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Florida to give DeSantis an exception to its Resign to Run Law

The Florida legislature may soon amend Florida’s Resign to Run Law to make an exception for candidates for President and Vice-President.

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3 years ago

April 26, 2023

Terry A. Hurlbut

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The Senate of Florida has taken up a proposed exception to the “Resign to Run Law” that requires Florida officeholders to resign before running for another office.

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Title 9, Florida Statues, Section 99.012, the Resign to Run Law, requires Floridian officeholders to resign any office they hold before seeking another. Now State Senator Danny Burgess has introduced an amendment to SB 7050, an election-related measure. This rider would specifically exempt candidates for President and Vice-President from the provisions of Section 99.012.

HERE IT IS: a newly introduced amendment to an elections bill in the Florida Senate, which would clarify that — if @GovRonDeSantis deicides to run for president — he would NOT have to resign. pic.twitter.com/kToc3IpjLX— Jay O'Brien (@jayobtv) April 25, 2023

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) has not officially announced his intention to run for President. He has, however, been touring the country extensively at Florida taxpayer expense, and even taken a speaking trip to Israel.

Journalist Laura Loomer noted nearly a month ago that this was in the offing.

Full link to bill: https://t.co/yDa2h0ZUpA— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 31, 2023

In fact, some unnamed Senator filed the placeholder for that at the time – and the number was SB 7050.

Today the Florida Senate passed SB 7050 and sent it to the House. They in turn have added it to the Special Order Calendar and will take it up this Friday (April 28).

Laura Loomer shared this early this morning as the Senate took up SB 7050:

It’s not being changed to advantage *certain individuals*.

It’s being changed for one person and one person only. @GovRonDeSantis.

Why not call him out by his name? Now is not a time to be playing politics. It’s time for people to be deliberate with their words.

Ron… https://t.co/6DHksZZTOz— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 26, 2023

.@GovRonDeSantis isn’t competition for President Trump. But the fact that DeSantis is changing Resign to Run, along with having legislation created to cover up his travel costs and travel logs, and the fact that he just gutted the Election integrity bill ahead of 2024 should…— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 26, 2023

She also trashed the notion that Donald Trump would select Ron DeSantis as his vice-presidential running mate.

This is bullshit. Donald Trump already said that DeSantis won’t be his VP. And trust me when I tell you Trump’s campaign staff hate @GovRonDeSantis.

Many of them used to work for Ron, and he treated them like garbage. This will never happen.

This is totally FAKE NEWS! https://t.co/kreUQcsUud— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 26, 2023

It amazes me how uneducated so many billionaires are. Case study: RUPERT MURDOCH.

Here we have the foreign owned @nypost pushing out a lie that DeSantis and Trump can be on the same ticket. If these people took a middle school civics class, they would know you can’t have a… https://t.co/kreUQcsUud— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 26, 2023

Per Amendment XII, Presidential Electors may not vote for a President and Vice-President both from their own State. Trump would have to re-domicile himself to avoid the issue.

Likewise she took note of DeSantis’ travels:

Nice to see you are enjoying shopping for new dresses & campaigning on Florida taxpayer dime.

Tell us. How much is @FloridaGOP allocating for your wardrobe? We know they are paying for 24 of your husbands campaign staff.

Looks like @ChrisMZiegler isn’t as neutral as he claims. https://t.co/AcusMEHhRt pic.twitter.com/sUEcgTWkRC— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 26, 2023

Terry A. Hurlbut

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Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.