Ron DeSantis: “She would represent the first ever Jamaican American to…”

Name: 9/9/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Press Conference in Miramar
Uploaded: 2020-09-09T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 33 s
Description: 9/9/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Press Conference in Miramar

“In May, I announced the selection of Judge Renata Francis to be a justice on the Florida Supreme Court.”

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“We're now facing a politically motivated lawsuit attempting to prevent Judge Francis from assuming office in just the next two weeks.”

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“She came to America as an adult, took up law as a vocation a little bit later in life.”

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“She's excelled in the legal profession as a staff attorney for probably our most important district court of appeals, the first dca.”

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“She served as of counsel at a very prestigious Florida law firm and of course, for many years has now been both a county and a circuit judge…”

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“There's now been litigation filed by a state representative from central Florida trying to block Judge Francis from taking office.”

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“This particular representative has been somebody that's been very vocal about wanting to have a black justice on the Florida Supreme Court.”

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“The petition that she has filed right now would block a black justice.”

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“None of them [the remaining candidates] are going to be a black justice.”

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“This lawsuit is so misguided, quite frankly. It's an insult to the Jamaican American community and the broader Caribbean American community…”

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Ron DeSantis: “She would represent the first ever Jamaican American to be…”