Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) “replaced outgoing Secretary of State Laurel Lee on Friday with state Rep. Cord Byrd (R), who cursed at Black Democratic lawmakers during the session and whose wife has made comments supporting QAnon and the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots,” the Orlando Sentinel reports.
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