Florida's 'don't say gay' bill would require teachers to out students under amendment

Feb 23, 2022 View Original Article
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    98% Extremely Conservative

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"House Bill 1557 aims to prevent instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools, or at any grade level when a lesson is considered not age appropriate."
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-6% Liberal
"Scott... wants working families and seniors to pay more."
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22% Conservative
"If that was who Sen. Scott was talking about, we'd be cheering him on."
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8% Conservative
"The proposal is in the Economy/Growth section of Scott's plan, which comes as Senate Republican leadership has declined to put out a formal platform."
Positive
4% Conservative
"Scott's manifesto states that all Americans should pay some income tax to have skin in the game, even if a small amount."
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0% Conservative
"The Biden administration also swiftly slammed Scott's tax proposal, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calling it out in a pair of tweets:Scott's overall plan was regarded as a signal of his political goals, especially given that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.), when asked last month what the GOP agenda would be if Republicans regained control of the chamber, said that I'll let you know when we take it back."
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0% Conservative
"The Biden administration also swiftly slammed Scott's tax proposal, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calling it out in a pair of tweets:Scott's overall plan was regarded as a signal of his political goals, especially given that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.), when asked last month what the GOP agenda would be if Republicans regained control of the chamber, said that I'll let you know when we take it back."
Positive
0% Conservative
"The Biden administration also swiftly slammed Scott's tax proposal, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calling it out in a pair of tweets:Scott's overall plan was regarded as a signal of his political goals, especially given that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.), when asked last month what the GOP agenda would be if Republicans regained control of the chamber, said that I'll let you know when we take it back."
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0% Conservative
"The Biden administration also swiftly slammed Scott's tax proposal, with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki calling it out in a pair of tweets:Scott's overall plan was regarded as a signal of his political goals, especially given that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McCoell (R-Ky.), when asked last month what the GOP agenda would be if Republicans regained control of the chamber, said that I'll let you know when we take it back."
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0% Conservative
"As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) put it in a Tuesday tweet that linked to the Post's reporting: Scott... wants working families and seniors to pay more."
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-2% Liberal
"As Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) put it in a Tuesday tweet that linked to the Post's reporting: Scott... wants working families and seniors to pay more."
Negative
-2% Liberal
"(Scott's plan isn't explicit on whether his idea would include such people, but it does say all Americans.)"
Negative
-8% Liberal
"In the end, Sen. Scott's plan is a wink and a nod to his wealthy donors to keep stealing, the Patriotic Millionaires added, urging Democrats to urgently deliver on the popular promises they ran on and give tens of millions of working Americans a financial boost going into this year's elections."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Unfortunately, Sen. Scott seems more focused on a different group."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"In an email to supporters Tuesday, the Patriotic Millionaires blasted various aspects of Scott's agenda, explaining that it's a truly horrifying document, indicating Republicans would crush civil rights protections for groups like women and members of the LGBTQ community, punish single parents for living outside of the traditional 'nuclear family,' fire teachers who don't comply with conservative orthodoxy, question the legitimacy of any election they don't win, and treat their political opposition as enemies of the state.It also says that Republicans are going to raise taxes on middle and working-class families while slashing essential government services, the group highlighted, offering lengthy rebuttals to some of Scott's most jarring statements in this regard."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"In an email to supporters Tuesday, the Patriotic Millionaires blasted various aspects of Scott's agenda, explaining that it's a truly horrifying document, indicating Republicans would crush civil rights protections for groups like women and members of the LGBTQ community, punish single parents for living outside of the traditional 'nuclear family,' fire teachers who don't comply with conservative orthodoxy, question the legitimacy of any election they don't win, and treat their political opposition as enemies of the state.It also says that Republicans are going to raise taxes on middle and working-class families while slashing essential government services, the group highlighted, offering lengthy rebuttals to some of Scott's most jarring statements in this regard."
Negative
-10% Liberal
"Politico's Burgess Everett wrote that unveiling the agenda is the type of move that ambitious politicians might make as they mull a presidential run, but Scott was emphatic that such a campaign was not his motivation."
Negative
-16% Liberal
"GOP Sen. Rick Scott of Florida came under fire Tuesday in response to his new 11-point Rescue America plan for if Republicans reclaim a majority of Senate seats -- particularly its call to raise taxes on low-income Americans."
Negative
-12% Liberal
"In response to Scott's two-liner on tax hikes, the Patriotic Millionaires said:There are a small number of uber-wealthy Americans who avoid federal income tax thanks to a series of loopholes that allow them to claim little to no income."
Negative
-14% Liberal
"Burke continued:While Romney overly simplistically referred to 47"
Negative
-38% Liberal
"The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) declared that Scott's agenda for the GOP is a predictable return to political distortions that blame the poor for being poor, and it fails to recognize the real challenges in our economy."
Negative
-22% Liberal
"And Sen. Scott has laid out exactly how horrible a future with total Republican control on Capitol Hill would be."
Negative
-46% Liberal
"The Washington Post's Aaron Burke called the tax proposal one of the most striking and evocative parts of the plan and also referenced the Utah Republican, writing that Scott is rekindling the same issue that led Mitt Romney to stumble into his '47"
Negative
-50% Liberal
"The Washington Post's Aaron Burke called the tax proposal one of the most striking and evocative parts of the plan and also referenced the Utah Republican, writing that Scott is rekindling the same issue that led Mitt Romney to stumble into his '47"
Negative
-50% Liberal
"HuffPost's Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney noted that everyone who works a payroll job pays federal taxes, but Scott is right that only higher earners pay income taxes.Demonizing lower earners for not paying taxes, however, did not help Mitt Romney become president in 2012, the reporters pointed out, referencing Scott's GOP colleague who represents Utah, and most voters favor higher taxes only on higher earners."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"HuffPost's Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney noted that everyone who works a payroll job pays federal taxes, but Scott is right that only higher earners pay income taxes.Demonizing lower earners for not paying taxes, however, did not help Mitt Romney become president in 2012, the reporters pointed out, referencing Scott's GOP colleague who represents Utah, and most voters favor higher taxes only on higher earners."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"HuffPost's Igor Bobic and Arthur Delaney noted that everyone who works a payroll job pays federal taxes, but Scott is right that only higher earners pay income taxes.Demonizing lower earners for not paying taxes, however, did not help Mitt Romney become president in 2012, the reporters pointed out, referencing Scott's GOP colleague who represents Utah, and most voters favor higher taxes only on higher earners."
Negative
-36% Liberal
"Scott's document doesn't discuss the issue in as ham-handed a way as Romney did in that infamous video -- though suggesting those who don't pay income taxes don't have skin in the game is certainly dicey."
Negative
-58% Liberal
"Scott's document doesn't discuss the issue in as ham-handed a way as Romney did in that infamous video -- though suggesting those who don't pay income taxes don't have skin in the game is certainly dicey."
Negative
-58% Liberal

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : House Bill 1557 aims to prevent instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in elementary schools, or at any grade level when a lesson is considered not age appropriate.

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