lives and limbs of others. it s easy to wait for five lawyers in black robes to look in the shadows of a penumbra and tell us what our rights are. it s hard to go into the ballot box or the floor of the legislature and debate it. but that s what we should do and not wait for unelected lawyers who live lives of virtual isolation to do it for us. bring it into the light out of the shadow, that s what self-governance is all about. senator, you are highly trained in constitutional law, so i m going to take full advantage of that. the constitution does not mention privacy, marriage or
let s remember theth talking point of this. i remember trump s allies saying oh, it was antifas, know, it was oath keepers. there is been a whitewashing to down play what happened that day for more than a year from the formal president who uses the word insurrection to describe what happened on november 3rd of election week. he and his allies saying no it wasie a protest and tourist vis. it got out of hand. that s not theot case. as what we saw unveiled in this indictment, this is extraordinary serious charge and it s oath keepers, the supporters of the former he and his d organization rose and grew in stature and prominence, felt like they could move out of the shadow and thanksut to the licee given this them by the former president and we remember his comments to the proud boys
our legislature right now is actively considering proposals pushed by governor desantis, to for example shield floridians from discomfort or guilt, by censors conversations about race, about lbgtq identities in our schools and in our workplaces. somehow, some of these extremists and white supremacists are getting the message that it is okay for them to be public with their hatred and anti-semitism, that they should come out of the shadow, because we re seeing this rise in extremism, and it s incumbent upon all elected officials, republican and democrat, to unequivocally condemn this type of hatred and ask why are individuals feeling empowered, these neo nazis, to come out from the shadow, and why has florida become such a haven for
who are not donald trump who are looking to run for run for president 2024 are trying to forge their own identities. if they re interested in running, they need to step out of the shadow a little bit. that means they need to differentiate themselves from him. i need to signal to others in the party that you re serious about doing that. that means you are willing to take jabs at the former president. what s interesting too is when you look at the polling, let s be real, 2024 is still a long way away. the guy with the biggest name recognition is donald trump. there is a few pieces of data. a few data points we can look to, like, for example, texas. what we just saw on the texas primaries this month. a lot of candidates that the former president endorsed got to win their race, they got to runoffed.