DeSantis Appoints Leader Of New Election Police Force

July 7, 2022 Politics, Republicans

Florida Playbook reports:

It still remains unclear how much work — and how many investigations of voter fraud and other election law violations — the state’s newly created Office of Election Crimes and Security will actually undertake during this year’s midterm elections.

After all, the office touted by Gov. Ron DeSantis didn’t get signed into law until late April and its funding only officially kicked in a week ago. But DeSantis — and Secretary of State Cord Byrd — have found a familiar face to take over the politically sensitive job of running the office: Pete Antonacci.

Democrats, such as Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, are more suspicious of Antonacci’s hiring, calling it absurd and labeling him a “Federalist Society” darling. Democrats remain deeply distrustful of the need for the office itself, given the lack of widespread instances of fraud.

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Antonacci is a former state attorney and once ran South Florida’s water management district.

His backer Cord Bryd, the recently appointed secretary of state, is a QAnon freak show.



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