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?”

  • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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    185 days ago

    Then grab the guns and see if they fire. If they do, then civil war it is. Let these MAGA fucks fire the first shot and then the last will be fired when they’re lined up against the wall.

    • kbobabob
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      35 days ago

      You can be the first one to grab and see what happens

      • @ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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        55 days ago

        If I was a US citizen, fucking gladly!

        I’ll happily die for being the first one with the FUCKING BOLLOCKS to do something and go down in history. What about you? Do you have the stones or are you happy to wither away under a fascist banner to be forgotten?

        Home of the brave? Nah land of the scared cowards, what a failed colony!

        • @WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca
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          44 days ago

          100%. A bunch of clowns who have been talking a big game for a century and are now quaking in their boots when it comes time to live up to their stated values.