By Mitch Perry Hillsborough County PUBLISHED 4:52 PM ET Feb. 19, 2021 PUBLISHED 4:52 PM EST Feb. 19, 2021
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. While there was a lot of rhetorical harmony between Republican and Democratic members of the Hillsborough County legislative delegation at a pre-session discussion on Friday, that bonhomie shattered when discussing a bill pushed by Governor Ron DeSantis that has been depicted as cracking down on violent protests.
“So House Bill 1 is one that I am very, very concerned about, because it does not protect our First Amendment right to peaceful protest. It attacks it,” said Hillsborough County Democratic state Rep. Fentrice Driskell at a Tampa Tiger Bay virtual forum on Friday.
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