Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz Statement on Ron DeSantis Suspending State Attorney Andrew

The following statement should be attributed to Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz: “Let’s be clear, Andrew Warren was following the letter of the law in protecting women’s freedom to make their own personal health care decisions under Art. 1, Sec. 23 of Florida’s constitution. Ron DeSantis should be transparent and tell voters and the press that he wants the government to interfere in health decisions that should be between women, their families and their doctors – something he’s been hiding from since the Dobbs decision – but claiming that Warren isn’t doing exactly the job voters elected him for is a lie.” “Andrew Warren is an exceptional public servant, duly elected twice by the people of Hillsborough County, who was protecting the freedoms that are supposed to be afforded to Floridians under our constitution.”  “This offensive power grab by Governor DeSantis plays politics with public safety and is in line with DeSantis’ record of stripping freedoms from Floridians- women, duly elected school and local government officials, individuals and private businesses, or anyone else who simply dares to disagree with him. “Ron DeSantis doesn’t give a damn about our freedoms. He is a direct threat to all of our freedoms.”