Florida GOP Angles To Host Trump’s Presidential Library

December 20, 2024 Republicans, Trump cultists

Florida Politics reports:

New legislation could give the state government control over presidential libraries, in a move seemingly designed to stop local interference against a future facility for President-elect Donald Trump. Rep. Alex Andrade will carry the House version of the legislation. “I think it’s brilliant,” the Panhandle Republican told Florida Politics.

Central to the legislative premise is the idea that such libraries are “unique national institutions designated to house, preserve, and make accessible the records of former presidents.”

The bill adopts the federal definition of a presidential library adopted federally in 1986 by an act of Congress back when Ronald Reagan was the Chief Executive, encompassing “research facilities and museum facilities,” and enshrining them as part of the National Archives system.

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Andrade previously appeared here for his now-discarded bill that would have created the “presumption of malice” regarding news articles, social media posts, and podcasts later proven to the false, significantly lowering the bar in defamation cases, which have long required evidence of “intentional malice.”

That “presumption” angle drew howls of protest from the National Association of Religious Broadcasters, Newsmax, and other right wing outlets well known for their lies.

Regarding the library bill, Florida Republicans justifiably fear roadblocks by local officials who may not want to host a physical tribute to the fascist felon, even for history’s sake.

Trump’s library, wherever it lands, will be funded in part by the $15 million settlement agreed to last week by Disney’s ABC News.



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