Orlandoan, daughter of working class immigrants and
@UCF
grad elected to serve in the FL House. Working for you, fighting for us. she/her
#OnwardWithAnna
BREAKING: Judge rules that HB5, FL's 15 week abortion ban, is unconstitutional and violates the privacy provision of the State Constitution & he supports a temporary statewide injunction. His order will not happen until he signs it.
An important win for abortion rights in FL.
Email we got: โPlease pass on to your fellow Florida Representatives, that if they pass the bill to repeal Disneyโs self governance, I will never vote for another Republican again. I am a registered Republican. The move is obviously retaliatory and completely unjustified.โ
In response to the
#DontSayGay
bill, Iโm hearing that Legislative Offices are getting calls from people who are just saying the word โgayโ and then hanging up. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Just another day in Florida with Randy Fine threatening the President of the United States after children and adults were shot & murdered at a school in Texas.
Governor DeSantis doesnโt want you to know that his petty attack on Disney for defending
#LGBTQ
+ kids is going to raise taxes in Central Florida. Please retweet to make sure everyone knows who will be responsible for this!
Weโre being told on the House Floor that we canโt use the racist history of our nation as a reason why you should vote no on the maps because it might impune colleagues who are voting yes.
It might feel uncomfortable for some, but history is relevant when itโs repeating itself.
That moment when youโre supposed to debate your Republican opponent at a local TV station but instead she stages a fit over their COVID-19 safety visitor policies so the debate gets canceled LOL
And she calls me the drama queen ๐คฃ
A student just emailed these photos from Largo High Schoolโs walk out in opposition to the
#DontSayGay
bill. These walk outs are happening across the State of FL! ๐
Lawsuit has been filed by FL parents on behalf of their children against
@GovRonDeSantis
's anti-mask stance that is preventing our schools from being as safe as possible! Lawsuit has emphasis to protect kids w/disabilities. PROUD of these parents!
LINK:
The Don't Say Gay Bill is being heard at the same time in the Florida Senate as a new voter suppression bill is being heard in the Florida House. Proud of Floridians who are in Tallahassee fighting against both.
I like how Republican officials talk about โlaw and orderโ but then their rising stars pay to have sex with women, create fake drivers licenses, misspend public money, stalk their opponents, and are charged with child sex trafficking.
Tallahassee PD just arrested peaceful protesters outside the Capitol who were advocating against the abortion ban. Florida is now where freedom goes to die.
@igorbobic
Wow. As an Iranian-American I humbly ask Susan Collins to take a hard look in the mirror before she makes another ignorant and racist comment.
I have filed an amendment that requires all book banners to submit with their objection a 5 page, double spaced, and APA cited report of why they want to remove the specific book.
Voter registration website continues to NOT work for many Floridians. Retweet if you think Florida should extend the voter registration deadline by at least one day!
Reminder for FL voters that this November we have the chance to elect a new Governor & a new US Senator โ both would be very influential in protecting abortion access statewide & nationally. We need folks to vote but we also need those who will vote to help get out the vote!
BREAKING:
@AOC
is teaming up with my future Democrat communist opponent in my race for Congress, FL-7!
I say BRING IT! We will CRUSH AOCโs handpicked puppet, just like we will defeat the RINOs and Pelosi in DC.
CHIP IN here to help me fight back!๐๐บ๐ธ
I challenge
@GovRonDeSantis
to sit hours on the phone & computer applying for unemployment, & then try living off $275 a week for 12 weeks while searching for jobs that either donโt exist or are low wage.
This is what ppl are going thru every single day & they need our support.
I wouldnโt be surprised if Florida Republican leaders are preparing to ban Algebra from high schools. They object to the subliminal use of [brackets] as an indoctrination to the concept of inclusion, they don't like the equal sign, and they hate solving problems! ๐คฃ
Governor DeTaxUs is on another anti-trans rant right now. He continues to dunk on already marginalized people while ignoring real life struggles Floridians are facing.
Enslaved people were punished by whipping, shackling, hanging, beating, burning, mutilation, branding, rape, & imprisonment.
But according to Ron DeSantis and the Department of Education, we canโt forget the โpersonal benefitsโ ๐คฌ
Iโm disgusted. Our kids deserve better.
Holy shit. Ron DeSantis defends Floridaโs new history curriculum standards teaching that slaves learned skills that โcould be applied for their personal benefitโ โ He says itโs โrooted in whatever is factualโ... some slaves learned how to be โa blacksmith.โ
A group of students are planning walk outs on college campuses across Florida on Feb. 28th, 12-1pm in opposition to the attacks on academic freedom, DEI, and LGBTQ+ students. Learn more, sign the pledge, and join others in action:
โThe Department of Education has made clear that all schools receiving federal funding must follow federal civil rights law, including Title IXโs protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.โ ๐๐๐
I must be doing something right when conservative accounts start trolling with disinformation memes.
Appreciate yโall for at least using a nice picture of me lol
This is both fraudulent and predatory.
All of the victims of this unauthorized voter switch were older than 65 years old, live in Miami-Dade County, and all of them were outraged when they learned they were registered as Republicans.
We did it โ we won our re-election and by a landslide too.
Words cannot express my immense gratitude to our incredible constituents for your support, and to our volunteers who got us to the finish line. 1/5
Hey Florida! This November, we're not just voting on politicians: we're also voting to retain or reject FIVE members of the Florida State Supreme Court! ๐งต
Posted one hour ago on Instagramโ according to the post, protesters are at
@WaltDisneyWorld
asking the company to take a stance against the
#DontSayGay
bill ๐
WE WON!!!!!!!!
