that florida needs disney more than disney needs florida. a lot of people wondering whether this was thought through. tell us more now about the new congressional map that florida s house also approved. reporter: when i say democrats call this a distraction, they re saying that the governor and republicans are trying to take attention away from this. what you just mentioned. the redistricting maps. that also is something that was part of the special session and essentially, as it passed, it would take away two seats that are now represented by two black members of the house and also, it would give republicans an advantage and as many of 28 districts. there was actually an active protest on the floor about this, and i want you to hear from members of the black caucus after the final vote. these bills are just, again, for him to outtrump trump. and that s basically what it is.
sessions, republican bill sponsors didn t seem to have answers for specifics, including on how that debt would be absorbed that disney has, according to democratic lawmakers. we could be talking about adding between 22 and $2800 to property taxes for people who live in orange county. and again, they re not entirely sure how this would work out. they re calling it a distraction from the redistricting maps also just passed during that protest that would eliminate two black held congressional seats as well as give republicans 20 of the 28 potentially congressional seats in the state. all right. there is a lot that is going to potentially come of this specific vote. dianne gallagher, thank you for the update. yet another twist in the maddening debate on masks and travel. the justice department is formally appealing a federal judge s decision to strike down the transportation mask mandate. cnn s evan perez is here. so this doesn t necessarily mean
reporter who is based in florida joins me now from lovely tallahassee. mark, first i want to start with, this is such, to me, when you watch governor desantis as a political analyst here, this special session was about his congressional map. are we even having a conversation about the congressional map and he quickly flipped it to be about disney. is this an accident or coincidence? well, it s not an accident or coincidence, however democrats just seized the spotlight a few minutes ago by shutting down the florida house for about an hour in a protest over the redistricting maps. they took to the center of the floor and was not recognized and the speaker had to throw the republican-led house into recess while the democratic members chanted, and then they came back
maybe not deliver them, and coerce and pressure those voters, there are so many provisions, it is impossible to name them all, the john lewis bill would give unelected, you an accountable career bureaucrat at justice department the ability to veto almost all election changes, new redistricting maps of state, even changes made by voters, that is an unbelieve able in i want the pub public too understand. it federalizes the voting system. in dc, allows bureaucracy,