Florida Lawmakers Strip Phrase "White Supremacy" From Bill Condemning White Supremacy
iami-Dade state Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez's bill was pretty darn simple: It asked the State of Florida to condemn white supremacy and white nationalism. That's it. There were no other requirements or proscriptions.
But the Republican-dominated Senate Infrastructure and Security Committee yesterday was unable to pass a resolution that blindingly simple. Instead, for bizarre and largely unexplained reasons, the committee rewrote the resolution to condemn "any philosophy that espouses the superiority of one group of people over another." The new text seems to be less offensive to some folks who might feel singled out by a resolution condemning racism, but the amendments befuddled the two Democratic lawmakers who sponsored versions of the resolution.
"I was dismayed they took 'white supremacy' out of the resolution," Rodriguez told New Times by phone last night. He missed the meeting because of a flight cancellation but said he had teamed up with Orlando state Rep. Anna Eskamani to file the resolution after a white nationalist shot 22 people to death in El Paso last year.
https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-lawmakers-rewrite-bill-condemning-white-supremacy-11439413
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