Florida House Democrats Celebrate Breaking Republican Supermajority

Florida elects Republican with neo-Nazi ties who called for executing queer people

Florida voters elected Republican Marshall Rawson, a man with neo-Nazi ties who has called for executing queer people, to the Florida State House of Representatives on Tuesday. He defeated his Democratic opponent, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, by 36.4 percentage points. Rawson, age 34, has condoned slavery, advocated lynching, and called for executing queer people, Talking Points Memo (TPM) reported. TPM wrote that his election “makes him among the …

Florida House Democrats celebrate breaking Republican supermajority

Florida House Democrats gained 15 seats this election cycle, breaking the Republican supermajority in the chamber and giving Democrats new opportunities to influence the legislative process.

Nazi Rally Attendee Wins Florida State House Race

Talking Points Memo reports: Marshall Rawson — the unrepentant white supremacist revealed in a TPM exposé as an attendee of the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — won a seat in the Florida state House of Representatives on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Republican nominee, who has condoned slavery and called for executing queer people, … The post Nazi Rally Attendee Wins Florida State House Race appeared first on Joe.My.God..

Florida voters elect Republican with neo-Nazi ties to state legislature

A far-right Republican with neo-Nazi ties who marched at the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., was elected to the Florida state legislature on Tuesday. Marshall Rawson, 34, defeated Democrat Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson by roughly 36 percentage points to represent Florida’s heavily Republican 10th House District. Rawson’s election comes following extensive reporting documenting...

Florida Statewide Election Race Recaps

In statewide races that were much closer than expected due to a surge in Democratic voter turnout, Republicans maintained their hold on the the US Senate seat that was up for grabs, along with the Florida Governor’s Mansion, the Office of Florida Attorney General, the Florida State Chief Financial Officer, and the Florida Department of […]

Marshall Rawson, Who Marched With Nazis in Charlottesville, Wins Seat in Florida Legislature

Rawson was involved with a white supremacist group and once called for the execution of queer people. After a TPM exposé, no GOP figure denounced him.