Ron DeSantis has made Cord Byrd and his wife, Esther, possibly the weirdest power couple in Florida this year, writes columnist Nate Monroe.
Johnson and Adkins had"crossed the line," Byrd seethed.
The dustup was heated enough and animated enough to have made its way to the ears of reporters, ensuring it instantly became the most notable event of the otherwise sleepy 2012 District 11 Republican primary and of Byrd's public life in Northeast Florida: Two far-right birdbrains screaming at each other while the hot dogs burned.That was more or less a decent encapsulation of Byrd's reputation — — until Gov.
Even several years after finally winning the District 11 seat and serving in Tallahassee, Byrd failed to make much of an impression on his like-minded peers. That was evident when legislative leaders An"unhinged" Byrd yelled and cussed at Black Caucus members during a debate over a bill restricting abortion rights, state Rep. Angie NixonByrd didn't deny calling someone a"f--king joke" but, in comments to Florida Politics, disputed Nixon's version of his meltdown, calling her a"one-trick" pony who routinely accuses opponents of racism.
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