Why the NAACP issued a Florida travel advisory in rebuke...

[Tennesseer]

Why the NAACP issued a Florida travel advisory in rebuke to DeSantis: 'This is how he looks at us'
Critics say the governor's frequent attacks on the most marginalized groups are a clear indication of what he would continue to do if he were elected president.

The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida over the weekend, warning visitors that the state has become “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals” under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s leadership.

Some of the group’s top leaders call the move a direct rebuke to DeSantis’s frequent attacks on the most marginalized groups, which they see as a clear indication of what he would continue to do if he were elected president. DeSantis is expected to enter the 2024 race this week.

“The hope is that the rest of the United States will see the pain that Gov. DeSantis is inflicting upon African American people in the state of Florida,” Yvette Lewis, the NAACP branch president in Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa, told Yahoo News. “This is how he looks at us, and anyone who continues to follow this man and doesn’t say anything stands with him.”

The advisory put forth by the NAACP on Saturday joins the League of United Latin American Citizens, a Latino civil rights organization, which issued a travel warning last Wednesday, and Equality Florida, an LGBTQ advocacy group, which issued one last month.

“Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color,” a statement released by the African American civil rights organization read in part.

Rest of article here: Why the NAACP issued a Florida travel advisory in rebuke to DeSantis: 'This is how he looks at us'

[Opti]

Good call by NAACP. I hope it helps. 


 America for all!

[azucena]

Nice to see someone taking a stand.

[teen persuasion]

I think it's having an effect.  Lots of comments on Twitter from Florida locals that roads are unusually bare for a holiday weekend.

[teen persuasion]

I think it's having an effect.  Lots of comments on Twitter from Florida locals that roads are unusually bare for a holiday weekend.

💙 Liberal 💙 is a compliment!
@ladyblueinca
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11h
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@cathy2nottoday
Guess those travel advisories were effective…

Thank
@govrondesantis
for single-handedly tanking the tourist industry in Florida. Can you imagine what he could accomplish as president? Lordy!

RoadTrippingCat🌊🌊🌊
@colonialcountr3
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@cathy2nottoday
Either locals are too broke due to a myriad of DeSantis's state management debacles or people from out of state are boycotting DeSantis's white nationalist christo-fascist Florida?

FedUpSSG🌊🌊🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦
@coldssg
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13h
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@cathy2nottoday
Hate to say it, but get used to it. Ppl are really staying away from there. They are scared. Even some snowbirds may stop coming. I don’t think ppl who live there are fully aware of how scared ppl are to visit Fla. DeSantis has wrecked that state.

[djAdvocate]

i hope that this programme of der fuhrer causes immense pain in Florida.

not because i hate Floridians, or even Florida, but because that the ill will of the governor cannot go unpunished.