Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ likely presidential campaign is getting a major assist this week by Republican legislators who are moving quickly in a hastily called special session to help the governor
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last year led the charge to dismantle the special district that had been controlled by Disney for more than 50 years. | Rebecca Blackwell/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — .
The special session was announced by legislative leaders on Friday. By Monday afternoon, some of the first bills — including one designed to inoculate DeSantis’ controversial migrant relocation program from an ongoing lawsuit filed by a Democratic state senator — had already cleared its first stop. The 12-day special session comes amid an increasingly busy time for DeSantis. He has a much anticipated autobiography due out at the end of this month — followed by appearances before GOP groups in Texas, California and Alabama. The regular legislative session will also kick off in early March, where lawmakers are expected to take up more high-profile proposals from the governor, including changes in Florida’s higher education system.
“You have a governor who is overreaching and running for president so he is doing all these things because he can,” said state Rep. Dotie Joseph, a North Miami Democrat. “And you don’t have a Legislature to check him.”
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