Gov. Ron DeSantis declares war on Pensacola Republican Reps over higher ed, Hope Florida

A fight between Florida House Republicans and Gov. Ron DeSantis escalated to a full intra-party war on Tuesday as DeSantis raged against fellow GOP members he said were “behaving like Democrats” during a press conference in Pensacola.

“We have this almost three-to-one super majority of Republicans in the Florida House of Representatives, and it is rotten,” DeSantis said, speaking to a friendly room of more than 50 supporters at Pensacola State College.

DeSantis was in Pensacola because two House Republicans who’ve emerged as the primary protagonists against DeSantis are both Pensacola representatives, Michelle Salzman and Alex Andrade.

The event at PSC was ostensibly to announce that Hope Florida was establishing liaisons in all 28 state colleges, but the more than 90-minute press conference took place at the same time that the House Health Care Budget Subcommittee, led by Andrade, was holding a hearing on Hope Florida.

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Republican knives are out for DeSantis. And of course he has to blame Democrats for creating his problem.