{"id":1433463,"date":"2022-04-12T14:44:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433463"},"modified":"2022-04-12T14:44:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:44:59","slug":"desantis-scores-major-victory-over-florida-lawmakers-in-battle-over-congressional-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-scores-major-victory-over-florida-lawmakers-in-battle-over-congressional-map\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis Scores Major Victory Over Florida Lawmakers In Battle Over Congressional Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdesantis-scores-major-victory-over-florida-lawmakers-in-battle-over-congressional-map%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scored a major political victory in his standoff with Republicans in the state legislature as they effectively handed him the power to determine Florida\u2019s new Congressional districts.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis had <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/29\/ron-desantis-blocks-congressional-redistricting-florida-legislature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vetoed<\/a> two maps in March that were passed by fellow Republicans in the legislature, arguing they featured unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. The legislature will not draw a new map and will instead allow <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/10\/florida-governor-ron-desantis-ufc-273-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DeSantis<\/a> to execute his vision for Florida\u2019s new district lines, state House Speaker Chris Sprowls and state Senate President Wilton Simpson said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/21582791\/41122-redistricting-update-joint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">memo<\/a> to state lawmakers on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this time, Legislative reapportionment staff is not drafting or producing a map for introduction during the special session,\u201d the lawmakers wrote. \u201cWe are awaiting a communication from the governor\u2019s office with a map that he will support.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/05\/florida-charlie-crist-ron-desantis-latinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Wrought With Entitlement\u2019: Florida Dems Forced Back To The Drawing Board Over Cratering Latino Support)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7408666\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7408666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waits to present a check to a first responder during an event to give out bonuses to them held at the Grand Beach Hotel Surfside on August 10, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLike other general bills, the governor has a role in establishing congressional districts of the state,\u201d it said. \u201cTherefore, our goal during the special session is to pass a new congressional map that will both earn the Governor\u2019s signature and withstand legal scrutiny, if challenged,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>The map from DeSantis\u2019 office would eliminate Florida\u2019s 5th Congressional District, which critics of the governor\u2019s proposal argue is protected by the Voting Rights Act, NPR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/04\/12\/1092290277\/florida-lawmakers-let-desantis-draw-a-congressional-map-after-he-vetoed-the-last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Cook Political Report <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/30\/democrats-lose-redistricting-maryland-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">decreased<\/a> the number of seats it projected Democrats to gain nationally from redistricting alone to one or two after court decisions affected the maps for Ohio and Maryland. DeSantis\u2019 office <a href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/487126-governor-desantis-office-proposes-congressional-redistricting-map\/\">proposed<\/a> a map that would create 18 Republican-leaning seats and ten Democratic ones, while both maps passed by the <strong>l<\/strong>egislature would have favored Republicans 16-12.<\/p>\n<p>The ACLU of Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACLUFL\/status\/1513622920110637056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">admonished<\/a> the legislature for relinquishing redistricting power in a statement on Tuesday, calling the move \u201cunprecedented\u201d and \u201cundemocratic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople should pick their politicians, not the other way around,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">DeSantis\u2019 office did not immediately respond when asked to comment on the legislature\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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