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The Greatest Act Of Political Trolling Ever!!!<\/h1>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is This the Greatest Job of Political Trolling Ever?<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

BY CHRIS QUEEN
\nPJ Media<\/p>\n

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Modern politics is annoying and frustrating, but one of the most entertaining things about it is when conservatives troll left-wingers. So much of it takes place on social media, but sometimes the trolling actually takes place in legislatures.The latest instance of conservative political trolling has taken place in Florida, and it\u2019s so brilliant it might be the greatest political trolling job ever.On Tuesday, State Sen. Blaise Ingoglia (R-11th district)\u00a0filed SB 1248<\/a>, gloriously titled \u201cThe Ultimate Cancel Act,\u201d which, in its ultra-sanitized summary, would call on the state of Florida to \u201cimmediately cancel the filings of a political party if certain conditions exist; requiring the division to follow a certain procedure; requiring the division to provide a specified notice to certain voters; authorizing a canceled political party to reregister with the Department of State; providing procedures for an organization to reregister as a political party.\u201dSounds fair enough, right? But that\u2019s before the fun begins. Later on, in the bill\u2019s text, we learn that SB 1248 would ask the state to \u201cimmediately cancel the filings of a political party, to include its registration and approved status as a political party, if the party\u2019s platform has previously advocated for, or been in support of, slavery or involuntary servitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

You know what that means, right? As Orlando\u2019s\u00a0WESH so helpfully explains<\/a>, \u201cSouthern Democrats advocated for slavery during the Civil War.\u201d I would add that plenty of Northern Democrats also thought slavery was just dreamy back in the day, too.<\/p>\n

Naturally, it would be a stretch to believe that the Ultimate Cancel Act would have a snowball\u2019s chance in Florida of passing. But Ingoglia\u00a0intends to make a point<\/a>\u00a0with the legislation.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years now, leftist activists have been trying to \u2018cancel\u2019 people and companies for things they have said or done in the past,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cThis includes the removal of statues and memorials and the renaming of buildings. Using this standard, it would be hypocritical not to cancel the Democrat Party itself for the same reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrats are up in arms about this one.<\/p>\n

\u201cRepublicans in Florida are so drunk with power that they are expanding their censorship agenda to even include abolishing the Democratic Party of Florida,\u201d said Carlos Guillermo Smith, a former Democratic state representative. \u201cIf Floridians are not alarmed by what is coming out of Republican leadership in Tallahassee, then they are not paying enough attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresenting a bill that would disenfranchise 5 million voters is both unconstitutional and unserious,\u201d the Florida Democratic Party said in a statement. \u201cUnder Ron DeSantis, Senator Ingoglia is using his office to push bills that are nothing more than publicity stunts instead of focusing on the issues that matter most to Floridians, such as reforming property insurance, addressing housing affordability, and combating climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sooner DeSantis and his puppets in the legislature learn that Florida is a Democratic Republic and not a Banana Republic, the better it will be for all Floridians,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n