Why some lawmakers from Florida voted against a campus antisemitism bill

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  • 05/06/2024
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill that would change the definition of antisemitism in federal discrimination law.

Not every Florida lawmaker was on board.

Although the measure passed the House 320-91, Republicans Anna Paulina Luna, Matt Gaetz and Byron Donalds and Democrat Maxwell Frost voted against it. (Republican Mario Diaz-Balart did not vote on the bill.)

Gaetz and Luna said they voted against the so-called Antisemitism Awareness Act, because it would codify the definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

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