{"id":39811,"date":"2025-04-25T18:03:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/desantis-excoriates-fl-house-leadership-amid-republican-civil-war-accusing-them-of-revolt-against-voters\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T18:03:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T18:03:47","slug":"desantis-excoriates-fl-house-leadership-amid-republican-civil-war-accusing-them-of-revolt-against-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/desantis-excoriates-fl-house-leadership-amid-republican-civil-war-accusing-them-of-revolt-against-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis excoriates FL House leadership amid Republican civil war, accusing them of ‘revolt against’ voters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Republicans are embroiled in a civil war \u2014 Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> has excoriated state House leadership, accusing them of revolting against voters who sent them to the legislative chamber and pursuing a “swamp-centric agenda,” while Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez has lambasted DeSantis, asserting that the governor has “become the swamp.”<\/p>\n

With massive majorities in both chambers of the legislature and control of the governorship, Republicans dominate the political landscape in the Sunshine State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But in a recent post on X<\/a>, the governor asserted that “the FL House leadership is at war with the voters who provided the supermajority in the first place.”<\/p>\n

“They do not want to see Florida continue on the conservative path,” DeSantis told Fox News Digital during an interview on Wednesday. “They’re doing things to empower the left.”<\/p>\n

“Republican voters are wondering, what the hell is going on in the Florida House of Representatives,” he said.<\/p>\n

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“I think that what they’re doing is a formula for Florida to return to becoming a swing state. The reason why we went from a purple state to a red state under my tenure is because we drew sharp contrasts with the left and we defeated the left on issue after issue,” DeSantis declared.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The House is run based on fear and retribution,” he said.<\/p>\n

Perez, a Republican, pushed back in a lengthy statement provided to Fox News Digital on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, what we\u2019ve seen in Florida is a Governor who\u2019s turned into exactly what he promised to fight \u2014 he\u2019s become the swamp. His latest attacks are nothing more than a distraction from the gross financial mismanagement happening under his watch. We’re talking about thousands of missing state vehicles, $160 million unaccounted for at AHCA [Florida Agency for Health Care Administration], and a growing list of problems across agencies and boards \u2014 all controlled by the Governor,” Perez declared in the statement.<\/p>\n

“While the Florida House remains the most conservative body in the Legislature \u2014 passing a budget billions lower than the Governor\u2019s, approving larger tax cuts than the Governor, and pushing bold conservative policies like repealing gun laws and passing E-Verify \u2014 the Governor seems uninterested in a conservative Legislature. He wants a compliant one. After seven years in office, it\u2019s clear he doesn’t want people asking hard questions, especially after neglecting his duties while running for president,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“We are proud to advance conservative reforms, but we won\u2019t cover up mismanagement of taxpayer dollars. The Governor\u2019s comments about retribution are deeply hypocritical. His entire governing style is based on fear and intimidation \u2014 if you don\u2019t do what he says or have a difference of opinion he views that as treason. All he does is attack people who disagree with him. I\u2019ve repeatedly indicated my willingness to work with the Governor and all he\u2019s done is insult and attack Members of the House,” Perez added.<\/p>\n

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DeSantis \u2014 a former U.S. congressman who was a House Freedom Caucus founding member \u2014 notched a dominant gubernatorial re-election victory in 2022.<\/p>\n

He mounted a presidential bid in 2023, but ultimately dropped out and endorsed Donald Trump<\/a> in 2024 after Trump, a GOP juggernaut, scored a huge win in the Iowa GOP presidential caucus.<\/p>\n

Before he leaves office, the governor wants a constitutional amendment to lower, or even abolish, property taxes, placed before voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Property taxes are local, not state. So we\u2019d need to do a constitutional amendment (requires 60% of voters to approve) to eliminate them (which I would support) or even to reform\/lower them,” DeSantis noted earlier this year in a post on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We should put the boldest amendment on the ballot that has a chance of getting that 60%,” he noted, adding, “I agree that taxing land\/property is the more oppressive and ineffective form of taxation.”<\/p>\n

The governor explained to Fox News Digital that “the philosophical underpinning is, do you have private property or not?”<\/p>\n

He noted that if someone owns property outright but still has to pay property taxes, “you’re basically paying rent \u2026 to the government.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

DeSantis pointed out that property taxes “basically tax unrealized gains,” commensurate with increased property value assessments by local government.<\/p>\n

“And so you have to pay taxes at a higher basis, even though you never sold the house for that much. There’s never been a market transaction that says your house is worth that much,” he said.<\/p>\n

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The governor is committed to seeing a property tax proposal presented to voters before he leaves office.<\/p>\n

DeSantis indicated that if he feels the state legislature would not consider putting the matter before voters, a citizens’ initiative could be the path to get it on the ballot. But that would require the collection of vast quantities of signatures, and the governor suggested that it would be easier if the legislature acts, though he does not know that lawmakers will do so.<\/p>\n

“Why would we not \u2026 just do it, right?” he said after noting the GOP’s dominance in the state legislature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I think that they’ve just taken the position that they really don’t give a damn in the Florida House what their voters think,” he declared.<\/p>\n

Perez said in his statement to Fox News Digital, “As for property taxes, the Governor introduced the topic months ago, yet has failed to offer a plan, language, or even a basic explanation. Property taxes in Florida are controlled at the local level, but if he wants to bring a constitutional proposal forward, the House is ready to put it on the floor tomorrow. This Legislature has debated bold reforms to property taxes for two decades.<\/p>\n

“The truth about late-term Ron DeSantis is that he talks a big game but waits for others to do the work. [Georgia Gov. Brian] Kemp opened his state first after COVID \u2014 Ron took credit. [Texas Gov. Greg] Abbott led on immigration \u2014 Ron took credit. It\u2019s no different here. If he truly wants action, he should do the work, not just hold empty press conferences.”<\/p>\n

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DeSantis, who is currently serving his second term, is not eligible to run again in 2026, and Trump has already endorsed Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., in the gubernatorial contest.<\/p>\n

Asked by Fox News Digital whether he thinks he will make an endorsement in the race, the governor indicated that he will be “involved,” but noted that it’s still quite early in the election season.<\/p>\n

DeSantis suggested that the state House has shown in recent months that Florida’s “success is very fragile.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Florida Republicans are embroiled in a civil war \u2014 Gov. Ron DeSantis has excoriated state House leadership, accusing them of revolting against voters who sent them to the legislative chamber and pursuing a “swamp-centric agenda,” while Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez has lambasted DeSantis, asserting that the governor has “become the swamp.” With massive majorities … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}