Government’s stealth efforts to run articles that put forth state-controlled messages.
I have not seen the actual text of the proposed legislation. But Newt is going full-RINO on this. Which is a disappointment, though a bit normal. LOL. Normal. heh heh
The Deep State & MSM peddled lies to get Biden elected, WHILE ALSO PRACTICING CENSORSHIP so in that light the bill makes sense......
Then where is Ron saying NO to this?
read the article...
Thanks for the response. I'm surprised. Looks like it the bill is exactly as described.
SHUT IT DOWN. And keep Senator Brodeur away from other legislation.
Sure. Ron never expresses an opinion on anything until he has a passed bill to consider.
No good governor would.
Lots of people are quite OK with authoritarianism, as long as they like the political philosophy.
WHY hasn’t DeSantis spoken against this???
please explain to everyone here what page 5 consists of...
read the article...
your willful ignorance is on full display...
educated. thanks.
Desantis is RESPONSIBLE for this and more.
He should pull out and go back to an Honorable job,
if he can.
I did.
Did read.
DeMeatball will eventually need to be far more forthright.
The whole bill is here:
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1316/BillText/Filed/PDF
It’s purely fascist.
And it pleases DeSantis.
desantis never announced he’s running for president...
educate yourself...
your willfull ignorance is on full display...
and what did ron say?...
desantis didn’t write it...
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