{"id":1868958,"date":"2023-03-06T08:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-slams-florida-republicans-for-blogger-registration-bill-insane\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:00:15","slug":"newt-gingrich-slams-florida-republicans-for-blogger-registration-bill-insane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-slams-florida-republicans-for-blogger-registration-bill-insane\/","title":{"rendered":"Newt Gingrich slams Florida Republicans for blogger registration bill: &#8216;Insane&#8217;"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fnewt-gingrich-slams-florida-republicans-for-blogger-registration-bill-insane%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=1868958&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_75971250\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"DeSantis eyeing summertime presidential announcement: Report\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is inching closer to launching a White House bid for 2024, with the Florida governor reportedly eyeing an announcement in late May or early June. Although DeSantis has not announced whether he intends to seek the GOP presidential nomination, several Republican advisers close to the governor say he has already made up his mind on the matter. However, an announcement is not expected to come until after the Sunshine State concludes its legislative session in late May.\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M57S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-09 19:32:30\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1239184_th_1675971246.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1239184.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_75971250\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1239184\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">F<\/span>Speaker for the House <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/newt-gingrich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newt Gingrich<\/a> (R-GA). Blasted a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> Bill that requires paid bloggers to cover Gov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R.FL), legislators, and other high-ranking officials must register with the state. <\/p>\n<p>The following are the guidelines &#8220;Information Dissemination&#8221; State Sen. Jason Brodeur (a Republican) proposed that bloggers who cover certain Florida officials be required to reveal their source of income. Gingrich denounced <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation<\/a> As &#8220;insane&#8221; Brodeur was urged to withdraw his bill. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/courts\/witnesses-fulton-county-grand-jury-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WHO ARE THE WITNESSES IN THE FULTON COUNTY GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION?<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The idea that bloggers criticizing a politician should register with the government is insane. It is an embarrassment that it is a Republican state legislator in Florida who introduced a bill to that effect. He should withdraw it immediately,&#8221; Gingrich tweeted. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ignoring the fact that blogs criticizing politicians need to register with the government would be insane. This bill was introduced by a Republican Florida state legislator. It&#8217;s an embarrassing fact. He should immediately withdraw the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newtgingrich\/status\/1632371516410146818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2023<\/a>              <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>               <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brodeur&#8217;s law sparked a lot of debate, especially from Democrats and advocates for free speech. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Paid bloggers are lobbyists who write instead of talk. They both are professional electioneers. If lobbyists have to register and report, why shouldn&#8217;t paid bloggers,&#8221; He <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/floridapolitics.com\/archives\/591813-jason-brodeur-wants-pay-to-play-blog-posts-about-elected-officials-reported-with-the-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> <i>Florida Politics<\/i>. <\/p>\n<p>Bloggers that are paid to publish online information about state elected officials, would need to register with either the Florida Office of Legislative Services (or the Commission on Ethics as per Brodeur&#8217;s proposal). This requirement does not apply to websites for newspapers. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2023\/1316\/BillText\/Filed\/HTML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> To the bill. <\/p>\n<p>Failing to sign up could lead to fines up $25 per day and a maximum of $2,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read more from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/newt-gingrich-blisters-florida-republican-insane-bill\">Newt Gingrich slams Florida Republicans for blogger registration bill: &#8216;Insane&#8217;<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FSpeaker for the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA). Blasted a Florida Bill that requires paid bloggers to cover Gov. 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