The idea that bloggers criticizing a politician should register with the government is insane. it is an embarrassment that it is a Republican state legislator in Florida who introduced a bill to that effect. He should withdraw it immediately.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) March 5, 2023
Whoa. Newt Gingrich is the voice of reason against the DeSantis regime’s proposed crackdown on a free press – if only probably because he realizes that doing so would create a permission structure for New York or California to require the same of MAGA bloggers in those states? Color us marginally impressed that this life-long scumbag would publicly voice such a fucking obvious conclusion and invite all the rote “Welcome to the resistance” sarcasm this token tweet deserves.