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An extremely conservative Trump-supporting member of the Florida legislature is gearing up to potentially run for the district long-held by Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), according to POLITICO.
State Rep. Anthony Sabatini's announcement comes almost a year before legislators create new congressional maps that could include two new additional seats. According to Webster, Sabatini told him last week he would not run against him only to now say he's running for Webster's seat.
<p>"He has chosen to file his paperwork for Congressional District 11 instead of another district," Webster said in a statement. "I never take reelection for granted. I work hard every day to serve my constituents and campaign hard every election."</p><p>Sabatini is known for his controversial statements. In the wake of the George Floyd's killing, he tweeted a picture of an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and said "this will be a very common sight upon illegal entry at any Lake County business – FYI!" He's also launched more than one unsuccessful bid to overturn state mask mandates. </p><p>Read more over at <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/florida/story/2021/03/08/pro-trump-florida-state-lawmaker-to-challenge-webster-1367386" target="_blank">POLITICO</a>.</p>
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Marjorie Taylor Greene lies pending LGBTQ Equality bill has ‘completely canceled women’ and ‘destroyed women’s rights’
March 08, 2021
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Monday used her time to address the House of Representatives by lying to her colleagues and attacking the LGBTQ Equality Act.
The legislation, which passed the House but has not been debated in the Senate or even voted on, much less signed into law, "has completely destroyed women's rights," and "has completely canceled women," the QAnon Congresswoman lied.
<p>The Equality Act, she continued, "has taken away women's rights in sports," which is also false.</p><p>"It has completely canceled women and I think it's a terrible thing that's happened to the women in America who have come so far, our grandmothers and mothers worked so hard to achieve our rights. And now with the passage of the Equality Act they have put men in our little girls bathrooms, sports, locker rooms, playing fields, and seem to care less about women's rights whatsoever."</p><p>Again the Equality Act has only passed the House, not the Senate, nor has it been signed into law, so it has not been enacted.</p><p>"They've also completely destroyed religious freedoms and and violated our freedoms and rights in every single way," she insisted, not naming who "they" are.</p><p>"The Equality Act is atrocious and evil," she said, repeating the false claim she has made several times. "It completely erases gender, that God created us 'male and female in his image.' He created us. Women deserve their rights, we deserve our sports, we deserve our privacy, and should not have the invasion of biological men in any of these areas."</p><p>Green has been trying to remake herself from a conspiracy theorist and QAnon promoter to a far right religious extremist anti-choice activist. Her diatribe on International Women's Day did little to advance that goal, or any other cause.</p><p>Watch:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">On International Women's Day, I rose to condemn the so-called “Equality" Act.<br/><br/>This disgusting bill destroys the rights of women and girls across America and sets a horrific precedent for the rest of the world. <a href="https://t.co/qswerFcnhH">pic.twitter.com/qswerFcnhH</a><br/>— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1369017877517451264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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Ex-Papa John’s CEO can't understand why people called him a racist after it took him 20 months to stop saying N-word
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Former Papa John's CEO John Schnatter resigned after he was accused of using the N-word during a company conference call in May 2018. But according to Schnatter, he's kicked the habit.
Speaking to OAN about "cancel culture," Schnatter explained that he couldn't understand why people were so up in arms and why his public board would call him a racist, "when they know [I'm] not a racist."
<p>"I used to lay in bed thinking, how did they do this?" he lamented. "And we've had three goals for the last 20 months to get rid of this N-word in my vocabulary, and dictionary, and everything else. Because it's just not true. Figure out how they did this and get on with my life." </p><p><br/></p>
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<div style="margin:1em 0">@MaxAMaxim @Phil_Lewis_ @mount_bees If it's taking that long I think it's time to give up and just move to Alabama</div> — 🇺🇸sexymanAOC🇺🇸 (@🇺🇸sexymanAOC🇺🇸)
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Funny, I’ve gone over 45 years without… https://t.co/ckE1g4SxAM</div> — Erie, not the spooky Eerie🇺🇸 (@Erie, not the spooky Eerie🇺🇸)
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How many times per day was he… https://t.co/hc6ytA1AZq</div> — JRehling (@JRehling)
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