The signing of bills aimed at the L.G.B.T.Q. community on Wednesday was “an all-out attack on freedom,” Joe Saunders, the senior political director of Equality Florida, an advocacy organization, said in a virtual news conference.
Joe Saunders, a former Representative challenging Basabe for the House District 106 seat, countered Basabe’s assessment immediately.
The first LGBTQ lawmaker ever sworn into the Florida Legislature could soon make a return to the statehouse. Former Rep. Joe Saunders announced on Monday he will run for Florida House District 106.
Joe Saunders, a former Democratic state representative and the senior political director for LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida, announced Monday that he will run next year against Republican state Rep. Fabian Basabe.