{"id":2418484,"date":"2025-04-01T14:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rails-against-florida-legislatures-priorities-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:40:47","slug":"desantis-rails-against-florida-legislatures-priorities-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rails-against-florida-legislatures-priorities-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis rails against Florida legislature&#8217;s priorities &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-rails-against-florida-legislatures-priorities-washington-examiner%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=2418484&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 Governor Ron DeSantis criticized the state&#8217;s republican legislature for prioritizing less <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/there-is-a-clear-path-to-victory-for-the-pro-life-movement\/\" title=\"There Is A Clear Path To Victory For The Pro-Life Movement\">critically important issues<\/a> while he advocated for a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">substantial tax relief proposal aimed<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-vulnerable-democrat-governors-hope-to-dish-out-cash-before-midterm-election\/\" title=\"Report: Vulnerable Democrat Governors Hope to Dish out Cash Before Midterm Election\">cutting property taxes<\/a>. DeSantis unveiled a plan to decrease property taxes by $5 billion, along with a constitutional amendment for their complete elimination by 2026. This comes in response to House Speaker Daniel Perez&#8217;s proposal to reduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-california-democratic-lawmakers-claim-true-pro-life-agenda-in-budget-announcement\/\" title=\"Newsom, California Democratic Lawmakers Claim \u2018True Pro-Life Agenda\u2019 In Budget Announcement\">state sales tax<\/a> from 6% to 5.25%. <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis condemned the legislature&#8217;s focus on legislation concerning carbon sequestration, labeling it a &#8220;scam,&#8221; and he urged the Republican majority to direct their efforts toward urgent tax relief rather of engaging in what he referred to as petty disputes over office space at the state capitol. The governor&#8217;s criticisms reflect a growing tension between him and the legislature, a situation that has evolved since their last significant disagreement over federal immigration cooperation. Despite this friction, legislative leaders maintain a positive outlook on their working relationship with DeSantis.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DeSantis rails against Florida legislature&rsquo;s priorities as he pushes to axe property tax<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2027055\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ron DeSantis\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) targeted Republicans in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Florida\">Florida<\/a> legislature for their focus on other priorities while he promoted a proposal to cut property taxes in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n<p>Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) has championed a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Daniel_PerezFL\/status\/1905031735328322032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"proposal\">proposal<\/a> to cut the state&rsquo;s sales tax from 6% to 5.25%. DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3364376\/ron-desantis-florida-property-taxes-cuts-billion-sales-tax-cut-legislature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> a counterproposal on Monday to cut property taxes by $5 billion and a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2026 to fully eliminate property taxes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3366092\/first-rule-vote-mike-johnson-new-congress-fails-parent-proxy-voting\/\">First&nbsp;House&nbsp;rule vote under Johnson&rsquo;s new Congress fails over proxy voting GOP revolt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3365695\/new-york-threatens-lawsuit-tesla-elon-musk-doge-leadership-tanking-stock\/\">New York threatens lawsuit against Tesla over Musk&#8217;s DOGE leadership tanking stock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3366055\/white-house-bats-down-tariff-doubts-liberation-day-eve\/\">White House bats down tariff doubts and stock market jitters on Liberation Day eve: &#8216;Going to work&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Florida Senate President Ben Albritton (R) did not pick a side, instead <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sen_Albritton\/status\/1906759591578186181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">saying<\/a>, &ldquo;Both are big ideas worthy of our consideration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After DeSantis&rsquo;s announcement, the governor went on the offense against the state legislature over some of the bills it is considering.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis slammed legislation for carbon sequestration in a Monday post on X, calling it a &ldquo;scam&rdquo; and arguing that a &ldquo;GOP supermajority is a terrible thing to waste.&rdquo; Both chambers of the state legislature are considering similar bills to develop a task force on a state carbon sequestration program.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Florida&rsquo;s Republican supermajority is spending time on so-called carbon sequestration. Injecting carbon into our soil, aquifers, and even our ocean floor is a non-starter. Carbon sequestration is a scam. A GOP supermajority is a terrible thing to waste,&rdquo; DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1906811266464883071\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1907082509596144032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> on Tuesday his opposition to the state House&rsquo;s consideration of a bill dealing with parking spaces and office space. The <a href=\"https:\/\/m.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Documents\/loaddoc.aspx?PublicationType=Committees&amp;CommitteeId=3283&amp;Session=2025&amp;DocumentType=Proposed+Committee+Bills+(PCBs)&amp;FileName=PCB+SAB+25-02.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"bill\">bill<\/a> could take away office space in the state capitol from Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL), which was formerly occupied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio when he was a U.S. senator.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis urged Republicans in the state legislature to focus on tax relief rather than current &ldquo;pettiness,&rdquo; which he called an &ldquo;embarrassment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans in the Florida House are dismissing the urgency of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-crenshaw-headlines-n-h-gop-fundraiser-denies-rumors-about-run-for-white-house-2024\/\" title=\"Rep. Crenshaw headlines N.H. GOP fundraiser, denies rumors about run for White House 2024\">property tax relief<\/a>. They are focused on &hellip; taking away office space from U.S. Senator Ashley Moody and regulating parking spaces at the state capitol building. This pettiness is an embarrassment to the State of Florida and The Republican Party,&rdquo; DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3364376\/ron-desantis-florida-property-taxes-cuts-billion-sales-tax-cut-legislature\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"DESANTIS PITCHES SLASHING PROPERTY TAXES INSTEAD OF PROPOSED $5 BILLION SALES TAX CUT\">DESANTIS PITCHES SLASHING PROPERTY TAXES INSTEAD OF PROPOSED $5 BILLION SALES TAX CUT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The governor&rsquo;s jabs at some of the legislation being considered by Florida Republicans came months after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3316960\/diminished-desantis-immigration-fight-florida-friction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"first severe disagreement \">first severe disagreement <\/a>with the state legislature since becoming governor in 2019. The fight over how the state would cooperate with federal immigration officers became a tense weekslong battle, which ended with the governor getting most of what he wanted.<\/p>\n<p>During the standoff between the state legislature and the governor, Perez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3316960\/diminished-desantis-immigration-fight-florida-friction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> he was &ldquo;not worried about the working relationship&rdquo; between himself and DeSantis despite the speedbump. DeSantis later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3319908\/desantis-makes-nice-florida-legislature-immigration-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">said<\/a> there were &ldquo;no hard feelings&rdquo; over the legislative fight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2027055\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2027055\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DeSantis criticizes Florida lawmakers for ignoring property tax cuts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2418485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ron-desantis-florida-house.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4980,5113,4199],"class_list":["post-2418484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-desantis","tag-florida","tag-legislature"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ron-desantis-florida-house.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2418484"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418488,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2418484\/revisions\/2418488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2418484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2418484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2418484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}