Out-of-work Floridians deserve better
I wrote this fundraising email on May 27, 2020, as we were seeing televised images of lines of unemployed Floridians waiting to collect a paper version of the unemployment insurance application.
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It’s unacceptable. Floridians need help putting food on the table, but they can't get through to Florida's unemployment system despite applying online, over the phone or writing paper applications.
And yet, Governor Ron DeSantis thinks that 99.99% of “legitimate” applications have been paid. And to everyone who hasn't been able to get through? According to DeSantis, that’s on them.
And when Florida House Democrats called for a Special Legislative session to deal with the unemployment debacle, to increase Medicaid benefits, and to safeguard our elections, Republicans turned them down.
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Floridians are suffering. The Republicans in Tallahassee and Ron DeSantis won’t do anything about it. So it’s time we voted them out.
Yours in the fight,
Steve Simeonidis
Chair, Miami-Dade Democratic Party
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