Tallahassee, Florida. – At least twice during the last year, the main employees of the Government of the Government of Florida, Ron Desantis, have helped him directly increase campaign contributions, a practice that the members of their own political party want to end.
A proposal defended by Republicans in the Chamber of State Representatives would prohibit state employees, those who work for the governor or in another way, to carry out most of the traditional campaign activities during work hours, including the request for campaign contributions.
The legislation was presented last week after NBC News first reported last month that two best employees in the governor’s office They called the state lobbyists to raise money for a political committee aligned in Desantis that would almost surely help his wife, Casey, postulated for governor if he jumped in the race, as she suggested that she is considering.
In addition, NBC News reported last year that several senior officials of the Administration of Desantis were trying to raise political cash for their failed presidential campaign.
“You cannot request funds, you cannot participate in the process of collection of political campaign funds,” said state republican representative Debbie Mayfield at a meeting of the Chamber Committee last week.
She did not specifically mention Desantis, who could veto the bill if she approves the legislature.
The Desantis political machine has been silently testing the waters to obtain a possible offer of Casey Desantis by the governor against representative Byron Donalds, Republican of Fla., Present President Donald Trump and has quickly raised more than $ 5 million for his campaign.
The Desantis office did not respond to a request for comments on the proposal.
According to the proposal, someone in rape could be accused of a minor crime of first degree.
It is another snapshot of the greatly changing political reality of desantis.
Since he assumed the position in 2019, Desantis has enjoyed a legislature dominated by the Republicans who was anxious to help him build a profile to run for president. But now he faces a multifront attack by Republican legislators, which are promoting proposals that would erode the authority of the governor and others that would investigate past administration decisions.
The tension with the Republican legislators began in January, when they fought against an immigration proposal directed by Desantis that was designed to align the state law with a wave of executive orders related to immigration, which Trump signed shortly after assuming the position.
Republicans in the House of Representatives are also pressing to investigate $ 10 million that Florida received as part of an agreement with one of her largest Medicaid operators. The cash, the Miami Herald reported, went to a charity managed by Casey Desantis called Foundation Hope Florida.
Tampa Bay Times reported that weeks after receiving the money, Hope Florida sent $ 5 million each to two organizations, which later sent millions to a political action committee that fights to defeat a pro marijuana amendment.
The measure raised questions about the use of state cash for openly political reasons, helping a cause that Desantis defended. Critics said it is an inadmissible use of state money of a Medicaid agreement for political purposes.
The Administration of Desantis has denied that the money went to the political struggle of 2024 or any other fact.
The state president of the House of Representatives, Danny Pérez, Republican of Miami, said that his camera will investigate the matter, an effort that could include the citation records of the Hope Florida Chamber.
The fight has been seen politically through the Governor 2026’s career lens, with the supporters of Donalds, which include some of Trump’s most loyal sponsors, using the problem to attack both Ron and Casey Desantis.
Laura Loomer, a theoretical conspiracy of the extreme right and supporter of Vocal Trump, has led the position, publishing on social networks several times on the fight of Hope Florida.
“Corrupt Casey,” he published on Saturday to his 1.6 million followers.
