A group of Florida Democratic state lawmakers was blocked from entering the Alligator Alcatraz immigrant detention facility in the Everglades Thursday, despite citing legal authority for an official legislative site visit.

Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried issued a statement following the incident, saying, “Lawmakers on the ground were just blocked from entering a state-funded detention site because of so-called ‘safety concerns.’ This is a taxpayer-funded facility, run by the State of Florida. Our elected officials have every legal right to walk through those gates.”

Fried added, “What are Ron DeSantis and his administration trying to hide? If it’s unsafe for lawmakers to visit, how is it safe for anyone inside?”

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    The SK soldiers’ hearts were not in it. They were given orders, but nobody was actually going to do anything to stop the Parliament from getting in, and everyone knew it.

    MAGA thugs are absolutely willing to use violence against Democrat lawmakers. They already have.

    Given your post history, I already know what your reply will be, but post it anyway.

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      Ice has shown extreme cowardice when power is equal between parties and showing up with an armed force could be effective.

      Better than this performative bullshit.

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            They are inspecting a thing in their jurisdiction.

            How are they supposed to bring an armed contingent? The Constitution does not allow the legislature to control either military or law enforcement.

            edit: oh, it’s you. I didn’t check the username before.

            Well, get on with your revolution and stop being a keyboard warrior. You fake Leninist.

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      They say that, but MAGAs are cowards at their core. Let’s see if they will actually fire on elected officials who are simply doing their jobs. I doubt they will.

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        A dude in my state executed his neighbor because he thought his neighbor might vote for a Democrat. It wasn’t some aggravated argument, the neighbor was just out mowing his grass.

        I absolutely believe the thugs who are going around kidnapping people would have no qualms with smashing a boot into a democrats face or straight up mag-dumping the second the person tries to force their way inside.

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            You’ll get no argument from me about the proper response, however unless you’ve got 20-30 of your buddies with you, all of whom know how to handle themselves and their firearms, and work in coordination, you will just end up a dead “terrorist” covered by fox news

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      Then grab the guns and see if they fire. If they do, then civil war it is. Let these MAGA fucks fire the first shot and then the last will be fired when they’re lined up against the wall.

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          If I was a US citizen, fucking gladly!

          I’ll happily die for being the first one with the FUCKING BOLLOCKS to do something and go down in history. What about you? Do you have the stones or are you happy to wither away under a fascist banner to be forgotten?

          Home of the brave? Nah land of the scared cowards, what a failed colony!

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            100%. A bunch of clowns who have been talking a big game for a century and are now quaking in their boots when it comes time to live up to their stated values.