Florida Republican Party Chairman at the center of criminal sexual battery investigation

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Joy leads this episode of The ReidOut with a scandal in Florida, involving the Chair of Florida’s Republican Party, Christian Ziegler. Ziegler is now under criminal investigation for allegations related to sexual battery, according to a complaint filed by the Sarasota Police Department. Joy and her guests discuss this plus Ziegler’s wife Bridget Ziegler’s anti-lgbtq activism as co-founder of Mom’s for Liberty. Plus, new warnings about former President Trump’s plans for a second presidency, which some say would move the country into a full-blown autocracy. Also, Ayman Mohyeldin joins Joy to discuss the latest on the ground in Gaza, with civilians receiving mounting pressure to flee despite no real options with Israel and Egypt refusing to allow refugees. This comes as U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin delivered strong remarks Saturday, about Israel needing to protect civilians in Gaza, calling them the center of gravity in Israel’s war with Hamas. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout.
0:05.0	One of the things that we see happening today is sort of a sleepwalking into a dictatorship in the United States.
0:18.6	Liz Cheney on the danger of a second Trump presidency and there are new warnings tonight about
0:23.7	Trump's plans which would move the country away from democracy and into full-blown
0:28.6	autocracy. Also tonight expelled from the House of Representatives.
0:32.4	Former Congressman George Santos begins his Also tonight expelled from the House of Representatives,
0:33.0	former Congressman George Santos begins his revenge tour
0:36.4	and he's already cashing in on his infamy.
0:40.0	But we begin tonight with notes on a Florida scandal. A hot mess sending
0:47.9	shockwave through the state's Republican Party. The Florida man in question
0:52.3	is not Donald Trump for once. Instead, this is a scandal involving
0:57.0	Christian Ziegler, the chairman of Florida's Republican Party. This is Euler. A longtime party official who served as vice chairman of the state party prior to his election as chair.
1:08.0	He is now under criminal investigation for allegations related to sexual battery,
1:14.1	including rape, according to a complaint
1:16.8	filed with the Sarasota Police Department.
1:19.2	Ziegler has denied the allegations.
1:22.1	A heavily redacted report was released Thursday as you can see it includes mention of rape
1:27.4	sexual assault complaint and sexual assault allegation
1:32.4	The report mentions that the alleged incident happened in
1:35.3	Sarasota where Ziegler is from. Now to give you an idea of his politics here is
1:41.6	Ziegler last month at the Republican Florida Freedom Summit,
1:46.1	an event that featured Ziegler on stage with Trump and DeSantis. Based on the
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