Jacob Ogles
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says Americans need only to look at Florida to see Project 2025 in action.
In a Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech, Wasserman Schultz attacked Gov. Ron DeSantis more often than Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“From the classroom to the emergency room, Gov. DeSantis turned Florida into a testing ground for the Right’s most egregious, dangerous policies,” the Weston Democrat said. “I can tell you firsthand, it’s been devastating for families in my district and across the state.”
The Democratic Co-Chair of Florida’s congressional delegation and longest-serving Democrat holding federal office in Florida said the state serves as a “cautionary tale.” She slammed policies like Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” law, which critics labeled “Don’t Say Gay,” and a controversial Black history curriculum that drew rebukes even from Black Republicans.
“Today in Florida, state policy requires that kids are taught racist lies about so-called benefits of slavery,” Wasserman Schultz said. “Books are banned. Teachers are censored. And our LGBTQ+ community endures endless state-sponsored hate, even a cruel ‘Don’t Say Gay’ school law. Today in Florida as we grapple with record heat and rising seas, extreme MAGA Republicans deleted mentions of climate change from state law.”
She then tied the DeSantis agenda in Florida directly to Project 2025, an extensive policy platform crafted by Washington think tanks and offered as a blueprint for Trump for a conservative takeover of the federal government. The Heritage Foundation Director who spearheaded the project recently resigned, as Trump leveled public criticism at the plan while reportedly aligning with it privately.
But the initiative has provided endless fodder for speakers at the DNC in Chicago. Wasserman Schultz suggested that any notion that the policy proposals won’t be put into action should be dispelled by DeSantis’ aggressive pursuit of similar goals in Florida.
“For the people of my state, Project 2025 isn’t just a threat. It’s a reality that we battle every day,” she said
She said a “near total abortion ban” signed by DeSantis has proven especially consequential for the women of Florida.
“I keep thinking about a Central Florida woman I met named Deborah,” Wasserman Schultz said.
“At 23 weeks pregnant, she got news every future parent dreads. Her baby’s kidneys never developed. Doctors told her that not only would her baby not survive, her own health was in danger. Deborah couldn’t get the care she needed in Florida. And she couldn’t afford to travel hundreds of miles to get it. She had no choice but to carry her son, Milo, to term only to watch him die in her arms two hours later. This is Project 2025 in practice.”
She said to expect such stories nationwide if Republicans win the Presidential Election this Fall.
“It’s what Donald Trump and JD Vance want for the whole country. But we’re not going to let it happen, are we?” Wasserman Schultz said. “Now I say this as a Floridian, but also a mom and an American. We can’t let them do to America what they did to Florida. Are you with me? So, let’s fight like hell to elect Kamala Harris the next President of the United States of America.”
Wasserman Schultz notably led the Democratic National Committee in 2016, when Trump first ran for President. But she ended up resigning her post at the convention that year following a leak of emails suggesting party officials wrongly favored Hillary Clinton during the nomination cycle that year. With Democrats heavily divided, Trump went on to win the presidency that year.
That she was given a speech at Chicago at all signals a level of healing between flanks of the party, though the convention has also seen protests sympathetic to Palestinians bombed in the West Bank while Wasserman Schultz and other Democrats have voiced steadfast support of Israel.
Wasserman Schultz made no mention of that conflict, even as progressive speakers like U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said Harris as President would “help secure a cease-fire.”
Wasserman Schultz has been the most high-profile Florida official to take the DNC so far, with U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost expected to speak before the convention ends Thursday night.
27 comments
KathrynA
August 22, 2024 at 12:23 pm
Totally agree with all she said! Florida is no longer the land of the free! DeSantis and Scott and their rich cronies have destroyed the state in so many ways!
Michael K
August 22, 2024 at 12:36 pm
Congresswoman is 100% correct. Those of us who live in Florida are nothing more than lab rats for DeSantis’ failed personal aspirations – and cheap taking points for Project 2025. Attacking and dividing our fellow citizens is the only strategy the GOP has. Hate and divide. Rinse and repeat.
rbruce
August 22, 2024 at 12:37 pm
What a maroon. There is no book banning. There is no “don’t say Gay” law. Pres. Trump and Sen Vance has nothing to do with the “2025” plan. There is no evidence of man-made climate change. There was never a “near total aborting ban” proposed by Gov DeSantis. How can anyone support such lies?
Michael K
August 22, 2024 at 12:50 pm
And the world is flat, and only 5,000 years old, right?
Ocean Joe
August 22, 2024 at 12:53 pm
Waving a red flag in front of the bulls! You forgot to call Sandy Hook a hoax.
PeterH
August 22, 2024 at 12:56 pm
rbruce must think that Florida Politics is similar to Fox News where article “commenters” think that they are “influencers” ….. Sorry but your narrative only influences other MAGA followers. The fact remains that Florida IS a trial balloon for Project 2025…… and most Florida residents do not perceive the DeSantis implementation of Project 2025 as FREEDOM! The proof of my statement will be revealed in the blue tsunami November election.
Day 32
August 22, 2024 at 4:46 pm
Any chance we can get the messiah Kammy to talk to the media? To defend her last 3.5 years in the Biden administration? To ask her why she is flip flopping on so many subjects? What does Kammy really stand for? Kammy has gotten to this position by smiling and laughing. The ultimate party girl that at some point will have to really prove herself. I just don’t think she is ready for prime time. That is why the media, her handlers, your party are all covering for her. This is operation “Joe in the basement 2”.
