How DeSantis Redrew Florida’s Map
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🗓️ 24 October 2022
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Summary
Ron DeSantis broke with tradition when he rejected the Florida legislature’s redistricting map and presented his own. But by splitting a majority Black district in northern Florida into four other districts, he may have violated both Florida and federal laws against gerrymandering.
Guest: Joshua Kaplan, reporter at ProPublica.
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| 0:30.0 | I called up Josh Kaplan from over at ProPublica to tell me the story of what happened on April 21st, 2022 in |
| 0:44.9 | Tallahassee, Florida. This was a Thursday and the state's legislature was supposed to be all finished up |
| 0:52.2 | But Governor Rhonda Santas had called lawmakers back into session. They were there to fight |
| 0:58.4 | I mean if you talk to people who are on the inside. I mean, this was a battle for the political future of Florida |
| 1:05.3 | This was a fight of enormous proportions |
| 1:13.0 | Before we go inside the room that day, let me explain what this fight was all about |
| 1:18.0 | Maps it is the Florida legislature's job to draw redistricting maps every 10 years |
| 1:24.8 | But this year Governor DeSantis was not happy with their work |
| 1:28.7 | He thought they could squeeze out a few more Republican seats. So he came out with a map all his own |
| 1:39.8 | At first the Republicans bought I mean they basically said like we don't think this is illegal |
| 1:45.8 | What you're doing and we don't want to get sued it's ignoring it's expensive and |
| 1:51.2 | It doesn't look great when they're up for a real election necessarily |
| 1:54.6 | The legislature tried tinkering with the governor's plan passing a compromise |
| 1:59.8 | DeSantis was not having it and |
| 2:02.5 | Then he vetoes the legislature's bill and |
| 2:07.5 | I mean this was this was a big surprise to a lot of Republicans |
| 2:11.6 | Oh, but because suddenly there are no maps and there's about to be an election in November |
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