Accountability | Florida
Curbelo Preaches Respect for Journalists but Took Thousands From Colleague Who Assaulted Reporter
In recent days, Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., has criticized President Donald Trump’s vitriol toward the media, but campaign-finance records show Curbelo took thousands of dollars from a colleague who physically assaulted a journalist last year. In August. Curbelo took a $2,700 campaign contribution from Rep. Greg Gianforte, R-Mont., who was charged with assaulting a Guardian reporter attempting to ask him questions on the eve of a special election.
Accountability | Florida
Scott’s PAC Still Taking Potentially Illegal Contributions from Private Prison Company
A super PAC affiliated with Florida Gov. Rick Scott has continued accepting potentially illegal contributions from America's largest private prison company, despite coming under fire for the potential campaign finance law violation earlier this year.
Accountability | Florida
Watchdog Group Calls for Investigation into Diaz-Balart’s Potential Mortgage Fraud
A government watchdog group formally requested Monday that the Office of Congressional Ethics mount an investigation to discover if Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., committed bank fraud in connection with a pair of mortgages the congressman took out.
Accountability | Florida
DeSantis to Headline Anti-Gay Event Days Before Election
Ron DeSantis will be the keynote speaker at an event in Miami next week sponsored by an anti-gay group that opposes same-sex marriage, lobbied against a local law banning gay-conversion therapy, used images of men leering at girls in bathrooms to stir fear about a proposal to accommodate transgender students and called homosexuality “aberrant” behavior.
Accountability | Florida
As House Candidate, DeSantis Penned Racially Charged Book Excusing Slavery
In 2011, as Ron DeSantis was running for a seat in Congress, he penned a book repudiating then-President Barack Obama’s worldview by dissecting his biracial upbringing and questioning his Christianity while also excusing the Founding Fathers for ratifying slavery in the Constitution.
Health Care | Florida
Scott Profits Off Company His Administration Sued for Role in Opioid Crisis
Florida Gov. Rick Scott profited from his investments in companies that contributed to the state’s opioid crisis, even as his administration took one of them to court for its role in spreading the epidemic across the state.
Accountability | Florida
Facing Election-Year Algae Crisis, Scott Now Wants to Reverse Millions in Research Cuts He Made
As Florida’s governor, Rick Scott cut millions of dollars for red-tide research and took steps to exacerbate conditions ripe for algae blooms. Now, as a Senate candidate, Scott is calling on the Legislature and the state’s conservation commission to restore funding and take action.