Brian Beute, a music teacher who filed papers to run for tax collector against Joel Greenberg in 2020, “was the target of a political smear campaign [including a false allegation of child molestation] that Greenberg now admits to orchestrating.” 1/ clickorlando.com/news/local/202…
Less than a week after Beute entered the race to challenge Greenberg, “an anonymous letter arrived at Beute’s private school [falsely] accusing [him] of having a sexual relationship w/ a student. ***The agency…discovered fingerprints on the letter…belonged to Greenberg.” 2/
“Detectives also found evidence that phony Facebook and Twitter accounts used to spread false accusations about the teacher [Beute] was created at Greenberg’s home.” 3/
“Most of the crimes Greenberg recently pleaded guilty to committing were first uncovered by federal investigators with the U.S. DOJ rather than state or local authorities,” & Beute has asked @RonDeSantisFL to investigate why local & state authorities failed to uncover them. 4/
“Beute believes @RonDeSantisFL shld request an outside review of all prior allegations against Greenberg to evaluate how authorities addressed them.” 5/
“‘This is an opportunity for [DeSantis] to reiterate to all Floridians that he indeed is a law & enforcement executive,’ Beute said.” 6/
“The Florida Department of Revenue, which provides oversight and assistance to local tax collectors [ie, Joel Greenberg], did not respond to multiple requests for comment.” Neither did @RonDeSantisFL. #FlaPol 7/
New @orlandosentinel piece about an important state senate race that Florida Republican Jason Brodeur (a Matt Gaetz cohort) allegedly won, defying the polls. 1/
Screenshot of a memo I wrote summarizing the players in the race. I recommend subscribing to @orlandosentinel for updates. They are investigating bc the state & county would not. 2/
Mike Lindell realizes he has no proof that Trump really won. He & others who claimed otherwise lied. So now he’s trying to flip the script. He hopes we forgot the GOP’s blocking of legislation that wld have required robust manual audits 4 all federal races. Rs wrote the rules. 1/
“Philadelphia could face $40 M in costs to replace voting machines if forced to comply w/ a ‘forensic investigation’ into the 2020 election launched by a Republican state lawmaker & ally of…Trump,” according to Republican city commissioner Al Schmidt. 1/ reuters.com/article/us-usa…
“The Republican lawmaker demanding the forensic audit is Doug Mastriano, who “has given the three counties until July 31 to respond and is threatening to issue subpoenas through the Intergovernmental Operations Committee, which he chairs and which is majority Republican.” 2/
“In addition to 2020, he also wants to investigate municipal elections this past May.” 3/
“Those who served in the GOP have a greater burden to tell the truth about what their party has become. Those who know that the voter suppression laws masquerading as election integrity measures are solutions in search of problems have a duty to sound the alarm.” 2/
“The story of our times is understanding how one of the two major political parties became addicted to the same disinformation and anti-democratic practices it once rebuked in foreign countries and why its base has so eagerly embraced this disastrous pivot.” 3/
Remember this? “Arizona GOP Chair Scoffs at Audit of Own Election Win While Leading Challenge to Trump Loss” - January 2021 1/ newsweek.com/arizona-gop-ch…