Today, fallout continues from a decision by the Tennessee Republican Party to boot Morgan Ortagus, a congressional candidate backed by former president Donald Trump, from the primary ballot. The move underscores broader tensions this election cycle in the GOP between those beholden to Trump and more traditional Republicans. After the decision was announced late Tuesday, Ortagus, a former State Department spokeswoman, questioned the commitment of “party insiders” to Trump’s policies.
Meanwhile in Washington, President Biden plans to convene with top military leaders, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in an annual White House gathering that has taken on added significance this year because of the war in Ukraine. The White House also announced Wednesday the Biden will be attending the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner later this month. That had been in doubt amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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The latest: Fla. Senate approves DeSantis’s congressional map
Return to menuOn the second day of a special legislative session, the Florida Senate approved a new congressional map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that gives Republicans a significant advantage over Democrats.
The Florida House is expected to approve and send the proposal back to DeSantis as early as Thursday, our colleagues Felicia Sonmez and Colby Itkowitz report.
The Republican-led state legislature took the unusual step this month to allow DeSantis to direct the new congressional map after he rejected a bipartisan version drawn with the support of Democratic lawmakers.
Felicia and Colby explain:
The once-a-decade redistricting process will see Florida’s total number of districts rise to 28 because of the state’s gain in population. In 2020, Donald Trump won the state by just three percentage points.
As state Sen. Shevrin D. Jones (D) noted Wednesday morning, the map now puts Florida at risk of having only two Black representatives in Congress, and the map will probably face court challenges.
“It’s my hope that you recognize that when you begin to trample on marginalized people in the manner that you’re doing — which you know is wrong — that’s when you have to do some self-reflection on whether or not we are doing the right thing,” Jones told his colleagues.
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