The threat comes one day after the Florida governor ended his presidential campaign.

The threat comes one day after the Florida governor ended his presidential campaign.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ® on Monday indicated he would veto a bill that would give up to $5 million in taxpayer money to Donald Trump to help pay his extensive legal fees.

DeSantis, who ended a bitter campaign against Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Sunday, shared a story about the bill on X, along with his veto comments:

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The “Florida Freedom Fighters Fund” bill, introduced earlier this month by State Sen. Ileana Garcia ®, would offer cash to Florida residents running for president who are charged with crimes and are “victims of political discrimination.”

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    49·
    10 months ago

    Consider how comprehensively corrupt and anti-democratic the legislature as a whole has to be for this sort of blatantly heinous shit to even make it to the governor’s desk in the first place.