Passidomo not yet convinced “resign to run” changes are needed to aid DeSantis
(The Center Square) – Minutes after a New York grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump, a bill was filed in the Florida Senate to change election law. That led some news outlets to report it was filed to allow Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president without having to resign.
WESH NBC 2 News suggested the bill would allow Republican leadership “to rewrite the law as they did for former governors [Rick] Scott and [Charlie] Crist to allow them to run for federal office while maintaining the flexibility to be governor.”
Other news outlets reported SB 7050 would repeal the state’s “resign to run” law.
But at a news conference Thursday night, Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples,...
