Group, known as Florida Freedom Fund, launched in May and will also be involved in school board races

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, has launched a political action committee that is targeting popular ballot amendments on abortion access and marijuana legalization that will be voted on in November.

The group, known as the Florida Freedom Fund, launched in May, Politico first reported. The committee is chaired by James Uthmeier, DeSantis’s chief of staff who was previously the Republican’s campaign manager during his unsuccessful presidential primary run.

In addition to targeting ballot initiatives, the committee will get involved in school board races, Politico reported, citing an individual who is familiar with the group’s plans.

Florida Republicans have attempted to maximize their political control of local school boards, especially amid book bans and far-right education laws banning discussions of race and sexual identity being passed in the state, WUFT reported.

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    5 months ago

    women’s rights and cannabis are shunned by both parties

    democrats chose a catholic who is on record stating he lives by the good Catholic book which includes no contraception and a prosecutor who has used Biden’s laws and policies from his time as a career politician to lock away cannabis users

    the Demopublicans will win this election no matter which party wins and the losers as always will be the people

    And the one thing they say about Catholics is: They’ll take you as soon as you’re warm