Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “This seems like a double-down on their old-fashioned playbook of denial and obfuscation to me.”

The rule change directly threatens the unique habitats that support the plants and animals for which our state is renowned.

This rule will significantly weaken the ESA and usher in the often-irreversible loss of habitat, hastening the extinction of plants and animals that are a vital part of our state’s culture and tourism economy.

Our campaign galvanized an unstoppable coalition of energized congregations, unions, LGBTQ+ advocates and proud Black, Caribbean and Hispanic communities, and we did it in the face of a rushed, brazenly illegal Republican gerrymander.

I’ll be damned if I’m going to let them steal Broward’s political power, de-unify us and prevent us from standing up for our community’s values.