My Take
August 22, 2024 at 6:38 pm
The Trumpfluffers don’t seem to mind that he just spouts and never answers.
Day 32
August 22, 2024 at 7:06 pm
He is talking to the press now isn’t he? You spin it as a zombie. Where is Kammy? Come on Kammy let’s talk about the last 3.5 years. On and how about the biggest correction in 15 years on the Kammy / Joe new jobs report? A reduction of 818,000 jobs. The coverup has been caught again.
JD
August 23, 2024 at 3:23 pm
The revision of 818,000 fewer jobs was reported recently but refers to data from the period during the Trump administration, specifically leading up to March of the final year he was in office. This type of revision often comes much later as more accurate data becomes available and is analyzed, in this case indicating adjustments to previously reported employment figures from that time(Fox Business).
JD
August 23, 2024 at 8:14 am
Stop conflating with a strawman argument. You know very well the policies released. Paid Shill.
Day 32
August 23, 2024 at 12:51 pm
Where are they published zombie? When will she sit down on an interview and explain them zombie? You, the press, her handlers are all okay with this basement campaign
JD
August 23, 2024 at 2:54 pm
And you, the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, and the MAGAts are ok with Project 2025 as the shadow campaign policies of Trump.
And as I said, you know that she released out the economic policy already. Just because Trump trolled with his fake “I am not a part of Project 2025” web page doesn’t mean her’s aren’t there or lacking.
Go back to your drinking and driving.
Billy Nash
August 23, 2024 at 7:57 am
I hope you are right. Yet I see way too many Floridians worshiping at the alter of MAGA. DeSantis has caused such pain and division in the state with his culture wars instituted as part of his failed presidential run. I thought he showed great promise for the state during his first term but boy was I fooled. I hope more Florida residents are waking up and realizing this is not the great state it was back before Rick Scott and DeSantis were elected.
JD
August 23, 2024 at 8:15 am
#truth
Day 32
August 22, 2024 at 12:56 pm
Debbie (the old squad member) can spew all of her BS from the safety of District 25. Most of her constituents are liberal New Yorkers that fled the high cost, high taxes, high crime and regulation of New York. Yet they still vote Democrat. Debbie will never be Governor. She will never be a US Senator. She is safe in District 25.
JD
August 23, 2024 at 8:16 am
What to talk about high cost? Come look at mine and my neighbors insurance bills and rents. Fled to what? Culture wars and grift by the BananaRepublicans.
I was an independent until DeSantis started his culture wars. Heck, I thought he was good with his ploy with the water releases. And then he turned into a idiot.
Day 32
August 23, 2024 at 2:33 pm
One of the funniest things I have read on this board. JD and Peter H are independents. Absolutely LMFAO. Thanks for the laugh.
JD
August 23, 2024 at 2:44 pm
You’re welcome and check my voter card: NPA.
I guess you’re not a BananaRepublican either, since your card has “Florida Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei “.
Super Elvis
August 22, 2024 at 1:05 pm
Good afternoon Dook 4 Brains Leftys,
Project 2025 is not even a part of Trump’s political platform or representative of Trump’s Future plans.
This just shows how desperate Debbie Blabber-mouth Schultz is to try and remain “Relevant” in the Dook 4 Brains Leftist World.
Also any Dook 4 Brains Leftist Commentators (above and below) who believe “Project 2025” is a real thing are running a risk of being placed under a very painfull “CHASTIZEMENT” from Super Elvis.
Thank you Dook 4 Brains Leftys,
SUPER ELVIS [FKA EARL PITTS AMERICAN]
JD
August 23, 2024 at 1:35 pm
Wait, so the 140 people that worked for him in his last admin don’t count?
Accountant24
August 22, 2024 at 1:36 pm
Trump just landed in Sierra Vista AZ to rant for a few hours. He’s campaigning there, because he owes the City of Tucson over $64,000.00, for NOT PAYING FOR POLICE PROTECTION during the 2016 election. He’s got another 48 grand bill in Mesa, so he’s headed to Glendale AZ next. What other cities has he fleeced?
Day 32
August 22, 2024 at 2:46 pm
So why don’t they arrest him then when he shows up? Sounds like a Fakebook story to me.
JD
August 23, 2024 at 8:18 am
Paid shill
Tom
August 23, 2024 at 8:19 am
It’s not fake. He is literally a deadbeat. Look it up. Here’s a list to get you started:
Tucson, Arizona
Mesa, Arizona
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Spokane, Washington
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Billings, Montana
Erie, Pennsylvania
Lebanon, Ohio
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Burlington, Vermont
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rick Whitaker
August 26, 2024 at 4:39 pm
DAY 32 HOWLER MONKEY, what does being a shill for maga pay? go mow lawns if you need extra money that bad. someone will surlily loan you an old push mower, well i guess that depends on whether you bring things back or not.
Dee
August 25, 2024 at 8:46 pm
Heritage foundation and Desantis have made the laws the last two years…
It was obvious someone was behind the take down of Public schools. The abortion ban of 6 weeks. The state that no one can afford a home , homeowners insurance or car insurance anymore.,Just surprised it was so fast…now he wants Parks to have golf courses ?! All about development and nothing protecting the environment or the consumers?!?!
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