Thank you for being a part of our campaign and movement. Our work in serving District 47 and the people of Florida is nowhere near over yet.
Thank you
#HD47
for trusting me to serve, and thank you to our amazing volunteers and
#Annaverse
!!
#OnwardWithAnna
Just debated against the anti-solar bill! Let the sun SHINE in Florida and donโt allow utility companies to take rooftop solar away from us! We need energy CHOICE and a more sustainable and secure future! โ๏ธ
BREAKING: The Orange County School Board has agreed to a mandatory mask requirement for 60 days w/a medical opt out option. This would include students and staff & is effective on Monday.
Thank you Board Members, proud to be an OCPS grad right now. We gotta keep our kids safe.
"Producer and documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney is calling her family legacy into question again after it was revealed that the Walt Disney Company donated to Florida state representatives who supported the โDonโt Say Gayโ bill."
So basically Republicans are punishing Disney right now but this can be "reconsidered" next year if Disney is on their best behavior w/DeSantis. This is some authoritarian trash.
Governor DeSantis is gonna look for ANY reason to remove local elected officials in Orange County; more important than ever for us to stand up to protect home rule and vote like our lives & Floridaโs future depends on it โ because it 100% does.
Hey
@GovRonDeSantis
, does Phase 1 of re-opening Florida include fixing our stateโs unemployment insurance program & getting people paid?
Asking for a million of my new friends.
Ron DeSantis, a man who built his entire campaign on attacking & demonizing already marginalized communities, has finally suspended his failing Presidential campaign.
As Floridians we will be stuck w/him until 2026 so continue to hold him accountable & demand better for FL.
Our Governor has completely lost it. He is now threatening to defund superintendents and school board members who enact mask requirements.
Maybe we withhold HIS public salary until EVERY unemployment claim has been fixed & paid!
Today a Planned Parenthood Health Center in Fort Myers was attacked by anti-abortion extremists & hours later FL lawmakers pushed forward HB5, the 15 week abortion ban. Floridians who traveled to testify were unable to speak. We will keep fighting to protect reproductive freedom.
โDeSantisโ staff intervened in a public records request related to a former appointee who is reportedly connected to a federal sex trafficking investigation.โ
DeSantis calls his opposition groomers while he shields ppl being charged w/sex trafficking. ๐
No matter what happens tonight, the fact that these races are so close in GA is a reminder for us in Florida to invest in deep long-term organizing, to be unapologetic with our values and bold on our issues, to center our work on directly impacted people & to trust black women.
My name is Anna V. Eskamani. Before I ran for office in 2018 and flipped my seat from red to blue I worked at Planned Parenthood. And before I worked at Planned Parenthood, I was a patient & volunteer.
Today we're fighting unapologetically in defense of abortion rights in FL.
If youโre in a protest and a car drives into the crowd and you respond by shooting the driver in self-defense which law matters more? The driver liability granted under HB1 or Stand Your Ground?
Maybe we stop giving people permission to kill & address systematic racism instead?
President Trump is golfing.
Vice President Pence is skiing.
And your unemployment benefits just expired with eviction protections ending soon & small businesses continuing to struggle.
Political games often result in everyday people being the ones who lose.
Republicans waved the rules to skip debate and pass all bills including the petty attack on Disney & unconstitutional Congressional maps that erase black access seats.
This is not democracy โ this is one party rule drunk on power and bullying anyone in their way into submission.
As Democrats chant โBlack votes are under attack,โ House Speaker Chris Sprowls and Republican majority vote to approve DeSantisโ congressional map 68-38.
"Video cameras recorded a small yellow plane flying above the Palm Beach resort on Wednesday, with a banner that read, "ha ha ha ha ha" being pulled behind it."
A third resident of The Villages has admitted to voting twice during the 2020 election, court records show.
Huh. I wonder why DeSantis didnโt host a press conference for this? ๐ค
Email from
@Disney
CEO to employees apologizes for their silence towards the
#DontSayGay
bill, and says they will re-evaluate their political giving and are โpausing all political donations in the State of Florida pending this review.โ
Very disappointing to hear that there are Florida House members who think gender identity is a "radical leftist agenda" -- wow.
#TransLivesMatter
in case folks need a reminder.
โThe move by DeSantis dominated the radio & television airwaves in South FL โ where large swaths of Hispanic voters live. One Spanish radio host loudly denounced the move & even compared DeSantisโ actions to that of deceased Cuban dictator Fidel Castro..โ
Iโm saying it now. We need a whole new direction for the
@FlaDems
. We are losing too many incredible down ballot elected officials and candidates right now and itโs not ok. I know we have the potential to be better and do better. We do it everyday here in
#HD47
.
One of our volunteers this morning is a lifelong Republican and today he said he couldnโt even finish his primary ballot because of how awful his options were.
He & his wife are voting Democrat & helping people like me win too. ๐ช๐ฝ
Wore my Rebel Alliance cap today in honor of
@HamillHimself
liking our tweets this week.
A woman's place is in the resistance. ๐ช
Photo Credit:
@emilywray
@GovRonDeSantis
Not free if you have a uterus or identify as LGBTQ+ or a person of color but how much of that $20B in reserves is federally funded? ๐๐
BREAKING: Tallahassee Police Department just arrested dozens of peaceful pro-choice protestors at City Hall outside of the Florida Capitol.
This includes Senator
@LeaderBookFL
and FDP Chair
@NikkiFriedFL
.
Abortion is health care.
Two dozen white supremacists are outside the main Disney World entrance in Orlando right now, marching with signs featuring Gov DeSantisโs face, swastikas, the n-word and homophobic slurs.
This is the 2023 Republican Party.